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Question about doe breeding
#3857236
02/10/23 10:02 AM
02/10/23 10:02 AM
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jwillinfl
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Ok, maybe I’m way overthinking this, but I thought I’d ask. I was watching a doe the other day that had two small button bucks with her. It was obvious that she was the mama. It got me thinking. Is there any science/proof that a doe will tend to give birth to the same gender deer every year? Or, is it all pure luck?
I just got to thinking that if someone is wanting to improve their doe to buck ratio then this would be a doe you wouldn’t want to shoot if she is going to produce 2 bucks per year.
Again, I’m probably just stretching, but it never hurts to ask.
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Re: Question about doe breeding
[Re: Mbrock]
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02/10/23 01:49 PM
02/10/23 01:49 PM
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jwillinfl
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The sex of her offspring this year has nothing to do with last year or what she’ll produce next year. They produce fawns at roughly a 50/50 ratio. Thanks. That’s what I figured. Would be nice if it was that way. Easy way to balance ratios quickly.
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Re: Question about doe breeding
[Re: T-town]
#3857897
02/11/23 05:22 AM
02/11/23 05:22 AM
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jwillinfl
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I’ve been handling it just the opposite of your thinking. If a doe has a buck fawn, she’s the one we shoot so the buck fawns don’t get run off by mama. Yes, I thought about that as well. It’s a great point. I’m sure there are a lot of varying opinions on it. I appreciate you sharing.
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Re: Question about doe breeding
[Re: redgineer]
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02/11/23 05:23 AM
02/11/23 05:23 AM
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jwillinfl
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I'm pretty sure the gender is determined by the sperm cell that fertilizes the egg. That's how it works for people, I'm assuming it's the same for other mammals. Your point is why I asked. Seems safe to assume that, just wondering if anyone had researched it and what they knew.
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Re: Question about doe breeding
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02/11/23 08:03 AM
02/11/23 08:03 AM
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cartervj
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Old Mossy Horns
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A good friend is a retired biologist and shot numerous does during the fetal studies. Only one place and a short period of time the fetus skewed towards more buck fetus’s during the study. The next time that area was shot the buck to doe fetus ratio went back to 50/50 basically. Probably just an anomaly when it was out of balance
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Re: Question about doe breeding
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02/13/23 10:50 AM
02/13/23 10:50 AM
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Goatkiller
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Basically all you have to understand is that if you shoot the doe with the 2 Fawns...
You've got 2-3 less deer next year. That's the 1 and only thing you know for sure. Potentially 2 less bucks in the pool. The fewer bucks you have the less chance you will have one reach maturity.
3 years down the road you have even less deer since, just like cows or goats, you are breeding deer on your property whether you choose to look at it this way or not. If you are trying to grow a herd of cattle do you kill all the heifers? Hail no you don't.
Pretty simple.
I shoot does. The ones I shoot are the ones that come snooping around a shooting house, get all skittish, start stomping or walk around looking in the trees for me. Those are the ones you want to kill first IMO.
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Re: Question about doe breeding
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03/16/23 09:21 AM
03/16/23 09:21 AM
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dagwood
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The male determines the sex of the fawns. The doe has nothing to do with it. Something about X and Y cromesomes
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