Triplets

Greta&Gus

5 year old buck +
A couple sets of triplets from the last week. The woods is getting hotter as the weather turns colder. No big boys but this is a great start. 3 weeks ago none of these deer were around.

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I don't know if anyone else has posted triplets yet this year. Nice!
 
AWESOME! I have never seen triplets. That OL momma doe done good;)
 
We also have a doe with twins so right now there is 5 fawns between the two girls.
 
Wow. I wish we had a set or two of triplets.

So far, no pics of twins. But impossible to know whats standing just off cam too. Fawn pics overall have been very light..... Sadly probably due to all the coyote pics I get.

My son went out last night with the E-Call and in 10 minutes called in 2 coyotes. They dumped into a cattail slough below him where he couldnt see more than a hop here and there and they got downwind. They bolted out and he got one to stop but well over 200 yds. No dice.
We need coyote control in a big way......
 
A number of years ago, I had an old doe that had 8 fawns in 3 years and she raised all of them.
 
Cool. I have never had triplets but did have one who had twins and another a single. The single doe either got hit by a car or poached. The doe who had the twins took over the orphaned fawn.
 
I have a set of triplets this years also.

 
Is that a lopeared fawn??
 
Along the lines of fawns per doe....does anyone have yearling does regularly dropping a fawn or two?
It happens, but not regularly in central Mn. Many years ago, I had the per cents for central Mn. versus SE Mn.

Interesting that a beef producer called me today and said he had two 6 month old heifers in heat in the last 2 days and the bull was after them. This might indicate more yearling does will have fawns next spring if have a mild winter. We had an early spring, and good forage this summer. Might carryover to the deer, also.
 
It happens, but not regularly in central Mn. Many years ago, I had the per cents for central Mn. versus SE Mn.

Interesting that a beef producer called me today and said he had two 6 month old heifers in heat in the last 2 days and the bull was after them. This might indicate more yearling does will have fawns next spring if have a mild winter. We had an early spring, and good forage this summer. Might carryover to the deer, also.
So your saying the 2nd Rut may be strong
 
I think the idea of a 'dry doe' is probably more false than true. If a doe has a fawn and then the fawn is eaten 15 days into it's life, doesn't she then 'dry up'? As we have discussed to death on this forum, people will find any excuse to shoot a deer when we didn't need to.
 
So your saying the 2nd Rut may be strong
I always see some '2nd rut' action on my cameras just after Thanksgiving. New scrapes, fighting, and a little chasing action.
 
I think the idea of a 'dry doe' is probably more false than true. If a doe has a fawn and then the fawn is eaten 15 days into it's life, doesn't she then 'dry up'? As we have discussed to death on this forum, people will find any excuse to shoot a deer when we didn't need to.

That is what I have thought as well. Something probably happened to the fawn early in the summer, whether it be predators, bad weather, or even aborted during a harsh winter/spring.

I have mentioned it before, but some of the hunters I talk to in Wright and Mcleod counties like to say the bucks in their area are never bigger than 8 pt basket racks. So no reason to pass them up. The pictures I have seen all looked very nice yearlings to me. I wouldn't care, but they then complain about the little bucks :rolleyes:.
 
People will make a narrative that fits there agenda in order to feel good about there decisions.


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Very nicely put WJJ. :)
 
So far I've got multiple pics of coyotes, bobcats, wolves, & bears. I'd be tickled to death if I could find a set of twins.
 
That is what I have thought as well. Something probably happened to the fawn early in the summer, whether it be predators, bad weather, or even aborted during a harsh winter/spring.

I have mentioned it before, but some of the hunters I talk to in Wright and Mcleod counties like to say the bucks in their area are never bigger than 8 pt basket racks. So no reason to pass them up. The pictures I have seen all looked very nice yearlings to me. I wouldn't care, but they then complain about the little bucks :rolleyes:.
Not true at all. I am struggling to remember the hunters name, but the number 3 archery kill from about 30 years ago came from the Maple Lake area of Wright county. I saw the rack at a deer meeting. Name??
 
Pulled my cards from my cameras today. I believe I have 3 sets of twins on my land.....and one or two does have a single fawn.
 
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