texashuntingforum.com logo
Main Menu
Advertisement
Affiliates
Advertisement
Newest Members
TraeMartin, Beatixre, MooseSteed, Trappernewt, casyoo
71987 Registered Users
Top Posters(All Time)
dogcatcher 110,788
bill oxner 91,416
SnakeWrangler 65,413
stxranchman 60,296
Gravytrain 46,950
RKHarm24 44,585
rifleman 44,461
Stub 43,764
Forum Statistics
Forums46
Topics536,986
Posts9,719,148
Members86,987
Most Online25,604
Feb 12th, 2024
Print Thread
Will it survive? #5264363 08/21/14 12:44 AM
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 188
S
shightower Offline OP
Woodsman
OP Offline
Woodsman
S
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 188
This is the first fawn that I have had on camera. The date is correct. Is this late? What are it's chances of survival? ]Photobucket[/url]

Re: Will it survive? [Re: shightower] #5264457 08/21/14 01:32 AM
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 334
D
doogie Offline
Bird Dog
Offline
Bird Dog
D
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 334
In Texas, I would say a very good chance. Especially in the warmer areas of the state.

Re: Will it survive? [Re: shightower] #5264482 08/21/14 01:47 AM
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296
S
stxranchman Offline
Obie Juan Kenobi
Offline
Obie Juan Kenobi
S
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296
Not late at all for many areas in Texas. Hard to judge size from that small pic but I would say that fawn is at least a month old.


Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?[Linked Image]
Re: Will it survive? [Re: shightower] #5264494 08/21/14 01:57 AM
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 2,234
G
gusick Offline
Veteran Tracker
Offline
Veteran Tracker
G
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 2,234
Are there coyotes around?

Re: Will it survive? [Re: shightower] #5264516 08/21/14 02:03 AM
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 110,788
dogcatcher Offline
THF Celebrity
Offline
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 110,788
Most likely no problems.


Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back.
_____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________

[Linked Image]
Re: Will it survive? [Re: shightower] #5264561 08/21/14 02:20 AM
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 188
S
shightower Offline OP
Woodsman
OP Offline
Woodsman
S
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 188
Yes there are coyotes around. I was watching doe and fawn Saturday night. The doe and fawn left and soon after either a bobcat or coyote ran through. Couldn't tell due to speed, distance and cover but it was moving! I was thinking it was late in the year to have a fawn this young on the ground. I'm glad to here that ya'll don't think so.

Re: Will it survive? [Re: shightower] #5264599 08/21/14 02:37 AM
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296
S
stxranchman Offline
Obie Juan Kenobi
Offline
Obie Juan Kenobi
S
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296
Fawns are not that big when born, 3#-5# in most areas of Texas. Most of them stay hidden for the first 2 weeks. I usually don't see a fawn till they are 6-8 weeks old out feeding with a doe.
This fawn is about 10 weeks old now. I first saw it early one morning close to this water trough traveling with the doe in mid June. That doe has lived around that trough for the last 2 yrs now. He has grown a bunch but is still not very big in size. There are bobcats that use that trough. Have not seen a coyote in a pic at the trough in a while but there are plenty of tracks close to it on the roads.


Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?[Linked Image]
Re: Will it survive? [Re: shightower] #5264625 08/21/14 02:51 AM
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 15,605
6
603Country Offline
THF Celebrity
Offline
THF Celebrity
6
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 15,605
Had a front yard full of them this morning. Doe with a fawn and a doe with twin fawns. And our big tomcat was in the yard with them, just beat the stuffing out of a rat. They were woofing at the cat and the fawns were running and playing. I've been on a coyote eradication program for years, and I must be making a difference. Our fawn survival rate seems pretty good and the herd has grown noticeably. Average fawn survival rate is 60% in Texas, I read.


Not my monkeys, not my circus...
Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread

© 2004-2024 OUTDOOR SITES NETWORK all rights reserved USA and Worldwide
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.3