![]() ![]() In most cases, the mother deer is often just out of sight, waiting for you to leave so she can tend to her young. In some cases, a person can literally push it along with a foot without it jumping up to flee. Their spotted coat blends into the background, and they just lay there. The fawn’s job is to stay as still as possible so that it remains hidden. By reducing the amount of visits she makes, she’s reducing the amount of attention brought to its hiding spot and the amount of scent left to alert predators of her young. ![]() She will go a short distance and eat, leaving the fawn alone during much of the day. Once a doe gives birth, she still needs to feed to maintain her health while nursing her young. Lying perfectly still and quiet is part of a young deer’s survival instinct while its mother is away. Most fawns found that seem abandoned aren’t alone after all. ![]() Moving those animals may be one of the worst things you can do to help it, and in the case of white-tailed deer fawns, taking it home can even land you in trouble with the law. LITTLE ROCK - Each year, biologists with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission get calls from worried conservation-minded individuals who happen across a young, helpless-looking deer, rabbits and birds that have apparently lost their mother. ![]()
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