Fallow deer Mating Habits

 

Fallow deer are polygynous, where an adult male mates with many females in one mating season. Males fight violently and often during the mating season, though injuries are rare. Mating takes place from September to January. Females usually bear a single fawn, following a gestation period that lasts 33 to 35 weeks. Mothers do not rejoin the herd straight after birth. 

They hide their fawn in dense vegetation and return during the day only to nurse it (every 4 hours during the first 4 months). The mother begins weaning when her fawn is about 20 days old, continuing until it is about 7 months old. 

When the fawn is 3 to 4 weeks old, the mother and fawn again join a herd of mothers and their young. After about one year, the fawns are independent. Males are reproductively mature at 17 months old and females at about 16 months old.

Fallow deer Mating Habits

MATING BEHAVIOR

Polygyny

REPRODUCTION SEASON

September-January

PREGNANCY DURATION

33-35 weeks

BABY CARRYING

1 fawn

INDEPENDENT AGE

1 year

FEMALE NAME

doe, hind

MALE NAME

buck, stag

BABY NAME

fawn

Fallow deer Mating Habits

Fallow deer Mating Habits

Fallow deer Mating Habits