True or False: Can Doe Fawns be Breed before their first Birthday. All guesses Welcome and NO peeking thanks.
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True or False: Can Doe Fawns be Breed before their first Birthday. All guesses Welcome and NO peeking thanks.
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OK no peeking. I would say yes. Depending on the food source and how well feed the animal is. Puberty hinges on all animals depending on the animals ability to have the pregnancy come to term. I have also read that a diminished food source leads to more female and less males being born. This enables the species to survive. I do not know if this is junk science.
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Does breed (normally) late Oct through Nov.
Gestation is 180 days, or 6 months.
This means birth should occur in Apr or May. That would put a yearling doe at about 5 to 6 months of age when the breeding "cycle" occurs in the fall.
I'm not sure their reproductive system is mature at that time.
I'd say yes.
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Well, without peeking I am not sure about whitetail. I asked a biologist with University of WYO just last week about mulie does first cycle and was told that they can be bred but more often than not they aren't until they are 1 1/2 yrs old. Not sure the truth, but will say; yes, but it's rare it happens.
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FirstBubba, I have to go with your explanation and agree that a six month old doe could enter estrus during her first year. I also have to agree with Carl that the food source would have to be good enough for the young doe to be physically large enough to breed. So if all conditions work in the doe's favor, I would have to say yes.
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