Posted by Billy NY on June 07, 2017 at 17:01:04 from (74.76.4.60):
In Reply to: fawns in fields posted by jacksun65 on June 07, 2017 at 05:31:21:
In this area, they seem to have a balanced population and although a nuisance at times, it's really upsetting when this happens. Its just instinct to protect a fawn from harm, no different from a calf on a farm.
The deer provide for me, and I do look after them in a few ways, though nature does not need any intervention, it's a kind gesture to do so.
I had one go through a rotary cutter a few years back right in front of its mother. Things die, its a part of life, but this upset me quite a bit. I saw some wriggling in the tall grass, looked like a rabbit getting out of the way. I knew better as I always stop, even for a praying mantis, I'll stop, same with young rabbits, turtles laying eggs, etc. Big mistake, awful sound and feel knowing what happened.
Right about now is fawn season and knowing that, I try to cut before or after. One day makes a difference as I have handled numerous fawns in the past to relocate them out of harms way. The mother is always nearby, and the next threat is coyote and they took down 3 adult deer this winter, something I have not seen around here before, usually it's just the fawns.
When scared they instinctively stay put, especially the first day or 2. It does not take long before they are agile, little while longer they are fast enough to out run predators for the most part. Every one I have caught was because I saw the mother before she had the fawn and from observation I could tell when, and always found the fawn, in this really tall grass that grows in one area. Every year its the same thing around the same time. Used to be pheasants that got nailed on the nest with the mower conditioner, we had no deer around here for many years,now they are everywhere.
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