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Breeding Question

Joined Jul 2009
1,215 Posts | 0+
Deer Park, Alabama
Does here are normally bred in late January. Today October 29th, 2 1/2 months early, I saw a buck breed a 2 year old doe that I had planned to AI in January. Do you think she is really in heat and will she take. Have you ever seen a doe stand that was not in heat?
 
I would not plan on her being AI'd this year. You never know when deer are going to go in heat naturally. The only way you could tell for sure prior to putting a CIDR in her would be to do a blood test. I just would not fool around with her and wait till next year. That is just my two cents!



-Johnny B
 
Just wondering why u still got a buck in the pen with does u gonna ai. All of my southern does gave birth at least two weeks earlier this time some was a month to the day earlier this year all was live breed both years. But just with a different buck
 
I always plant the other pen in Early October and let it grow for the rest of the month before turning the bucks into it. This is not one month early for here. It is 2 1/2 to 3 months early.