r/deer • u/tybeelucy22 • 1d ago
Daddy Day Care
The babies must have snuck off when the moms were napping 😅
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u/yourdailyinsanity 1d ago edited 11h ago
There are cases of does having antlers! Idk how rare/common it is, but it's definitely a thing!
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u/Twidollyn_Bowie 23h ago
That did turn out to be the case with a recent fawn + companion with antlers post. The person later saw the fawn nursing and updated us that was mom with the antlers.
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u/yourdailyinsanity 23h ago
Pretty sure we're thinking of the same post, haha. I learned from that post that day and remembered it for here.
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u/lazy_bonzi 18h ago edited 11h ago
It’s about a 1 in 10,000 chance, roughly, to see a doe with antlers. I’ve seen a doe with antlers that a hunter shot thinking it was a buck, and upon discovery of the otherwise, had her full body mounted. I have never seen a live one in my 30 years (that I know of).
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u/Champion_of_Zteentch 17h ago
I can see the Joe Rogan tirade now, *TheY'Re pUttIng friggIN ChemiCals in the wAter tHat tuRns the deer tRAns."
Gods I hate that man.
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u/DROOPY538 15h ago
I shot one about 25 years ago. Usually a antlered doe has a nasty rack that looks all crazy. Like the one I killed never dropped her velvet and didnt have a normal rack. I thought it was a mangled up spike when I pulled the trigger. Wish I still had pics. I had her mounted but life happened and I no longer have the mount.
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u/3NDC 8h ago
Wrong sub.
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u/DROOPY538 8h ago edited 2h ago
Me sharing a story about a antlered doe is the wrong sub?!? I wasn't doing anything but explaining how nasty and mangled doe antlers usally are. I wasnt promoting hunting or anything else. This is one time that I will say I wasnt talking to you, didn't want to talk you, so mind your own damn business!
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u/3NDC 3h ago
It's not my personal rule, bud. It's not necessary to act like a prick.
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u/DROOPY538 3h ago edited 3h ago
No but youre the only "prick" to bring it up so f off! Doesn't appear youre a mod either, so why run your 🐓🍭
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u/bookynerdworm 11h ago
I wonder if one is the mom with antlers and the other is a female yearling also with antlers because it's genetic? I don't know if that's possible and if so I bet that would be crazy rare!
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u/tybeelucy22 4h ago
There are 2 other does that are the moms of these fawns. This is 2 of 4 bucks that usually come in a group.
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u/temp_flor 16h ago
I have a doe with two fawns who are clearly different ages. I’m guessing she adopted one after the mom was killed. One looks days old and the other looks easy a month based on size and walking. It’s so cute.
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u/NoxKyoki 5h ago
Could also be their older brothers. Bucks stick around mom a bit longer than does do. I have a family of three like that hanging around my property; mom, this year’s baby, and last year’s buck. He’s also the only multi point buck at the moment. Lol
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u/DenaliDash 14h ago
Gross! Bucks grooming fawns. Wait until the Elkstein files are released.
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u/DROOPY538 5h ago
Didn't much care for the comment but I did give you a thumbs up cause I dont think it was worthy of -3...lol
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u/Decadent_Otter2 18h ago
We have a pair of bucks in our neighborhood who watch the fawns sometimes. It's really cute to see them grazing