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Anyone know what a new born fawn would do if hunters walked up on it?

I was out with a buddy turkey hunting, we were walking out of the spot at about 705pm.

As we walked back i saw a doe jump out of the field about 50 yards ahead,

We kept walking and found a fawn laying flat in the grass. The fawn was alive but wouldnt move.

We kept going in hopes the momma would return.

Anyone else see a fawn that close react the same way?

It was about the size of a small cat.


Sammy
 
I was bowhunting once, and was stalking along a deer trail, following the edge of tall grass. A fawn bust out of the grass, not 5 feet away from me, and took off like greased lightning. It scared the Hell out of me, but it held it's ground, relying on it's camoflauge. (Which worked quite well, by the way)
 
I have seen that a couple of times with fawns. Once on a summer fishing trip, we were driving in on a logging road and rounded a corner with Momma and fawn in the middle of the road. Momma took off and the fawn dropped in its tracks right in the middle of the road. If you looked away, and then back it was very hard to pick up where the fawn was - they blend in so well, even on a dirt road. We did not get out of the truck and actually backed up a bit. It took at least 10 min until the fawn got up and ran to Momma.

It is pretty cool to see nature's camoflauge in action.:cool:
 
pharaoh2 said:
I was bowhunting once, and was stalking along a deer trail, following the edge of tall grass. A fawn bust out of the grass, not 5 feet away from me, and took off like greased lightning. It scared the Hell out of me, but it held it's ground, relying on it's camoflauge. (Which worked quite well, by the way)
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Exact same thing happened to me fishing last spring. I just about jumped out of my waders. Those little guys ARE well camouflaged.
 
It's typical,and the way that fawn's react by instinct. They have little scent, and good camo, so they hide, they don't recognize anything as dangerous at this point either, so it wasn't really afraid of you. They are too frail and weak to run away from predators at that age anyway.
 
Was out this week and come across two new borns they were amazing they must have just been born as one couldn't yet walk and the other was quite clumsy it kept trying to follow us there was mucus still on the ground probably born only hours earlier. We didn't touch them and went on Turkey hunting. The doe never came back out. I went back the next evening to see as I was concerned Mom abandonded them and they were gone so I guess Momma came back and got them....
 
It must have been ten years ago my BIL and I were walking across our lease.. He came across a fawn in the grass. In his usual act of absent mindedness he picked the thing up and came running over to me with it!:mad: :slap: :kickInTheNuts: :runaway:

I have no idea of what he was thinking.:rolleyes: I promptly told him to return it where he found it in hopes the mother would still take it back after smelling of human scent.:( Poor little gaffer.

It's good to hear you guys are doing the right thing and giving them the space they need. They sure are cute!
 
John Y Cannuck said:
It's typical,and the way that fawn's react by instinct. They have little scent, and good camo, so they hide, they don't recognize anything as dangerous at this point either, so it wasn't really afraid of you. They are too frail and weak to run away from predators at that age anyway.
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X2 ,

I've read stories where swathers have mangled and killed little ones because its instinict is to stay still.
 
I see fawns every Spring. It never ceases to amaze me how people can't just observe them & leave them alone:bangHead: . The doe will NOT abandon them! She will always run to lead the predator away from her fawn. People should just leave them alone.

George
 
I ran one over with the fourwheeler last year, I seen the lil bugger at the last second and my front left tire went right over him. He got up looked at me, i shut the bike off and just staired at him for a bit to see if I injured him. But i took a step towards him and he ran full blast to the bush. I guess he wasnt hurt, thank god

I bet that fawn you seen was only a couple days old and didnt want to move. I was playing paintball in this field near my house last spring with about 15 guys. We played for about 45 minutes in the long grass before one of my friends spooked out a fawn. It got up made some fawn bleats then ran to the bush. The thing was laying in the grass sometimes not even 10 feet away from where we were playing. Guns going off and ppl yelling and the baby didnt even move. I bet that made him one lil smart deer and he will run for his life everytime he sees or hears a human now lol
 
We own two camps in moose country and going down river by motor boat we came around a bent where a cow and calf was standing. The calf laid down in about 6" of grass while the cow walked away. We got pictures of the calf a foot away while cow stood back and watched. Few years earlier we caught one swimming across the water. The cow went to shore and the calf stayed in the water and as we got closer the calf was beside a log put her head under the water to hide. During spring bear hunting we kept seeing a cow in one spot and after checking closer we saw a calf laying on the ground hiding. We went to shore on got it on video but the calf had a broken upper rear leg. We figure the cow steped on the calf rushing to get out of the water when she heard the boat coming.
 
We had a simular experience on a fishing trip. The fawn was nursing on the gravel road and when we approached on the road mom ran away, the little guy laid down and wouldn't move. As soon as the vehicle had passed, he jumped up and ran after mom... I have a cool pic of the little guy somewhere at home.

I think the best thing to do is leave the fawn alone, they have close calls all the time and I believe the only thing that might disturb the mom is the smell of a predator on her little one...

Cheers
Jay
 
I was cursing myself for leaving the camera in the truck.

Probably never see anything like it again. The thing was the size of a small house cat, we easily could have walked right past.
 
It was very cool. We will likely never see that again, and I thought about going back and getting a pic when we got to the truck, but thought we better not disturb it anymore.

And it was a cute, very tiny little thing. Slightly smaller then that buck you shot last year.

That little fawn has got me thinking I need to go to AP and get myself a 223 or similar to put the hurt on some of the coyotes around here!!

Cheers bro.
 
glang1 said:
I see fawns every Spring. It never ceases to amaze me how people can't just observe them & leave them alone:bangHead: . The doe will NOT abandon them! She will always run to lead the predator away from her fawn. People should just leave them alone.

George
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X2!!
 
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