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Old 11-28-2013, 08:40 PM
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Default Calling lake Rut. What's going on?

We were up hunting whitetails in calling lake last week and the rut seemed to have ended. Doe's were by themselves with the bucks grouped up in spots. Did the rut come early this year? Anyone hunt up there and notice a rut change? We are up there at the same time every year and this has never happened. Thoughts? Knowledge?
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Old 11-28-2013, 08:43 PM
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We were up hunting whitetails in calling lake last week and the rut seemed to have ended. Doe's were by themselves with the bucks grouped up in spots. Did the rut come early this year? Anyone hunt up there and notice a rut change? We are up there at the same time every year and this has never happened. Thoughts? Knowledge?
the rut happens every year at the same time...this year, there will be a lot of does coming into heat again in mid- December as I think there are too few bucks to service them all in some areas, they don't stay in heat long......
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Old 11-28-2013, 09:57 PM
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the rut happens every year at the same time...this year, there will be a lot of does coming into heat again in mid- December as I think there are too few bucks to service them all in some areas, they don't stay in heat long......
Agreed

When do you guys figure the majority of the fawns get born?
From what I've seen it's around the first week of June.
June 7th, and count backwards 200 days that puts you when?
Hmmm.....mid November!

This has to happen or fawns would be born when lush green vegetation is not present for the doe to have high protein forage for milk production, to early also means scant cover for the fawn too, not to mention the average temperatures, killing off fawns through hypothermia. Anything beyond the end of June or early July ( second estrus births) would mean far to many fawns not weened enough enough to have the doe to go into heat as per the photoperiod necessary to satisfy the above conditions.
If Mother Nature didn't see that this came off without fairly precise timing we'd see the whole birthing cycle hit the skids big time in just a few years!
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Old 11-29-2013, 09:09 PM
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Agreed

When do you guys figure the majority of the fawns get born?
From what I've seen it's around the first week of June.
June 7th, and count backwards 200 days that puts you when?
Hmmm.....mid November!

This has to happen or fawns would be born when lush green vegetation is not present for the doe to have high protein forage for milk production, to early also means scant cover for the fawn too, not to mention the average temperatures, killing off fawns through hypothermia. Anything beyond the end of June or early July ( second estrus births) would mean far to many fawns not weened enough enough to have the doe to go into heat as per the photoperiod necessary to satisfy the above conditions.
If Mother Nature didn't see that this came off without fairly precise timing we'd see the whole birthing cycle hit the skids big time in just a few years!
Well said!!

Buck population is WAY down. Possibly all doe may not even be bred this season due to lack of buck.

Pretty sad when you can watch a dink buck have 5- 10 doe and no mature buck to be found
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