I was sitting here thinking about what info Dante and myself have put together of the fawns in our area from this year and last years batch. Seems to me that the doe in our area have tossed down more BB fawns last year and this year and I have also noticed the sets of twin BB fawns on an increase as well. I know that having a doe or a buck fawn is just a numbers game but it just stikes me as odd over the past 2 years the deer numbers have flip flopped so bad.
Last year, You couldn't buy a buck for anything. Seen way more doe running around during the season.
This year, You can't buy a doe to save your life. Between my cams and Dante in a tree spending hours on stand we can only account for 4 different doe in our area this year.
I happened to drive out and wanted to see if Dante was hunting the property lastnight only to find him just getting to the grounds and pulled up sitting there watching through the bino's. We sat there and watched the field edges for a couple hours. We had on small 6pt buck walk out of an overgrown field not 15 yards from where we was sitting in our trucks. Last year you wouldn't have seen such a sight.
Has anybody else noticed an increase in BB fawns over the past 2 years ?
Like I said, I know it's just a numbers game of what a doe will drop but something makes me wonder if the environmental effects might have something to do with it as well. Much like rabbits with litter size. Good years they have big litters and bad years they may not have any at all.
Let me hear some of your observations and thoughts on this.
Last year, You couldn't buy a buck for anything. Seen way more doe running around during the season.
This year, You can't buy a doe to save your life. Between my cams and Dante in a tree spending hours on stand we can only account for 4 different doe in our area this year.
I happened to drive out and wanted to see if Dante was hunting the property lastnight only to find him just getting to the grounds and pulled up sitting there watching through the bino's. We sat there and watched the field edges for a couple hours. We had on small 6pt buck walk out of an overgrown field not 15 yards from where we was sitting in our trucks. Last year you wouldn't have seen such a sight.
Has anybody else noticed an increase in BB fawns over the past 2 years ?
Like I said, I know it's just a numbers game of what a doe will drop but something makes me wonder if the environmental effects might have something to do with it as well. Much like rabbits with litter size. Good years they have big litters and bad years they may not have any at all.
Let me hear some of your observations and thoughts on this.