Apparently some folks used to like to talk about this stuff more than they do now… ….I agree with BSK that natural selection should take effect and choose breeding dates for the best fawn survival within each isolated pocket…….However, that does not mean that in every situation that there WILL be some overriding factor having that much ifluence……Without any influence of this type to alter the breeding patterns then you would get deer continuing to follow the original stocking breeding dates because there would be nothing to change it…….This gives you the possibility of both situations happening where some area may be changed through natural selection and others not. At this point in the game I would think coyotes would be the major factor impacting fawn survival across the board and their presence should have a tendency to choose for conformity…..Meaning that the most likely fawns to live are the ones who hit the ground during peak fawning and the more likely ones to be taken out are the outliers born when there are few fawns. Coyotes should help to tighten the breeding dates within an isolated pocket through natural selection.
"For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his soul?" .....Mark 8:36
….I agree with BSK that natural selection should take effect and choose breeding dates for the best fawn survival within each isolated pocket…….However, that does not mean that in every situation that there WILL be some overriding factor having that much ifluence……Without any influence of this type to alter the breeding patterns then you would get deer continuing to follow the original stocking breeding dates because there would be nothing to change it…….This gives you the possibility of both situations happening where some area may be changed through natural selection and others not. At this point in the game I would think coyotes would be the major factor impacting fawn survival across the board and their presence should have a tendency to choose for conformity…..Meaning that the most likely fawns to live are the ones who hit the ground during peak fawning and the more likely ones to be taken out are the outliers born when there are few fawns. Coyotes should help to tighten the breeding dates within an isolated pocket through natural selection.