Do they drop early because the mother is under stress?
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If breed early you die early
Fawn drop late May..
.Deer gestation periods can generally be anywhere from 196-205 days. For fawn drop in April, doe would have to be bred end Sept early October not the normal breeding period for Wisconsin. Due to mismanagement and distorted age struture and sex ratio anything is possible.
Besides I think nature waits for fawn drop late May as that is when the bear, wolfs, coyotes and bobcat need a nutrition boost for there expanding families .
I think hinge cutting is better than food plots.
Some mature does will breed every year as early as October 10th or so. I had noticed some early chasing years ago on our land so I asked a biologist about it. He told me some of the more mature,healthy does in every herd will come into heat early. I have noticed this on our land quite a bit. I'll include the pics of the doe and fawns from late last April for you guys. If you count back 200 days it would put conception right in the window the biologist told me about.
Pic attached was June 5th. I always walk areas before brush mowing to check. Ignore the caption, that was a snap chat sent to a vegan friend of mine
