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A Beautiful White Tail Doe

June 12, 2012   Hunting, Maine, Maine Outdoors, Nature, Outdoors, Whitetail deer, Wildlife in Maine

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I didn’t see her until Tammy pointed her out. “Stop! Deer!” She pointed to a big, beautiful doe at the edge of a clearing. I managed to get two photos of her before she disappeared over the bank. I’m not sure if she’s still pregnant or if she’s given birth, but I’m sure she’s a mother. Her udder is full. I live in an area where there are very few deer. We aren’t allowed to hunt does. Bucks barely stand a chance. Too many people will shoot a 17 month old buck with barely legal sized antlers rather than let it mature. Fawns are born from late May to mid June; rifle season opens the last Saturday in October. It’s unfortunate. A meat from deer that young is barely worth the expense of license, ammo, gas, license, equipment and the cost of processing if you don’t butcher your own deer.

A pregnant or newly-delivered doe walks away from the camera.

It’s good to see healthy does and hear of the fawns being born this year after a mild winter. I hope hunters, myself included, give a lot of thought between now and the beginning of the season to letting the small deer walk, especially in areas like mine where deer are few and far between.

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