On my way to church this morning, I saw a few deer inside the edge of some woods, which is pretty common. But what I didn't expect to see was a buck breeding a doe. I had heard of a "second" rut for any does that for what ever reason, weren't bred. And I have heard of the rut coming in January in the deep south. But NW Arkansas isn't what I would call the deep south. The buck was either a young one with small antlers (couldn't see them), or it had already lost its antlers. Just a strange sight to see in the middle of January.

On my way to church this morning, I saw a few deer inside the edge of some woods, which is pretty common. But what I didn't expect to see was a buck breeding a doe. I had heard of a "second" rut for any does that for what ever reason, weren't bred. And I have heard of the rut coming in January in the deep south. But NW Arkansas isn't what I would call the deep south. The buck was either a young one with small antlers (couldn't see them), or it had already lost its antlers. Just a strange sight to see in the middle of January.

with a 201 gestastion period seems tha tjune would be the drop date
seen some fawns with spots in late sept
makes sense

Does will continue to come in heat until they are bred. Mother nature does have a way to curb this though. Once a buck sheds it's antlers, breeding for him stops :wave:

Young inmature Bucks will often mimick the behavior of adult deer.