I am a member on an outdorsman website and someone posted a picture of a buck mounting a doe from a week ago. They swear up and down that she is in full estrus and bla bla but I need some information here A doe doesn't even come into heat until the dailight changes or something like that but another fact I thought is that bucks are not fertile unless they are in hard horn? I don't know if I am correct or not but was wanting others info to see about bucks being fertile along with a doe being in estrus in the middle of the year and not fawning until January. I think it is just to deer messing around in his pic or a dominance thing because honestly I can't even see antlers on what he claims to be a buck riding the doe. Any input would like to become more knowledgable about this. Thanks in advance
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Well I'm not a southern deer farmer, but I can tell you from experience that bucks can breed when they have no antlers. Last year I had a buck breed a doe more than a month after he had lost his antlers. My October "surprize" is proof of that.
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I heard a buck can get a doe pregnent at anytime of the year, northern or southern.just HIGHLY unlikely in the spring/ summer months. I heard of a guy around here claiming to see a very young spotted fawn in february, how the thing survived in winter is beyond me. I bet the few that are born in Jan/Feb/and March stand little chance unless born in a brief warm spell. My sister said she saw a spotted fawn feeding with its mother along the road back in March this year. You never know, nature dosent play by any set rules.
