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Post by bswiv on Jun 20, 2024 9:14:21 GMT -5
Was checking the edge of a area we just cut to see if I could find a easy way for the site-prep guy to get his machine ( Large Wheeled Loader with a root rake. ) from the 17 acres he was going to work on first over to a smaller area without having to run it 3 miles or so around when I stumbled up on this guy. Was right at the edge of the cut.
Took the marking tape I had for flagging a line through to the other work location ( No reasonable way to get there through the woods. ) and used it to flag off about a acre around him. And got with the operator so he knew where to not go. Might of been 6-8 pounds.......
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Post by ferris1248 on Jun 20, 2024 10:18:25 GMT -5
That's pretty cool. You have a rewarding job. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by drgibby on Jun 20, 2024 10:54:18 GMT -5
Really cool.
Hope the coyotes don't find him.
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Post by billybob on Jun 20, 2024 12:15:37 GMT -5
You gotta pee around it. Cover its scent. I saw that on Yellowstone
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Jun 20, 2024 13:46:31 GMT -5
Where is mom?
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Post by bswiv on Jun 20, 2024 16:38:14 GMT -5
She'll be back.......... Have a set of twins that showed up in front of the cabin a little while ago......................... Odd how late they seem to be dropping. Saw a total of 6 fawns today........and two hens with a total of at least 18 chicks...... |
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Post by swampdog on Jun 20, 2024 17:41:21 GMT -5
Great opportunity to see how well they blend in with the surroundings. New born fawns have almost no odor and they instinctively stay still when predators come by. Mom isn’t far away. She’ll visit, nurse her baby and be around if needed. Pretty soon that fawn will be up and going pretty strongly.
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Post by slough on Jun 21, 2024 6:34:01 GMT -5
She'll be back.......... Have a set of twins that showed up in front of the cabin a little while ago......................... Odd how late they seem to be dropping. Saw a total of 6 fawns today........and two hens with a total of at least 18 chicks...... Reckon they are 2nd littering? |
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Post by mackeralsnatcher on Jun 21, 2024 6:42:44 GMT -5
Deer veal, YUM!!!
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Post by stc1993 on Jun 21, 2024 6:45:35 GMT -5
Yep, just put the whole thing on the grill.
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Post by bswiv on Jun 21, 2024 7:11:35 GMT -5
She'll be back.......... Have a set of twins that showed up in front of the cabin a little while ago......................... Odd how late they seem to be dropping. Saw a total of 6 fawns today........and two hens with a total of at least 18 chicks...... Reckon they are 2nd littering? Some of the turkeys surely have as we've a range of juvenile sizes from about a quail to well over half a adult turkey. |
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Post by wildman on Jun 21, 2024 12:16:02 GMT -5
Fawns definitely blend in and will instinctively lay motionless, but not sure it is always effective. Couple of years ago I was driving on a dirt road headed to a WMA and saw a fawn walking out into the road. When she saw me approaching, she immediately laid down, but was in the middle of the road. It was almost like she was trying to cover her eyes as well. I was able to get out of the truck and walk within a few feet of her and take a pic and she never moved a muscle. Once I drove far enough down the road that she felt safe, she jumped up and ran off.  |
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Post by 6thgen on Jun 21, 2024 14:08:27 GMT -5
Neat post! That one in the road is unreal. I have 3 different sized fawns at my place in Columbia County. I have seen 2 different sizes regularly over the years, but this year we had 3.
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Post by mackeralsnatcher on Jun 21, 2024 14:24:30 GMT -5
BTW, I was just kidding about the veal thing.
I would love to run across a fawn in the wild.
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Post by johnnybandit on Jun 21, 2024 16:20:03 GMT -5
Until the fawns are big enough and fast enough to run and keep up with mom..... The doe spends very little time with the fawn.... She stays as far away as she can. She hides the fawn, leaves to feed...... The fawns protection is to remain frozen and still.... The Doe does everything she can to not leave her scent near the fawn. Which would attract predators. Predators that the doe probably cannot fight off and the fawn cannot out run.
After the Doe Feeds... She comes back, nurses the fawn and then moves it to a new hiding spot.
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