L a t e Rut in the hood

[Stinger]

I live in an urban area of townhouses and single family homes in Northern Virginia and have an old farm pond in back of my place.  Over the last two weekends I have seen chasing and rutting activity.  I have a group of 8-10 does/yearling fawns bedded up around the edges of this 1 1/2 acre pond surrounded on two sides by townhouses and on the other by a 4 lane road.  The other end funnels into a creek bed that travels a half mile or so to a bigger wood lot.  Anyway, this 6 point has been chasing and attempting to mount this one particular doe that has a small fawn with her.  I'm guessing the doe was a late fawn herself and her cycle is just later than most.  I have heard this happens, but had not seen it before.

I wonder if the urban setting makes a difference, or this happens as much in 'the real woods'?

[Arwin]

I have a friend who watched the same thing up here. A buck that still had headgear chasing young doe.

 Something is amiss in the deer cycle. Hope it evens out before fall!!

[buckeye_hunter]

3 years back I saw a really small fawn late into November. It looked like it had only been born just weeks previous. I imagine there is always a really late doe and some very early ones as well. This was in a normal wooded setting.