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Escaped doe

W

Willows & Whitetails

Joined Aug 2009
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Ames, Iowa
Short version. Doe got out, looked like she was still pregnant, darted. Once down, I figured out she had given birth. Reversed and left her out hoping to catch the fawns. Got lucky and caught one fawn several days later. Now she is too hard to get close to. I have little hope of following her to her other fawn. Feel like I'm running out of time. I don't know that there is another fawn, but assume there is. When I dart her again, what should I look for to tell if she is still nursing a fawn?? How long will she stay in that area??? Will she move the fawn from that general area.??? Any idea's on how to find the other fawn???

Thanks Wade
 
When the fawn gets hungry it will bawl. I would get the doe back in in the evening and stay around for the next day to listen for the fawn. I wouldnt want to take the chance of losing both the doe and the fawn. Get her in soon before she and the fawn leave.
 
Thanks ER, thats kind of what i was thinking. Wasn't sure if I should get her in the morning or if evening would be better. Does anyone know what is the farthest she could be from the fawn??? How long till the fawn starts bawling???
 
I would get that doe in right away. No delays. The last thing you need is legal issues. If you get the mother in the morning by evening the fawn might be up looking for a drink. If not then first thing the next morning I would be out looking for it. Consider using a grunting call to get the fawns attention if you can't find it without the call. But I would look first without the call so the fawn doesn't think it is supposed to lay down and be silent. I would think the mother would stay within 300 or 400 yards. Maybe some people with big pens have better ideas on how far away they might wander.
 
I feed my fawns around 9pm and by about 5 or 6am they are getting pretty vocal wanting to eat again
 
I'm with Roger on this. Get the doe in... In OK. you have to report any escapes within 24 hours. At this point, I would save my doe and myself LOTS of problems with your state and forget about finding fawns. One fawn is not worth loseing your breeders permit. If the fawns show up thats just a bonus. Good luck
 
The doe came back on her own tonight. I'm assuming there is no chance she would do that if she had a fawn out there somewhere. If I'm wrong, someone please set me straight.



Thanks again

Wade
 
I would think if she came back put her in the pen if there is a fawn I think over night momma would have it called in close to the fence in the morning and it should lay up pretty close. We are double fenced but had a fawn get out into our alley ways in the evening by the time we realized it was out it had gotten dark and first thing in the morning it was laying right by mamma on the outside of the fence.
 
I had a few fawns get out on me a couple of years ago and Scott H told me that they will be back just grab a couple of cold ones and sit by the pen and listen. Well sure enough after the little guys got hungry they started crying and mom actually let me know where they where because she paced that side of the pen, because she could not get to them. If there is a fawn out there mom and baby will work together to be rejoined Good Luck
 

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