Fawning time gettin' close!

[backstrap]

Anyone else been noticing an increase in does being hit by cars lately? Just since Friday I've seen seven hit within a 2 1/2 mile stretch of highway. In fact Friday when I was going out to get a bite to eat after work there was a doe running down the side of the exit ramp. I had to slow down to let her cross. Kinda' makes ya wonder how many potential trophy bucks are lost each year!



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[Ohio Bill]

i had a doe in the back yard yesterday and she looked like she was about ready to explode. Ya it should be real soon now..

[EdenBirdFarm]

We were just talking about that last night. I took a trip ti West Virginia yesterday to pick up pheasant eggs and was shocked at the number of road kill deer. I drove from Canton to Maryetta on Rt.77 and there seemed to be dead deer everywhere. Jack

[MUZZY MAN]

Right, the other week I counted like 6 or 7 driving to Cinci and back. That was each way

[XX78]

Was out this morning, and saw evidence of little feet pitter pattering around

[Caribou Dreamer2]

Anybody seen any yet

[Frank in the Laurel]

This week and next are the big "drops" in PA also, it's also the time of the year that the big ole' boar black bears will be on the hunt. Every year while spring turkey hunting "CLEARFIELD CO" I see them running around the bases of big trees looking for fawns and in broad daylight. I can only imagine how many fawns they eat in a single day, I'd imagine the number is higher than I'm thinking it is. Last year I spotted a huge male male running every tree in a oak bottom at around 10:00, after a voice done bleat that boy was standing 10 yards from me and my two boys just looking for that fawn, it got a little scary, it was so clued into that sound all it took was a poorly done fawn bleat and presto he was there in a flash, and he really didn't want to leave even after we all took off our face masks and started to yell at him...an amazing memory for those two kids for sure one that I won't soon forget either, fawning time and bear viewing, the two go hand in hand in PA, I only wish you had more bears in Ohio so some of you could get a look at this sight, truely amazing!

[Buckmaster]

Why the increase in road kill this time of year? In Portage, on my way to work this morning I saw 4 dead within 20 miles of secondary roads.

[backstrap]

This time of year the does tend to seperate themselves from the rest of their unit searching for places to have their fawns. They will eventually rejoin the group a short time after birthing. That's why you are seeing an increase in roadkilled animals. Usually the more dominant does have the best pick of places to give birth, and the other remaining does might have to travel further away from the group to find a place to fawn.



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Rob

[Florida Buckeye]

Spoke with my cousin on the phone the other night and he noticed a doe acting strange last week while he was working outside. He grabbed the binoculars and watched her give birth out in the CRP field. Right place at the right time! Don't get an opportunity to witness that very often.

[rjolenic]

Frank:

I have a cabin with good acreage (and black bears) in Clearfield Co. it's just south of Karthus. It's nice to see someone talk about the old stomping grounds on the Ohio Site. where do you hunt there in Clearfield Co. ???

RJO

[DeerFarmer]

I had two does give birth on may10. One had twins and the other triplets.I've also have had two calls allready from people finding fawns and trying to get me to take them in.Which is illegal they alway ask what they should do with them and I tell they they should have never bother then in the first place. I try to get them to take it back to where they find it but I bet most don't.

[Ohio Bill]

DeerFarmer, Isnt triplets rare? Whats the chances that all will live? Out of the five fawns, how many are bucks? :D

[DeerFarmer]

Triplets really arn't rare. As they get older they really start to run the doe down health wise but usally they do fine. I have a picture of a doe with qrads if i can figure out how to post it. I had 2 buck and three doe fawns.
http://www.ohiodeerfarmer.com/pics/QuadsFawns.jpg

[Thunderflight]

That's pretty neat.

TF

[backstrap]

Triplets aren't uncommon at all, especially in agricultural areas. I do some of my deer hunting in Clermont County, wich is mostly crop feilds seperated by woodlots and thickets. Every year I am amazed by the number of does with triplets I see. Harvesting my limit of does is never a problem. I also hunt in Hamilton County wich the whole county is zoned urban, meaning hunter's can take up to five doe. The food source around the county is also very plentiful, so it isn't uncommon to see triplets there as well.


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you gotta' kill it to grill it!!!!!!!!!

[Ohio Bill]

that pic was cool deerfarmer! I just saw my first fawn today it was laying next to a tree back off my property...

[Spitfire]

I saw my first fawn this year on my way to work yesterday morning. I also saw a doe once I got to work that looked as though she was about to explode!!!!!!

[XX78]

I just saw 1 with momma grazing in a field on I 77

[sycamoreredneck]

Seen a Doe with 2 speckeld little ones in Monroe County. I have pics and will post when I get um developed.

[Buckmaster]

We spotted a new arrival in the yard at work this morning. Mother was close by. The new arrival looked only days old.

[backstrap]

I myself haven't seen any fawns yet. My buddy who live in Clermont County has seen a doe with twins on the back side of his property. In fact I haven't even seen a doe (well, a live one anyway) for a couple of weeks.


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