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["Jeanne Driese" <jeanne13 AT earthlink.net>]

Here in my part of TN the deer have always been about the same.  Then our 
drought last year was so extended that I think they are very malnourished.  
This spring we had a fair amount of rain but are now back into very little 
rain and I have seen a young set of twins, no spots, but very small.  This is 
the first time in 15 years on this property that the deer have come down into 
the back patio area and eaten all my hostas.  They are very bold and are 
coming closer and closer during the day to find something to eat.
Jeanne
tnhillwoman
North East TN zone 6
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Akka Homestead 
  To: Homestead List 
  Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 11:31 PM
  Subject: [Homestead] deer


  Has anyone noticed that the deer seem to cycling later and later in the 
year? Normally, I think they would go into estrus in November, but some 
around here have gone back in repeatedly because I am seeing very young 
fawns-still wobbly- less than a few weeks old- this late in the season. 
Gestation is about 6.5 months(200 days). If the fawns I am seeing were born 
in mid August, then the doe would have conceived in early February. That is 
more than 5 cycles!! I read that herd condition can play a part in this, so I 
am guessing that overcrowding is leading to malnourishment, which is leading 
to poor conception or inability to mate or lack of estrus? Has anyone else 
noticed any of this in your area?

  Akka



        
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