Is it possible

[203ntyp]

This doe appears to still be carrying. Is it possible?

 

[vrod]

I think it is totally possible. I saw one this weekend that was pretty young.

 

[Daver]

A couple of times in the past few years I have seen TINY fawns in Sept/Oct...making me think that they couldn't be very far removed from birth. An August born fawn seems plausible to me.

 

[bob-bowhunter]

Yes, it is possible. I think on average a whitetails gestation period is 201 days give or take a few days. That would mean if she gave birth today, the fawn would have been conceived around January 10th or so. I saw a spotted fawn the first week of November one time while bowhunting in Illinois, and it wasn't very big.

 

[JNRBRONC]

Yes, it is possible. I think on average a whitetails gestation period is 201 days give or take a few days. That would mean if she gave birth today, the fawn would have been conceived around January 10th or so. I saw a spotted fawn the first week of November one time while bowhunting in Illinois, and it wasn't very big.

Hunting late MZ season one year, early in January, I watched 3 young bucks pushing and bird dogging a doe who appeared to be in estrous. So I think it is entirely possible.

 

[Bucksnbears]

Yep, it's possible.
Been bowhunting for 45 years and occasionally, seen tiny fully spotted fawns in October/ November before (rare) though.

 

[bwese]

I watched a 5x5 buck breed a doe Jan 10.Buck was a 2.5 and the doe was a fawn from previous spring. Certainly possible.

 

[northcedar]

The droptine buck I shot this year was tending a fawn on Jan 5. Last year while shed hunting in Feb there was some pretty serious buck fighting going on and chasing thru the timber. We assumed a fawn in heat.

 

[Central Iowa]

April 4th I spotted this doe getting bred in central Iowa. 200 days later would be October 21st…..,so absolutely possible!
I’ve seen those little spotted fawns as well in October and November.

 

[sundog78]

End of October could be a pretty rough go for a newborn fawn