Looking for potential causes of "patchy" hides on deer

[ckc123]

Context: So we got a new property to hunt this fall which is on a large peninsula. There are a lot of deer ( guess not a lot of hunters around) however they are on the smaller side ( as expected with limited bio diversity).

Question: I've noticed a lot of "patchyness" with a bunch of them ( see pics). There are 3 with this year's fawn, a small doe and a 6 point buck. The doe and buck are rough looking.

Could this be just the time of year? The potential over population? The limited genepool?



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[rf2]

They are growing their fall/winter coat and shedding their summer coat.

[Sharon]

Could also be mange:

https://www.google.com/search?q=deer...hrome&ie=UTF-8

[FishHog]

They are growing their fall/winter coat and shedding their summer coat.

This. Completely natural

[rf2]

Wait until you get the spring pictures! They look much worse.

[Fenelon]

Totally normal. It's the normal fall moult from summer coat to winter coat. Deer all look like this for the next month till they grow in their grey winter coat