Well I've been running my trail cam for a few weeks hoping to get some fawn pictures .
I've only gotten pictures of does and they are very skinny . :dunno:
I'm thinking they have the fawns bedded down in thick cover while they are out eating .
Do any of you have any pictures of fawns yet ?
None yet. I've got one doe who is really fat so I'm expecting her to drop fairly soon. Fawns usually don't start showing up on my cameras until mid May. Lots of coyotes though, which I'm not thrilled about.
Pretty early yet. Several weeks before they start dropping.
Damn coyotes. The area I hunt has had a small increase in deer population and a little less coyote population last year. But it can swing the other way in a hurry. Got this one on cam in a previous fawn season. Not meaning to hijack the thread. This isa fawn from a previous season.
(http://i1347.photobucket.com/albums/p714/tas0323/Mobile%20Uploads/BD66C4D4-BA95-49D3-AD83-1FEDD2D9390C_zpsl7zcjcnl.jpg)
Damn coyotes. The area I hunt has had a small increase in deer population and a little less coyote population last year. But it can swing the other way in a hurry. Got this one on cam in a previous fawn season. Not meaning to hijack the thread. This isa fawn from a previous season.
(http://i1347.photobucket.com/albums/p714/tas0323/Mobile%20Uploads/BD66C4D4-BA95-49D3-AD83-1FEDD2D9390C_zpsl7zcjcnl.jpg)
In Iowa, the peak of fawning is the last week in May through the first week in June.
The peak of breeding is about November 8-16. Of course, there are does that breed well before this and well afterwards too so you would see fawns being dropped in IA before and after the peak dates. The "peak" just represents the majority of activity under the bell-shaped curve (a normal curve).
The fetuses I have been looking at in road-killed does (as recently as last Wed.) still have about 4 more weeks to go (on average) before parturition.
I hope everyone has a good week.
Take Care,
Tom