Weird Morning

[jesserichard]

Yesterday am a buddy and i were in southern iowa. No movement till about 9. well we hear deer running and i see a doe in front then a spike. No big deal. I was guessing a yote chassed them. Well then they ran back the same way they came from. About 2 mins later the same doe ran back by with the same spike and a basket 8 pointer. Once again they ran back were they came from. 30 seconds later the doe came out of the bottoms fallowed by the spike then the basket 8 then a 140" 10 pointer. The all ran away and that was all she wrote. It "LOOKED" like a bunch of buck dogging a doe.

 

[Shredder]

Early season doe in estrus....one of them fawns that will be born in April time frame.

 

[muddy]

I saw the same thing on Thursday, a 3 point was dogging a doe around me.

 

[SHEDZILLA]

I saw a healthy fawn the first week of may this spring, so there are always a few does bred early.

 

[Earl E. November]

The bell curve of the breeding period for deer starts in Sept and goes into Mar.
The peak as we know it has about 30% of the does breeding in a two week period, but roughly 5% will breed as soon as Sept or as late as Mar.

 

[archery95]

I believe the "bell curve" is for the whole country not just one state.The gestation period for whitetails is 200 days.If a doe was bred right now the fawn would be born the first week of May.If a doe was bred on March 1st the fawn would drop around mid Nov.I know the "peak rut" in Iowa can vary a week or so from far N/E to far south.I seriously doubt more than 10% of does are bred in Iowa outside of November and December.

 

[nannyslayer]

I seriously doubt more than 10% of does are bred in Iowa outside of November and December.

I would disagree, I would say a big number of doe's are bred in the Month of October.