WE'RE HAVING FAWNS!   SPRING 2000


Our ranch and hunting ethics are: We never hunt tame, young or bottle raised animals; we never hunt in pens; we also do everything we can to keep the does and their fawns together. Our penned breeders are kept in grassy pasture with tree and brush cover and the animals always have fresh water. We routinely worm and feed specialized feeds.

	Here's a very pregnant whitetail doe. She went on to have beautiful twin bucks. Whitetail does, especially the ones who are mature and well nourished, usually have twins. Most deer do not.
Two brand new whitetail fawns, a doe and a buck. They are still a little wet and a lot wobbly.
	The doe fawn is trying out her new legs. The mother has left the fawns to go eat the placenta. The doe's eating the placenta is a strategy against predators. It prevents them from being attracted to the birthing area. It is also an excellent nutritional boost for the mother who must now start producing milk high in fat and protein for her fawns.
Here the fawns are getting the heck out of Dodge. In a few hours their instincts to flee from predators will kick in and they will sprint away at surprisingly high speeds.

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