Thread: Snow on the Kawekas

Originally Posted by TLB

Quite a few of the Sika don't end up having fawns until later in December. Seen a couple of hinds a week before Christmas that were heavily pregnant.
End of the day it's mother nature's form of population control.

Heavily pregnant or pot bellied?
I've seen a lot of sika hinds (triple figures) over the last couple of weeks and most of them have fawns running with them already.
Where I've been it's been a high fawning percentage. Unfortunately.

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

Heavily pregnant or pot bellied?
I've seen a lot of sika hinds (triple figures) over the last couple of weeks and most of them have fawns running with them already.
Where I've been it's been a high fawning percentage. Unfortunately.

Pregnant.
Shot a couple with fawns in them too.
Yeah where I was was is the opposite so might have something to do with it. Not super high fawning rate I don't think. Eaten themselves out of feed so probably effects the fawning rate a bit.
All beech country with the odd small clearing.

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

Heavily pregnant or pot bellied?
I've seen a lot of sika hinds (triple figures) over the last couple of weeks and most of them have fawns running with them already.
Where I've been it's been a high fawning percentage. Unfortunately.

That was before Christmas as per the first reply too, probably all born by now I would think.