Had to kill a fawn tonight
06-09-2006, 08:30 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location:
Posts: 1,314
RE: Had to kill a fawn tonight
pardon my ignorince but if you know this is fawning time why do you hay fields now would it be so bad to wait a couple or three weeks. Belive me I'm not passing judgement I just don't know. Mike
06-09-2006, 09:13 AM
#13
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Wayne Co. Michigan
Posts: 203
RE: Had to kill a fawn tonight
I here ya, last night when mowing down an old pasture i missed a fawn with a 7 foot mower deck by less then a foot. He got away thank goodness but it was a close one. They just dont move until your right on top of them.
06-09-2006, 09:17 AM
#14
Dominant Buck
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ramsey , Indiana
Posts: 22,545
RE: Had to kill a fawn tonight
You have to make hay while the sun shines Mike , and right now is that time nearly anywhere . If the doe , who is more than aware of human activity , chose the wrong place to hide her fawns then they never had a chance to begin with . If it wasn't the baler it would have been a coyote or other predator , open hay fields don't make for good cover .
06-09-2006, 10:12 AM
#15
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: ohio
Posts: 261
RE: Had to kill a fawn tonight
wierd that you bring this up but 3 weeks ago a buddy of mine hit a doe on his way home. well the fawn that was with her just stopped and wouldnt run away. not sure why but whatever. so my friend got ahold of the little guy, and has been bottle feeding it ever since. i think he said he was going to raise it as long as he could. and keep it on his farm in a fenced in area. not sure what he is going to with it but i thought it was kinda cool.
06-09-2006, 10:23 AM
#16
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Michigan
Posts: 5,076
RE: Had to kill a fawn tonight
I feel sorry for you I know that had to be a hard thing to do but you did the right thing by ending it's suffering.
Maybe your right in thinking that it's sprit will live on in GOD'S woods.
Maybe your right in thinking that it's sprit will live on in GOD'S woods.
06-09-2006, 10:28 AM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Damascus MD
Posts: 2,751
RE: Had to kill a fawn tonight
ORIGINAL: kevin1
As long as you have to do something that sucks you might as well find something positive in it . I'll bring the beer .
ORIGINAL: Fieldmouse
When's dinner?
When's dinner?
06-09-2006, 12:43 PM
#18
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 2,141
RE: Had to kill a fawn tonight
lol @ diesel
Farming takes priority over does having their fawns. Farming is how we make our money and our living, and as Kevin said, you gotta make hay while the sun shines.
Farming takes priority over does having their fawns. Farming is how we make our money and our living, and as Kevin said, you gotta make hay while the sun shines.
06-09-2006, 03:43 PM
#19
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Northeast Pennsylvania
Posts: 131
RE: Had to kill a fawn tonight
ORIGINAL: RDHunter
I feel sorry for you I know that had to be a hard thing to do but you did the right thing by ending it's suffering.
Maybe your right in thinking that it's sprit will live on in GOD'S woods.
I feel sorry for you I know that had to be a hard thing to do but you did the right thing by ending it's suffering.
Maybe your right in thinking that it's sprit will live on in GOD'S woods.
06-09-2006, 07:47 PM
#20
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Louisville Kentucky USA
Posts: 1,207
RE: Had to kill a fawn tonight
You can't wait 3 weeks cause there will be some more fawns then. We hit one on us a couple weeks ago. Hated it but it's just part of it. Farmers probably account for only 0.025% fawn mortality anyway. Some are going to die. That's just the way it is.