Holy late spotted fawn

Ever seen one this late? Definitely latest I have seen.


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A couple years ago I had one (bigger than that one) on camera in like February.

 

That's because you painted white dots on your big buck decoy..................

 

Last December I saw one running along side the road.

 

That mom could have been an early born doe fawn that was able to reach maturity in it's first fall (last year), which allowed to be bred much later than other does in the herd. You may also want to start looking at the buck to doe ratio or fawn to doe ratio because it could be a sign of an imbalance but it's not necessarily the reason. In the south it's actually pretty common.

 

I have seen a lot of smaller fawns later in the year up here in Michigan, latest was last week and the thing looked wobbly still while running.

 

Dug into my archives and found it. It was in 2014...March 2014. The month and day date on the camera is correct, the year is not.

 

The early season fawn actually makes sense with the area I got the picture. There's a old nanny doe there that always has early big fawns. Quite interesting thanks for the input guys.


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I’ve had one recently as well. Maybe not as small as yours but at least 1/2 the size of others in the area. With mine the mother looks sick, skin & bones, hip bones protruding but yet fat belly. Poor quality pic

 

I saw two a couple weeks ago that were knee high. Doe was bred late.

 

just seen a fawn this weekend in the northeast (October 8) that was real small and covered in spots slipping through the woods with momma.
first one I seen this late with my own eyes still carrying spots.

 

I’ve still got several that are showing up on camera spotted. I see spots until mid November most years.


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Interesting, our deer numbers have recovered nicely since we lost a bunch a few years back. Wonder if that is just a sign of that with having greater odds of having a first year doe come in late.


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Years ago when I was probably 15 years old, I went spot lighting during a commercial when the World Series was on with my daddy. When I spotted this doe, I also spotted this fawn. It had to be only a couple weeks old. Very small.... just like the one in the picture.