jlovie
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Up at the cottage this weekend, on my nightly walk, I spot something cross the trail far enough ahead that I can't tell exactly what it is, it kind of looked like a fox with extra long legs at that distance. I walk another 40' or so and the animal pops back onto the trail, turns towards me and bolts in my direction. When I say bolt, I mean it took off full tilt right for me. I froze and didn't figure out it was a fawn until she came within 70' or so but she kept coming and didn't put the binders on till she was almost on top of me. When she finally did stop, she sniffed my right hand, walked behind me, sniffed my left hand, came in front again, looked me up and down, then walked off into the bush. I was wearing Jean shorts, a blue hat and a red sweater. Do you think the fawn got so turned around from mom, that she could have mistaken me for her out of distress? Maybe the mother died at some point and she somehow confused me for another deer? The fawn never made a sound and I never heard another deer calling out. It was easily the strangest/coolest thing that has ever happened to me in the bush.
