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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01C6BA28.3A2D66F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable FW: The poor little deer: Fawn born, orphaned same day -- Herald, Sat., = Aug. 5, 2006Deer should have antlers by this time of the year, but if = you look closely you will notice that they are still in velvet. A = little later they will rub the velvet off against a bush and the horns = will get hard. Two of your deer would be two years old, the other four. = In another month they will be fighting over the does, and the four = pointer will put a run to the other smaller ones., but he in turn will = probably give way to an eight pointer or larger buck. =20 Roland. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Elizabeth Doull=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 11:49 AM Subject: [NatureNS] White tailed Deer and the young I was in Big Island during the last weekend of July... It was quite a = surprise to find THREE male deer showing off their antlers near Beaver = pond. One young buck (?) had four "points" each while the two young = ones had two points each. Spoke to a Big Islander who remarked she saw = one with antlers only once in her life. Earlier in the same day, I = encountered a doe and her fawn with some faint dots on its sides. We = would see deer from time to time and one spring in 2000 (?), we saw at = least 17 deer foraging in the SAME field. We took some photos of such a = rare sighting. =20 Cheers, Liz Bob Bancroft stated that during the rut in the Fall, white-tailed deer = go through about three different periods of coming into heat, and then = the extended birthing period the next Spring-Summer reflects that -- = i.e., the earliest fawns are born in April, then many in May and June, = and this article makes it clear that at least a few can be born very = late. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/410 - Release Date: = 8/5/2006 ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01C6BA28.3A2D66F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>FW: The poor little deer: Fawn born, orphaned same = day -- Herald, Sat., Aug. 5, 2006</TITLE> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Deer should have antlers by this time = of the year,=20 but if you look closely you will notice that they are still in = velvet. A=20 little later they will rub the velvet off against a bush and the horns = will get=20 hard. Two of your deer would be two years old, the other four. In = another month=20 they will be fighting over the does, and the four pointer will put = a run=20 to the other smaller ones., but he in turn will probably give way to an = eight=20 pointer or larger buck. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Roland.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dedoull@ns.sympatico.ca = href=3D"mailto:edoull@ns.sympatico.ca">Elizabeth=20 Doull</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 07, 2006 = 11:49=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] White = tailed Deer and=20 the young</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial> I was in Big Island during the last = weekend of=20 July... It was quite a surprise to find THREE male deer showing off = their=20 antlers near Beaver pond. One young buck (?) had four = "points"=20 each while the two young ones had two points each. Spoke to a = Big=20 Islander who remarked she saw one with antlers only once in her=20 life. Earlier in the same day, I encountered a doe and her = fawn=20 with some faint dots on its sides. We would see deer from time = to time=20 and one spring in 2000 (?), we saw at least 17 deer foraging in the = SAME=20 field. We took some photos of such a rare sighting. =20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Cheers, Liz</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT><BR></DIV>Bob Bancroft stated that = during the rut=20 in the Fall, white-tailed deer go through about three different = periods of=20 coming into heat, and then the extended birthing period the next = Spring-Summer=20 reflects that -- i.e., the earliest fawns are born in April, then many = in May=20 and June, and this article makes it clear that at least a few can be = born very=20 late.<BR><BR>Cheers from Jim in Wolfville=20 <P> <HR> <P></P>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free = Edition.<BR>Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/410 - Release = Date:=20 8/5/2006<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01C6BA28.3A2D66F0--
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