Reports are coming in that the first fawns are dropping. Some factoids about these beautiful little animals:
–A whitetail fawn weighs 4 to 8 pounds at birth, and its weight double in 2 weeks.
–Each fawn has a unique smell that its mama doe recognizes.
–A fawn spends its first month in hiding, separate from the doe; but the doe comes around 2 to 4 times a day so the fawn can nurse.
–A healthy fawn can outrun you when it’s only a few days old.
–A fawn has about 300 white spots.
–25% of twin fawns have different fathers.
Yep. it’s time again. A lady at work had a pair at her house and found another little one dead in a hayfield. I have seen some really tiny tracks in the mud so when the cameras roll, I expect some of the new ones will be on tape. Hopefully it will be a bumper crop. We could use it after the bluetongue and the extra doe permit surge here in Indiana.
Haven’t stumbled onto any yet this spring. Won’t be too long and I’m sure I’ll see one. I usually bump into at least one every spring while mushroom hunting.