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Pat B:
Yesterday I was on our daily walk with my 2 dogs, Maggie and Rosie. We walk down our driveway(1800', 200'elev) at least once a day. We were heading back up towards the house when I caught a flash in my eye and both dogs took off. I realized it was a small fawn. I reached it just as the dogs nocked it down. Grabbed the fawn and clutch it to my chest while trying to control the dogs. I made my way to the creek where I heard movement in the bushes from Mom. I crossed the creek(3' banks) and set the fawn down. She took off I assume with Mom.
 To hold a days old fawn so closely was quite an experience. I'm only glad I was there.

sleek:
That is awesome

Del the cat:
Good save... :)
I remember when my kids were young.. my daughter, being youngest would complain that she never saw things first or found the exciting stuff... then one day we were walking through some scrubby woodland and she virtually trod on a fawn which was hunkered down in a hazel coppice stool... dunno which was more shocked  :o ::) ;D... it darted off through the woods. She stood frozen...
Del

bjrogg:
There's a bunch of em around here now. Yesterday I was driving my tractor down lane next to wheat field. I could see all the small circle beds in the wheat and was just thinking gotta be a fawn or two here. Just then I saw a small fawn look at my tractor as it laid there about ten yards to the side of it. When I went back out the lane a little latter it had moved to a different location. They are pretty amazing how well they can just blend in to most any surroundings. How tight they'll hold up when danger is so near.
Bjrogg

Piddler:
Had a little one on my place about a month ago. He wasn't even real steady when I first saw it. Saw it about a week later. There is an old doe who raises one there every year. Almost stepped on one last year. Pretty neat if you ask me.

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