There are woods behind my office and over the last year I’ve been seeing more and more wildlife. I’ve seen deer come and go, turkeys strutting through the yard and a few coyotes.
I’m sorry for the bad pictures. I only had my camera phone with me.
About 2 months ago there were 2 fawns and a doe just outside my window. They were mostly eating until the doe appeared and they pranced off. It was the cutest thing watching them jump around playing by their mama.
Me: Aren’t they the cutest? Look how little they are.
My hunter: They’ll move on soon.
Me: What? Don’t say that.
And 2 weeks ago as the cooler weather came through, the two fawns took about an hour nap right in the middle of the yard. At one point they were curled up in a ball bedded down. (Bedded down…I sound like a hunter.) When the doe appeared, just inside the woods, they ran off to feed off her.
Me: Mark, look at these sweet babies.
My hunter: Soon their mama will shoo them off and they’ll move on.
Me: Stop saying that.
Then I gave the dirty wife look and stomped off.
And just last week they were out eating apples from the apple tree.
Me: Aww look how sweet Mark.
For the hunters that read my blog – Please do not say, “She’ll be fighting them off soon. And they’ll move on.”
Because I just know my little wildlife family will forever live just inside those woods.
Have a good day all…I’m off to lay out venison steaks for dinner tonight.
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Cute pictures. Fawns are adorable! Unfortunately, though, they don’t stay fawns forever.
It’s true that the fawns will grow up someday, but they’ll continue to live near their mother in the woods behind your office so they can visit her every day, have Sunday dinner with her, have their own fawns and bring them over to visit Grandma, and take care of her in her old age.
Aww. Thank you Sherry for making me feel better.
We had a random deer in our backyard the other night…I think its from all the development around the area – they’re losing their homes…we unfortunately don’t live far enough AWAY from everything for our backyard to just be part of the foliage…
You probably know this, but fawns generally stay with their mothers until the following spring. Provided nothing happens to the doe during the fall and winter, the family tends to stay together. The mother doesn’t “shoo them off” until she begins raising new babies. I’ve seen fawns of this age and older stay for days with a slain doe. It’s heartbreaking. And it’s a misnomer to believe they move on that quickly. They may be able to survive after a certain point, just as teenage humans can “survive.” But there’s a family structure that persists beyond basic survival, and that is usually a year’s time.
Even as a hunter, I have to admit that Sherry’s thought is nice to think about.
What if the mother becomes old and bitter will they still bring their own fawns over?
You do have some sweet fawns there…they play just like two little kids together. Don’t they?
Apple trees! You have one of their favorite foods in your yard. They’ll be back for a bite.
Very cute. I love the bond between a Doe and her fawn(s). <3