Found a Fawn

[Immike]

Found this Fawn this morning right behind my shop.

past 3:30 and still here.... the fawn stayed put until dark when I saw the doe sneaking in. I left them alone so didn’t see her collecting it.

 

[D Coots]

Tender

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

Momma is likely close. They often leave the fawns near homes and buildings where predators are less likely to be, such as coyotes.

 

[SSL]

Momma is likely close. They often leave the fawns near homes and buildings where predators are less likely to be, such as coyotes.

Absolutely. Even with me shooting on my range, it isn't unusual for a doe to occasionally leave a fawn hidden under a thick patch of pines about 70 yards west of my house. Obviously mama isn't hanging around while I shoot, but they sometimes leave them there of an evening. I keep my dogs away from there during early spring.

 

[Tommie]

Driving out from a prairie dog shoot a couple days ago and jumped this newborn pronghorn. The thing was still wet from birthing and was likely less than an hour old. Legs were wobbly but it was already walking.

 

[300_whisper]

We watched a doe drop a dawn today in our yard. Never realized how tiny they are when first born.

 

[EOD Rob]

That stuff is really cool fellows! Just goes to show that even though we get labeled as cold hearted killers for hunting, what they dont know is that we care more about these animals then they do!!!!

 

[joshb]

I found this one last spring.

 

[Coonman300]

You can see I was less than 1 revolution of the tire from crushing this fawn. Thank goodness I saw it and slammed on brakes while bushhogging.

 

[Downhill]

You can see I was less than 1 revolution of the tire from crushing this fawn. Thank goodness I saw it and slammed on brakes while bushhogging.

Lucky, lucky little fellar right there!

 

[PhilKeil]

You can see I was less than 1 revolution of the tire from crushing this fawn. Thank goodness I saw it and slammed on brakes while bushhogging.

I had that happen last year also. Almost ran it over

 

[D Coots]

Golfing a few years ago, was on #9 in town. 10 yards from the tee box in a planter of hostas was a fawn. 10 yards from the fawn was a house.

Also, like the gent above, was pd hunting in Wyoming and saw a newborn pronghorn. Man, are they small...

 

[Adam in WI]

You can see I was less than 1 revolution of the tire from crushing this fawn. Thank goodness I saw it and slammed on brakes while bushhogging.

Lucky, indeed. A lot of them find their way through the discbine this time of year. Very easy to not see them lying in the hay when you're smoking along at 10-12 mph.

 

[itchyTF]

I found this one last spring.View attachment 1258704View attachment 1258705

I'm surprised it didn't spook being that close.

 

[D Coots]

I'm surprised it didn't spook being that close.

Mama said don't move.

 

[Immike]

Mama said don't move.

I showed it to a couple people and was strict about not getting too close or talking baby talk to it. My aunt got one up that I found long time ago and it ran bawling into the woods so didn’t want that again.

 

[D Coots]

Good move Mike.

 

[jakelly]

We had three in the high grass around our house, in WV. This is my youngest daughter peeking.

 

[jepp2]

Last year while prairie dog hunting in MT, I saw a doe in the bowl behind me. I would turn to check on her from time to time. Looked around and saw here licking her fawn that had just been born. Here it is getting it's first meal. Within 10 minutes, they both moved on.

 

[Trophied]

Had one curled up next to the curb in front of my house when we came home a couple of days ago. I finally got spooked by a diesel truck and went across the street into the neighbors lawn and layed down again a few feet from the street. Two dump trucks came by shortly and it jumped up and ran closer to their house and layed down again. Both times it ran off it looked as if it went as far as it was able then sort of fell down and went motionless. Later it was gone. Momma apparently retrieved it .