Never saw this before

[lafn96]

At a friends house Saturday night; sitting on the porch having drinks. See a doe with a fawn and the fawn starts milking. Two more small does come out of the thick weeds, push the fawn aside and both the small does then start milking. Those two small ones looked like they were about a year old. Is it possible those were also off-spring; or were they just stealing a meal? Didn't know 1 year olds would still milk.

This was at a golf course that is over-run by deer; little chance of them being hunted and probably a much smaller chance of being hit by cars since it's a 20-25 mph speed limit.

 

[BSK]

Nursing is not only a food source but also a social dynamic. Fawns long ago weened will attempt to nurse from their mother as a sign of social submission and bonding to their mother. I've seen yearling bucks still traveling with their mother's social group attempt to nurse as a sign of submission.