I would like to know!
05-11-2005, 08:34 AM
#13
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RE: I would like to know!
Even if you have crop damage permits, they dont start until August, which is a good 2 months after most Does have given birth to their fawns. However, I have gutted a pregnant deer that was hit by a car in April, and it was kind of interesting, from a Scientific point of view. The fawns looked like little baby rats, with no fur. Hope this answers your question.
05-12-2005, 08:06 AM
#16
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: VA
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RE: I would like to know!
the doe I shot was a hunters for the hungry donation, and I did a quick field dress on her. figured I did most of the work, butcher could do the rest. plus, she was recovered well after dark, and I couldn't do a great field dress because my light went dead.
05-12-2005, 10:04 AM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New Hampshire
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RE: I would like to know!
I think the bottom line here is that the hunting season is scheduled during the deer's mating season. Because most of the states/provinces have seasons that are rather long, it easy to see where does mated early in the Fall may be carring fawns when shot in winter.
05-12-2005, 11:18 AM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Texas and Arkansas
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RE: I would like to know!
A bunch of us bowhunters on another forum debated this last year. Where we hunt, the rut usually starts in early November and will peek in late November-early December. In our state the bow season extends to February 15. So presented an opportunity to harvest a doe in January-February, knowing that she is pregnant, what do you do? Better yet, how do you know that during gun season in November-December she isn't bred? Personally, I will shoot a doe in this time period. We have a high doe-buck ratio, so the odds are that she is carrying a female fawn.
05-12-2005, 01:35 PM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: MD
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RE: I would like to know!
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Mossy, not sure what part of MD you are in. But the crop damage permits right now on the shore at that farm I used to turkey hunt are active right now. And yes, they have killed several preg doe so far.
Even if you have crop damage permits, they dont start until August, which is a good 2 months after most Does have given birth to their fawns. However, I have gutted a pregnant deer that was hit by a car in April, and it was kind of interesting, from a Scientific point of view. The fawns looked like little baby rats, with no fur. Hope this answers your question.
The farm I have hunted crop damage on in the past few years, doesnt get their permits until late July. And if you want to be technical i.e. searching through with a magnifying glass to find a 3" fetus, than yes I guess the ALL KNOWING GODS OF HUNTINGNET have proven me wrong!!!!!!![:'(] I was speaking of seeing babies inside that were within a month or two of breathing. But hey, I forgot this is huntingnet where every guy with a computer can sit on a high horse and think he is "MR WHITETAIL" and gets his jollies from posting that someone is wrong, [:'(]when all I was trying to do was simply help answer a question of why you will not see a deer in hunting season that has babies that are close to being born.
05-12-2005, 03:22 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
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RE: I would like to know!
I was speaking of seeing babies inside that were within a month or two of breathing.
The hunting seasons are set up so that you should never be in a position to harvest a pregnant deer