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Post by Hawkeye on Oct 15, 2006 16:23:29 GMT -5
Hunted the last two days and must have saw ten or fifteen or more deer each day only three or four close enough to shoot,but this year decided to wait untill the right one came by.. What I noticed most was that almost every large doe had two yearling deer with her. I have never seen so many young deer. Has any one else seen this?
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Post by mullis56 on Oct 15, 2006 17:18:13 GMT -5
Saw 8 deer today all yearlings and does, 3 mature does and 5 yearlyings.....I arrowed one of the yearlings.....mark up 5 points for team 13. Going to get a big dad next week I hope!!
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Post by hoosierhunter06 on Oct 15, 2006 18:38:37 GMT -5
A buddy of mine arrowed a yearling doe that had small buttons and said she was not the only deer he saw that were yearlings, he said he saw 15 yearlings and only 8 lg. does. must be some good property.
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Post by danf on Oct 15, 2006 19:16:59 GMT -5
a yearling doe that had small buttons What? Doe with buttons? Was it a doe, a button buck, or could she just not make up her mind what she wanted to be?!?! |
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Post by indianahick on Oct 15, 2006 20:14:46 GMT -5
A lot of two and three year old does dropped twins this year, Older does dropped trips. Milder winters and easy access to feed because of lack of deep snows are the awnsers to this in an article that I read.
Seen a herd of nine mixed this morning. Since I also seen a couple of small lonely wandering ones it lends one to believe that they were all does and the two lonesome ones were buttons. But wow nine in a herd now, that is awsome and unusual.
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 15, 2006 20:29:27 GMT -5
A lot of two and three year old does dropped twins this year, Older does dropped trips. Milder winters and easy access to feed because of lack of deep snows are the awnsers to this in an article that I read. Seen a herd of nine mixed this morning. Since I also seen a couple of small lonely wandering ones it lends one to believe that they were all does and the two lonesome ones were buttons. But wow nine in a herd now, that is awsome and unusual. The abundance of acorns last year primed them to have a population explosion. IMHO - it will take more than 125,000 a year killed to keep pace with the herd expanding. . |
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Post by Sleazy E on Oct 15, 2006 20:51:30 GMT -5
I have seen a lot of yearlings this year nad more buttons on my property than I ahve ever seen before. Most of the young ones I ahve seen have been buttons... Now if i can just keep them on the property... and hope they are all early spawn of the big daddy I killed last year I will be a very happy man.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Oct 16, 2006 7:36:06 GMT -5
Great acorn crop last year & mild winter.
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Post by indianahick on Oct 16, 2006 10:43:24 GMT -5
I've seen a lot of acorns the last two years, not including this one and I have seen quite a few this year also, including white.
I've also heard that they have been dropping lots of trips the las 3 years.
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Post by dwhunting on Oct 16, 2006 11:03:34 GMT -5
I have seen many twins and singles. So far this year we have taken 4 does from our property two of which had droppped buttons. Hopefully now that momma is gone they will not disperse and stay within the area.
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Post by steiny on Oct 16, 2006 20:02:22 GMT -5
I would have to say that the deer populaion in my hunting areas is as high as I've ever seen. I'll do my part and put a few does in the freezer, and a buck if I'm lucky.
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Post by retnuhreed on Oct 16, 2006 20:33:29 GMT -5
I've read the first birth they have a single birth then after that they generally have twins and sometimes triplets.
Normally when I see a solo doe, it ends up being a button buck. This year I have seen several does on their own.
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Post by mbogo on Oct 17, 2006 13:19:36 GMT -5
Suprisingly, I have seen just the opposite, a lot of single does and most does with only one fawn.
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Post by hoyt1166 on Oct 17, 2006 13:20:55 GMT -5
Suprisingly, I have seen just the opposite, a lot of single does and most does with only one fawn. Why is that surprising? I've always known you to be different from the rest   ;D |
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Post by mbogo on Oct 18, 2006 6:20:44 GMT -5
Thanks. It is surprising since most does in my area normally have twins if not triplets. |
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Post by hoyt1166 on Oct 18, 2006 12:41:32 GMT -5
In the area I hunt, I've noticed an extremely weird occurence. The bucks I see are extremely big but the does I see are extremely small. Now, I realize that there's a size difference between the two, but this size difference is overwhelming. It's as if the mature does have all left the area. Every time I've been out, I see on average 10 deer with usually 6 or 7 of them being does. I've yet to see what I would consider a mature doe. Anyone else run into this? The area I hunt is an area that is great for mature deer (usually a 150" or bigger buck taken off of it every year) but I've rarely, if ever, seen mature does.
Any thoughts?
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