. Raising deer and other large game animals in the United States . I DEER HYBRIDS. 45 My experience does not coincide with that of some other breeders in respectto the weakening of reproductive powers of deer by their confinement in have no barren does. Usually they produce a single fawn at 2 years of age;afterwards twins, and, in rare cases, triplets. INCREASE OE WHITE-TAILED DEER IN DOMESTICATION. Early in 1900 a pet doe heavy with fawn was delivered at theTaney County, Mo., game preserve belonging to the St. Louis Parkand Agricultural Company. The doe had been thoroughly domesti-ca
. Raising deer and other large game animals in the United States . I DEER HYBRIDS. 45 My experience does not coincide with that of some other breeders in respectto the weakening of reproductive powers of deer by their confinement in have no barren does. Usually they produce a single fawn at 2 years of age;afterwards twins, and, in rare cases, triplets. INCREASE OE WHITE-TAILED DEER IN DOMESTICATION. Early in 1900 a pet doe heavy with fawn was delivered at theTaney County, Mo., game preserve belonging to the St. Louis Parkand Agricultural Company. The doe had been thoroughly domesti-cated, and, refusing to join the wild deer in the preserve, remainednear the home of the tenant and under the immediate care of hisfamily. In the spring of 1900 she gave birth to two fawns, both does,which became as gentle as the mother. In the spring of 1901 theold doe again dropped 2 fawns. In 1902 there was an increase of4 fawns, each of the young of 1900 having given birth to a the spring of 1905 the domestic herd had increased to 25 deer,all the incre
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