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temperatures. Results showed the fawns in the cooler environment weighed 9 percent more at weaning and drank 4 percent more milk during the first 4 weeks of bottle-feeding. Fawns in the cooler environment ate 25 percent more solid feed. Finally, stress hormones were measured monthly to gain insight into the amount of stress experienced by the fawns. Fawns in the cooler environment had 40 percent lower stress hormone concentrations than fawns in ambient temperature. What do these results mean for managers? Study results showed fawns are challenged by hot summer temperatures in South Texas. Fawns will not grow as fast as they would during cooler summers, be-
Support HARVEY Rockport/Port Aransas guides The fishing in Rockport and Port Aransas is great, but the fishing guides have suffered from the lack of customers after Hurricane Harvey. Guide Brian Holden fished the Oct. 7-8 weekend, and said the fishing was “freaking fantastic.” Lone Star Outdoor News would like to encourage readers to make the trip to support the guides, many of whom suffered personal property damage as well. Here is a list of businesses provided from the chambers of commerce of Rockport/Fulton and Port Aransas: Aransas Area\Bay Fishing (361) 463-6653 Bay Fish Stalkers (361) 463-0428 Capt. Joe’s Flounder Ventures (361) 463- 3217 Chasin’ Tails Guide Service (210) 478-9480 Coastal Bend Guides Association (361) 463-2550 Fly Fish Rockport (503) 348-6309 Gone Coastal Guide Service (281) 832-1445 Randy Hoyt Guide Service (361) 563-1447 Redfish Charters (361) 729-8220 Capt. Brian Holden (361) 386-0410 Rockport Guides & Charters (956) 607-7200 Rockport Kayak Guide Service (361) 727-9966 Slick’s Guide Service (361) 386-0569 Heads or Tails Guide Service (361) 756-0432 Capt. Jeremy Griffis (361) 537-8268 Capt. Travis Wilcox (361) 205-0559 Capt. Scott Sommerlatte (979) 415-4379 Scot McCune (361) 563-8862 Wharf Cat (361) 729-4855 Badfish Sportfishing (409) 621-6593 Coastal Bend Kayak (361) 557-7003 Deep Sea Headquarters (361) 749-5597 See more Port Aransas guides: paboatmen.org If you’re a guide and would like to be listed, email Lone Star Outdoor News at editor@lonestaroutdoornews.com. We plan to include this list in future issues.
cause high temperatures will limit fawn intake and increase stress. In the pasture, hot temperatures may have an even larger effect on fawn growth because milk production by the dam may be reduced. The answer? Shade. Thermal cover in the form of brush for shade and ground cover reduces the temperature of the soil. The heavy brush along drainages may be especially good during the heat of midday. Avoiding disturbance of areas with good brush and ground cover during summer will make sure the deer are comfortable using such areas to contend with the sauna that is South Texas. —CKWRI
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