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Post by mrbuckfly1 on Jul 25, 2012 18:30:58 GMT -5
How does the Doe and Fawn numbers look in your area?I am not seeing a lot of Fawns or Does on the trail cam or on evening glassing trips.I am in southern Vermillion county.Hows it looking in your area?
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Post by dbd870 on Jul 26, 2012 4:28:59 GMT -5
Seeing way more does than anything else. Finally saw a buck this week.
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Post by goosepondmonster on Jul 26, 2012 7:32:17 GMT -5
I watched a doe and two fawns munch on some corn I dumped out last Saturday morning. I have a fair numbers of does and three or four fawns that are regulars on my trail cam.
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Post by mrbuckfly1 on Jul 26, 2012 8:23:11 GMT -5
Good news from both of you.The Doe numbers in this area seem to be down a bit.I am also noticing that quite a few Does don't have Fawns with them this year,especially the 1 1/2 year olds(last seasons Fawns).The Buck numbers do look fairly decent though.
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Post by saltydog on Aug 10, 2012 18:23:05 GMT -5
In several patches around the airport in indy that I drive by 3 to 4 times a week and a patch that I can hunt in the urban zone I have noticed some does with no fawns and then I have seen several does with twins and several nice bucks !!!
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Post by drs on Aug 11, 2012 4:44:39 GMT -5
My guess for the lack of fawn sightings, is most likely due to the HOT & DROUGHT conditions, many fawns have perished. So expect a low number of Deer next season. A word of advice, is to not harvest too many or no Doe this season.
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Post by mrbuckfly1 on Aug 11, 2012 14:50:16 GMT -5
Sounds logical to me.We haven't took any Does out of our hunting areas for the past 3 seasons.There are plenty of other people killing them.The Doe population and over all population has been trending lower for a while now in my small piece of the world.Wish the DNR could be more area specific(zones)instead of a county wide bonus number.Don't see it getting any better until they do.
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Post by windingwinds on Aug 11, 2012 15:55:26 GMT -5
The doe that had twins last year only had a single this year.......but it's possible dogs or yotes got the other fawn also. The yearling just had her fawn about a week or so ago. Have been seeing many does while we drive, including a nice doe with twins just yesterday. Miami County, Fulton counties.
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Post by mrbuckfly1 on Aug 11, 2012 16:25:02 GMT -5
Good to hear you are seeing good numbers of Doe.We have some problems I am sure with Coyote and dog in this area also but I think the liberal bonus county tags,lots of small property owners and lots of hunting pressure is why we are experiencing lower overall deer numbers.The state wants to lower the numbers and it is working.I am ok with that but think it is time they do some fine tuning in specific areas of this county.Big population difference in the northern section of this county as compared to the southern.The yearling had a late fawn,hope it does o.k..
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