Whitetail Triplets

[BMountaineer]

Watched a new mother wrangling 3 fresh fawns yesterday for about 20 minutes. Haven't witnessed that before - so I wonder how frequently triplets happen?

I sure hope she succeeds in raising them up - can't imagine the effort & skill it'll take to do so, even in a country setting outside of town.

 

[brushcreek]

fairly unusual but not just crazy rare. I had a doe and three fawns on trail cam a few years back

 

[Nick87]

Watched a new mother wrangling 3 fresh fawns yesterday for about 20 minutes. Haven't witnessed that before - so I wonder how frequently triplets happen?

I sure hope she succeeds in raising them up - can't imagine the effort & skill it'll take to do so, even in a country setting outside of town.

Haven't seen it in a long time. Have seen it on two occasions iirc. That's a good sign.

 

[F250]

We had two does with triplets a couple years ago that we watched all summer. We had a particularly easy winter that year. Doesn’t happen often in the north country.

 

[buckbull]

I see that maybe every other year. But I see alot of deer where I live. On my way home last night I saw about 50 in soybean fields. Pretty typical when the deer are hitting ag fields. Had to stop about a half a dozen times for deer to get off the road. Twins are commonplace.

 

[Mallardsx2]

I saw a three legged doe throw triplets 4 years in a row in western PA back in the late 90's.

 

[PAHunter19]

I've seen it once in PA.

 

[Greybeard]

Whitetail does will also adopt an orphaned fawn as well. Pretty cool either way.

 

[typhoon916]

What I've heard is that if a doe has triplets she's very healthy. My brother has had those B4 on his place

 

[rjthehunter]

I've seen it a couple of times. I'd like to know how often it happens naturally vs a doe basically adopting one.

 

[Corn king 60]

This doe dropped three 2 years in a row. She was successful getting them all to their first fall.

 

[np307]

I've encountered one doe with triplets while hunting. That was the day before a hurricane and all kinds of animals were moving.

 

[BMountaineer]

So far, so good. All 3 look healthy in today's snapshot.

 

[Bill Zent]

I have seen the same whitetail doe have triplets three times, 2019, 2020, and 2022, this year she had twins. Not bad for the old girl turning fifteen years old last month!

 

[Dave N]

I have seen the same whitetail doe have triplets three times, 2019, 2020, and 2022, this year she had twins. Not bad for the old girl turning fifteen years old last month!

Probably helps being well fed throughout the year!