Have you ever sighted a doe with triplet fawns? Triplets can be a sign of a very healthy deer population.

Twins are the norm in most populations, but as many as 15 to 20 percent of does will bear triplets when deer numbers are in balance with high-quality habitat. This is why the average doe in a healthy population can produce more fawns than the average doe in an unhealthy population. Just the opposite of what Sun City residents are told. We were told that they just multiply like crazy and then they die in piles on your front lawn and starve to death. Nothing could be further from the truth in Sun City. In fact, in Lakeway, TX after a moratorium in deer netting, their population of deer are finally in balance and have not seen any growth in their herd. 

Did you know that twin and triplet fawns were not necessarily sired by a single buck? Research has shown that 20 to 25 percent of twin fawn sets were sired by two different bucks. Recently, the first case of “multiple paternity” in a set of triplets – meaning three different sires – was documented by researchers at Auburn University in Alabama.