Most Texas whitetail deer don’t travel too far from their home range area unless there is a shortage of food. Since managed locations such as Escondido Ranch carefully control the population of the deer and other species there is little need for the animals to travel during daylight hours.

The rut always begins in the mid to late fall and produces the most activity within both bucks and does. The general timeframe for the rut at Escondido Ranch is November through to the first half of December. The fawns are born approximately 7 months later with twins being common within the whitetail herd. The doe will carefully hide her young for 10 days or so, during which time she will return frequently throughout the day and night to nurse. Once the fawn or fawns are strong enough to get away from predators and the move about with ease they will follow her out onto the flatter open areas and begin showing an interest in grazing themselves.
The females will come into season around the two year mark although with excellent grazing and environmental conditions they may successfully be bred earlier.