Dry Hinds and Doe's this year? Southern NI/Wairarapa

Has anyone else noticed a lot of dry Reds' and Fallow this year?

Ive been seeing and have shot a lot of dries this year, particularly Reds'. Im wondering if they slipped (aborted) early because of the extraordinary wet winter?

Not sure why, but there are a lot about. Have just hunted a Wairarapa station and saw maybe 50 hinds and half of them seemed to be dry. I was careful to watch how they were behaving and if they might have a fawn or not.

Ive shot a few the length of the Wairarapa and they have had no udder as I thought - big mature hinds.

Top of the south has more hinds with babies a foot compared to hinds without babies…

I was looking at fallow last week and didnt see any bambis ....will take extra notice when head out in a few days time.

Was out hunting fallow 2 werks ago and the ratio of hinds v fawns looked right, all others were more yearlings so no issue that i saw......maybe condition at tupping time...we had a very wet summer with loads of food and in lost cases very fat deer?

Hamish

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Havnt seen a Sika hind without fawn this year

Fawns everywhere

Not here Bruce, I watched about 35 fallow a month ago and everyone had a fawn. The reds I've seen in dannevirke have all had fawns as well.
We had the wetest winter here in a long time.

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Im starting to think its my imagination :)

to be fair,fallow fawns arent any bigger than backyard variety hare LOL.

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Originally Posted by Tahr

Has anyone else noticed a lot of dry Reds' and Fallow this year?

Ive been seeing and have shot a lot of dries this year, particularly Reds'. Im wondering if they slipped (aborted) early because of the extraordinary wet winter?

Not sure why, but there are a lot about. Have just hunted a Wairarapa station and saw maybe 50 hinds and half of them seemed to be dry. I was careful to watch how they were behaving and if they might have a fawn or not.

Ive shot a few the length of the Wairarapa and they have had no udder as I thought - big mature hinds.

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Maybe someone shot all their boyfriends :) or there was a lot of disruption around their oestrus

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to be fair,fallow fawns arent any bigger than backyard variety hare LOL.

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Agree....

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most reds have fawns around eketahuna tararuas area.

Watched a mob of 6 fallow hinds with 5 fawns the other day. Couldn't pick which was a yearling or dry so left them be.

I went back over some pics and I think maybe what Im seeing is well grown 2 and 3 year olds and that the age mix is changing.

What's their condition like?

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A mate I know has plenty of Red hinds with fawns on his station in the Waiarapa. All in good condition. He only shoots Spikers/yearlings this time of year until the fawns have weaned.

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What's their condition like?

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Great

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I went back over some pics and I think maybe what Im seeing is well grown 2 and 3 year olds and that the age mix is changing.

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You mite be right there mate, i've seen plenty of hinds with fawns in the Ruahines but also a few hinds that i thought should have a fawn but didn't seem too. Maybe they were just well grown younger animals.

We shot what I thought were 2 yearling's the other day but turned out to be a small hind and its BIG offspring, both in good nick, I’m guessing the hind was a yearling last year when it got knocked up early in the roar.

Do you think it could be that because they are on the cockies grass they are bigger then normal?