Found an Abandoned Whitetail Fawn in Pasture - Help!!

Eat it now. Don't waste it.

Pete

After they eat you need to lick their but so they can poop and also keeps the scent away.

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sapphira, thanks for the heads up, I just sent them an email asking for help.

To all those who said I shouldn't have touched it, I couldn't leave stuck in the fence and bleeding, sorry.

To eat it I'll need to put some weight on it, it only goes about 25#, but sure can kick like a mule. My DW and I have some good scratches and bruises from it yesterday.

My DD checked on it this evening (got just close enough to see it) and it sems to be OK out in the pasture.

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We raised an orphan fawn 2 years ago and she does fine in the wild now. She stayed around the house her first hunting season and the last one she wore a big orange collar. She has twins this year and she comes to eat and get her loving. She is very afraid of people when outside and will run and hide like a completely wild deer. She comes in when she wants to, stays an hour or so and then goes on her merry way. She has brought her babies by for us to see but we have not handled them or gotten really close to them. I have a couple pics I will post. Good luck with your fawn and if you don't expose it to a lot of people it will be ok in the wild. Sam Sorry couldn't get the pics to upload. will try later

Well the Wildlife Rescue people called me this afternoon.

They basically said that I did the right thing by getting it free from the fence and cleaning it's wounds. They also told me to just leave it alone in the pasture, and that it's Mom will come and feed it at night if necessary.

They beleive from the pictures I sent them that it is 11 weeks old and looked in good health. Also since it was still alive yesterday evening that it would probably survive the shock of getting stuck in the fence and handled.

Since it's 11 weeks old they said it really was ready to leave it's Mom anyway and when it got strong enough it would jump over the fence and join the rest of the herd.

I just want to say thanks for all your advice on this over the last couple of days.

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Hi Bob,
What you've just experienced is some people who have nothing valuable or constructive to add giving their opinions anyway. Just ran into the same thing myself with the orphan possum post. This forum used to be the best place to come for help with anything. Not sure whats happened to it in the last few years.

Glo

Sorry WIHH, I'm still smarting from the ophan possum posts. I'm talking more about the "shoot it now and dont waste it" posts. Just like the "kill it now before it eats your chickens or your garden" posts I experienced.

Glo

The doe we raised is on her own and comes and goes here as she wishes. No one has seen her in the woods as she is as afraid of other humans as a wild deer. We fed her a good milk replacer when she was small and until she decided she didn't want it anymore. She also got and still gets cattle or goat pellets when she comes down. Now that she has twins she usually comes twice a day. The first pic is of her and her babies. The second one was made back during hunting season when she came in for a visit.

Most of us "adults" can remember when seeing a White-tail was something to stop your car and stare over. I know here in Indiana it was a very definite rarity. Something to talk about!

Now? They are like rats. Beautiful BIG rats capable of killing you and your children when they jump in front of your vehicle.

I'm very sorry, he/she is beautiful? But get the grill out...

If you want a pet? Pet skunks are smaller and don't pose a car-crash threat to your children...

And then there's the wasting disease. And winter starvation and tree predation...

sorry... Kill 'em and grill 'em... (not that I probably wouldn't have done the same thing)...

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Just because you don't garee doesn't mean it's not good advice.

LOL... They look the same behind as goats. I raised a buck from a road kill doe. The municipality gave him to me way back when, and the state said to keep him. We built the necessary facilities for him and he was a joy to have around. When CWD started showing up in the nearby deep populations, we felt it best to put him down, rather than have the state come and do it on their terms. We live rather close to a deer processing facility. Chase was put down at the tender age of 6 years old, and he died doing his favorite thing. Eating sweet feed and carrots. He's buried in his own little world out there. We couldn't bring ourselves to eat him after having him so long.

BTW hunters... The bucks bring in good hunts too. I prefer antlerless for eating, you get a better chance at one here. However, he would bring in the bucks too since he was a large boy. He did escape once during a early rut... Would you believe he came back of his own accord walked into his pen with tail between his legs and that was that. He never thought about getting out again. Someone must have given him a talking too.

Man now I want one for hunting season!! That's better than wearing doe pee!!