Got out to do a little fishing at the pond on one of the properties I hunt this morning, I'd never fished the pond, but wanted to get out for a little walk and the lady said there were bass in it. I caught half a dozen little ones, all really GREEN, which I like in my bass, but the biggest was maybe 13" and the smaller ones were all about 10" long. Nothing great but fun to catch a few. Then on my way out I stepped on something and heard a BAWL!!! Found a fawn in the high weeds, and I stepped right on her ribcage, not full force, but hard enough. I picked her up checked her out, made sure I hadn't cracked any of her little ribs or anything, made sure she was still breathing find and sent her on her way. Mama was about 50-60yds away and she popped up and eyed me as I checked her baby over, and when the baby was released and trotted off mama and her rejoined. It's a hall of a surprise when you're walking in belly to chest high weeds and step on something sort of mushy that bawls like that!!! A couple pics.... Sorry, guys, I just couldn't bring myself to enjoy a little venison veal quite yet..... :D
I just hope she does well, I've killed a pair of coyotes with my bow not 150-200yds from where I found her!!! She really was pretty docile once she realized I wasn't going to hurt her. I was seriously afraid I broke some ribs as heavy as I am (240#), but they all felt fine, and her breathing was okay.
i thought it was cool that the mom took back to her. arent there some animals that the mom/parents wont have anything to do with the young/babies if they have human scent on them????????
I've heard this about numerous species, however, from rabbits to deer to birds, I've never 100% seen it effective. I know when I was a kid, we were told to leave the baby Robins in the nest, which we obviously didn't do, but mama's kept coming back to them time and again, even if we touched them.
