hey guys,
Hunting season is just around the corner here in PA. I will be posting some pics of my newly found honeyhole in the next day or so.
Here is a quick question for you. My trail cam is presenting about 100 pictures of deer every 4 to 5 days. This is a highly populated travel route for a couple groups of deer.
Mainly I have the following groups:
-2 mature doe with 2 spotted fawns
-1 mature doe with 2 spotted fawns
-1 single button buck
-1 lone doe
-Another lone doe.
This is all I am seeing in this spot at the moment. I am definitely going to hold out for one of the lone doe to come by my ambush, but the results of my trail cam set-up got me thinking.
For curiosity sake, if a hunter, car, or predator took the life of one of these mother doe in the October time-frame. What would the mortality percetage be for the young fawns through the winter?
This scenario probably happens more than I'd like to think, but I was wondering how the little ones fair on their own, being in their first year.
Thanks guys,
Matt