We have quite a few deer on our place and I've seen more small deer this year than I can remember. I was bow hunting the other day and a small doe came out that I dont think would have weighed 50 lbs. I let her walk and after a while a big doe came out with 2 small ones. I dont think either of these little ones would have gone 40 lbs.
None of the little ones had spots, but I expected them to be larger than they are. I guessing the does were bred around Christmas, so a 200 +/- gestation period would make these drop in July. That's the only reason I can come up with for these young deer. Our normal rut is the 3rd +/- week of Nov.
The other day, I saw a doe with a young one that was what I would call normal. The yearling was 3/4 as large as the doe. This is more of what I'm use to seeing.
Anyone else seeing an unusually large number of young/small deer?
Last edited by Oldman3; 10/23/19.
