how old are these fawns?

[flbuckmaster]

My game camera I have in my biologic plot took this photo this week of these two fawns. I have been seeing alot of spotted fawns lately and I am confused as to when they were born. My question is how long does it take for fawns to lose their spots? I am trying to figure how old they are as they must have been born very late. Also does anyone know the gestation of a whitetail? when could these fawns have been conceived? thanks


jay

[tws75]

nice pics which cam our you using? i think they loose their spots when they start to get their winter coat i wouldnt quote me on that though. i also have sevral pics of fawns with spots on them late in the year. more than likely they were born late.

[flbuckmaster]

its a moultrie game scout 200. best camera I ever had. someone should be able to help me age these fawns. here are two photos taken at night last week:


time to start rattling I should think!
jay

[rutman]

My guess is 4 months, does the other one have spots too?.

[rutman]

Looks like a mature doe, probably didn't take until the second rut. Fawns get bread here close to xmas but usually only have one fawn their first year.

[flbuckmaster]

My guess is 4 months, does the other one have spots too?.

yes but not as many. she still has some on her flanks. 4 months would put her birth in July. dont they have a 7 month gestation?
jay

[rutman]

I'd say it's closer to 6 months, doing the math on rut to fawn drop here.

[bbbwb]

I speak from my understanding for Ontario, Canada, whitetails. Gestation is about 200 days, thus a doe bred in November will
fawn in the following May. Fawns which are larger and healthier may mate when about 6 months old and most likely have only a single birth. Their full maturity is reached 2 years later. 3 and 4 year old does usually have 2 and 3 fawns. All of this can be affected by soil fertiltity and hence food quality.
bbbwb

[chris4570]

I speak from my understanding for Ontario, Canada, whitetails. Gestation is about 200 days, thus a doe bred in November will
fawn in the following May.

And given that there is as many as 3 ruts that could put conception somewhere near the end of Decmeber early January.

[knobby]

is it just me

or is that lead fawn one DOOFY lookin droopy eared deer with bad posture?

[bob1961]

depends on when the doe was bred in the november breeding or later in dec or jan....like said when there winter coats come in they'll lose them....................bob

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[chris4570]

The pic of the two spikes sparring is hilarious. Probably sound like a couple of chop sticks!!

[WhiteTail]

Definately no chance they will get locked together!

[flbuckmaster]

Thanks guys, I have been out of town hunting but the nearest I can figure is they are about 5 months old making a late January rut when they were conceived. Our rut here is usually around News Years so the doe must have been bred during the 2nd rut. There are plenty of bucks here to breed so she must have been a yearling doe. Well I now have names for the two spikes: chop..and sticks! I try to name all my buck deer coming to my feeder or field it helps me keep track of them thru the year
jay