The last ten days has brought us several new arrivals hear at Oak Ridge. I have seen three different fawns and at least four does that have had their fawns. These new additions are very tough to locate and even when I have an idea of where they should be they can not be easily seen. I finally was able to get a few pictures yesterday and I’m sorry in advance for the lighting problems. These little guys are not often found laying in the wide open and usually it makes for some pretty tough photos.
I can tell you that the majority of the older does all dropped their fawns within about five days of each other. While I have only seen about five that I know have had their fawns I would guess that they are all either close or finished. This goes right along with the one week of peek rut that we all see in early November. It will also be interesting to see when the yearling does start to have fawns.
Our bucks in the preserve are also coming along great and they have been hiding pretty well themselves. I did post some new trail camera photos this last week on the 2010 Photo Gallery so you can keep up with the progress. The weather has been quite warm and the bucks or any any of the deer do not move around much when it is very warm.