Fawn Sightings

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I saw the first fawn up and running with his/her mother yesterday. Seeing this makes a landowner feel like he's doing something right!

 

[BSK]

My parents called me and said they saw their first fawn in the yard yesterday.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

I saw one across from Shoney's in Bellevue on Monday. I was hoping a hawk wasnt going to get that little bitty thing lol. It was tiny and could barely walk!

I bet it has the same mother as the one that I saw last year killed on the side of the road . Last year, I saw her walkin that little fawn all behind Shoneys through the water and everything else (kind of a pond - backwash from the Harpeth river)...just about an everyday occurrance. I knew it was a matter of time before that little thing got ahold of a car.

I hope this little one doesnt end up like last years

 

[8 POINTS OR BETTER]

Seen one scouting a new lease in KY yesterday.

 

[Andy S.]

These were sent to me today. This is what happens when fawns wonder into yards of people who have no knowledge of how mother nature works and furthermore are ignorant of game laws. I do not know the people in the picture. I advised the person who sent them to me to inform the people in the picture that it was against the law to keep this fawn as a pet as that was the rumor I was hearing. Just passing them along for others to see.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Cute little sucker!

 

[Boone 58]

i am seeing a lot of does looking "heavy"....no fawns yet sighted.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Seeing a good bit. All does on my place at home have dropped. Not sure on the other place, Morgan Co. doesnt have quite the well defined short intense rut that we do.

 

[BowGuy84]

Saw a dead one up in N. IN last weekend.

Ive come across 2 in my life that coulnt walk yet and this one was even smaller. Not sure if it would have made it no matter what.

 

[Boone 58]

we are at the furthermost end of the state bordering ala line and ours should be starting allready and will be complete in the next 3 weeks.

 

[Truedouble]

Saw a very pregnant doe in a pic. taken on the 16th, in Jackson Co. Al, on the Tn. line. Looks like she was getting close to dropping. The gestation period is 180 days, correct? Our does are usually bred from late Dec. through mid January., so we should be seeing fawns by the end of June or early July.

BSK said something about not seeing fawns until they are 2 weeks old. I had never heard this before and was wandering why. If this is the case I would need to add 2 weeks to the age of a very young fawn to get close on the breeding date.

 

[Andy S.]

Saw a very pregnant doe in a pic. taken on the 16th, in Jackson Co. Al, on the Tn. line. Looks like she was getting close to dropping. The gestation period is 180 days, correct? Our does are usually bred from late Dec. through mid January., so we should be seeing fawns by the end of June or early July.

I would use 200 days but it does vary somewhat.

BSK said something about not seeing fawns until they are 2 weeks old. I had never heard this before and was wandering why. If this is the case I would need to add 2 weeks to the age of a very young fawn to get close on the breeding date.

I would think it is because the newborn fawns are very inactive the first few weeks and they mainly stay in a small confined area as a safety/survival measure. Unless we step on them, we most likely do not see them during this time.

 

[tellico4x4]

One of the guys at camp Sat said that he had a doe try to get on his four wheeler with him. He had pulled up to a food plot to look at clover, and she came running right up to him 3-4 times. He had his 5 yr old with him, and he wanted to know if that was one of our pets!

I'm sure she had a little one near by.

 

[Truedouble]

Andy, thanks. Makes sense, just wander if it's somewhat typical to get pictures of them, especially if the camera is located near where the fawn is living.

At 200 days our area should be 4-7 weeks away from seeing new fawns. I should know from pics in previous years but the dates slipped my mind