horst Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Last week dad shot a nice sized doe.Me and my brother went to help him drag her out and since I convienently forgot my knife my brother was going to gut her. He made his cuts then went to split the hitch, He popped the knife trough the hitch and fluid started coming out, didnt think much of it at first figuring he had hit the bladder or something.But the fluid looked funny, it was clear and just kept running.I told him to stop for a minute, lifted the intestines back out of the way and found the doe was carrying twins:( Weve gutted literally hundreds of deer over the years this late in the season and never found onethis far along before, she must have been bred way earlier then most of them.They were about 2 inches long, had started to form legs, and were in a clear sack, they both had kind of a yolk around them, a clear jelly like fluid. I realize most ofthe older does are in fact pregnant right now but somehow this seemed kinda messed up.Anyone else ever run into this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 That's weird Chris. The latest I've ever shot a deer was mid January. That doe's uterus was a little big, but I didn't cut it open. I can't imagine the fawn or fawns in there couldn't have been too far along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Yes Chris, sure have. Killed a doe around the close of our season back about 6 years ago, and she had twins. My oldest daughter(11) told me on the way to school the other day that a kid in her class had a little brother who killed a doe that had twins. From what she said, they put them in a jar and took them to school. My daughter said it was pretty cool, that they were more developed than she expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtech_archer07 Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Can't say that i've ever had that happen. Our last gun season is this weekend though, so it might but hopefully not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Wow!That does seem strange for the midwest.Ive gutted a ton of deer myself and never came across that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSGB Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Happens a lot down here. You can use this scale to give an estimate as to how far along she was. I actually have pictures of a couple from a doe a guy killed last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 nope never heard of such.....crazy indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 wow thats crazy, our season ends dec 18th, so does are usually only amonth along or so. that had to be interesting to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckNrut Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Picked up a road kill like that once. BTW, congratulations to your dad. That's what herd reduction is all about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardwood_HD Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 a guy i know got a roadkill a few years back maybe in feb or march, i really dont remember but she had triplets in her.. about the size of a squirrel id say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popgun Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 It really happens rather frequently here in Arkansas, usually with the late bowhunters. All of our other seasons are pretty much closed in Dec. but our archery season runs all the way through the last of Feb. If you figure a doe is bred early in Oct. the fetus is already along 151 days by the end of Feb. I think the gestation rate is 200 days, so sometimes the fetus is almost fawn looking by the time the doe is taken. Our rut here is around the middle of Nov. so most does aren't quite that far along. I think that around here if a person needs to thin the herd, a late mature doe is the way to do it, but if meat is all that is needed, it would be better to take a young doe that hasn't been bred. I think with that being said, most hunters around here probably just don't check while field dressing, or they would rather just not know. ....popgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlermass Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Fairly common here in Nebraska to get a late season kill with babies. 3 of the 5 does we killed this year were pregnant with twins. Kinda of the point of the late season really , get them after they have been bred and take out the babies as well as the parent taking out 2 or 3 deer instead of 1. Typically a doe in january is about two months into her 6-7 month gestation thats about the same as the end of the first trimester of humans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst Posted January 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 I think with that being said, most hunters around here probably just don't check while field dressing, or they would rather just not know. ....popgun Good point popgun, if he hadnt hit the sack we probably wouldnt have paid much attention.Dont know how apparent it woulda been after the guts were out lying on the ground:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Good point popgun, if he hadnt hit the sack we probably wouldnt have paid much attention.Dont know how apparent it woulda been after the guts were out lying on the ground:confused: Popgun is right here. Dont typically look for that when field dressing does here, bet it is overlooked ferequently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineyBrake Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 My brother shot a doe about this time last year in Mississippi by Tunica on the Mississppi River and we found twins in it. It had two babies in seperate clear sacks. They had legs and everything. It was really wierd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFbowhunter Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 I just shot a doe at my parents place in Illinois on Jan 16th and she had twins too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVdeerhunter Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Have'nt had it to happen to me but have had people tell me about it. If i kill any does it is in bow season before breading time dont like to kill 3 at ones.LOL Glad he got a doe but hate to here it had maybe 2 bucks in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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