Not quite grown up yet

the Ferret · October 17, 2007, 09:11:00 PM

took this one about 3 hours ago

strick9 · October 17, 2007, 09:23:00 PM

What are the drainage pipes for?? Great pic...

ishiwannabe · October 17, 2007, 10:04:00 PM

I watched something very similar tonight from my stand. Mature doe and a button buck took turns grooming eachother, then she let him feed. I got to watch em for an hour and a half. Nice night in the woods. Thanks for another cool pic.

the Ferret · October 17, 2007, 10:09:00 PM

strick9..to keep the bucks from rubbing the young dogwood trees.

Ishi...it's great fun watching them isn't it?

bmfer · October 17, 2007, 10:18:00 PM

I watched the same thing the other night, on the first day , I whacked a doe with a big fawn with " the other bow", for freezer meat. A couple nights later, a doe came in on me and she had 2 fawns of significantly different size. Apparently her and her little fawn picked up the big fawn of the doe I shot the other week. Even though he( a button buck) was big enough to make it on his own, she let him feed from her, while her own doe-fawn broused.Talk about a mother instinct. It was a pretty cool sight though, and since she had her hands full, I let her pass, even though it would have been my first trad kill. It was too cool to watch. Unfortunatly, I spaced my camera back at the truck. I could have had some 3 ft pics of the little fawn.

T-Mac · October 17, 2007, 10:23:00 PM

Man Ferret you get some of the coolest pictures. It's coming a storm here right now, bet in the morning them critters will really be stirring.

Tom Mussatto · October 17, 2007, 10:59:00 PM

Great picture Mickey. Keep that camera working, love watching those deer.

Amazes me how rough those older fawns can be and the doe just stands there and takes it. Some video I took a few years ago.

Doe & Fawn

I could never be a mother.

BamBooBender · October 18, 2007, 12:12:00 AM

Wow! Great pic and video.

TXRED · October 18, 2007, 12:19:00 AM

Nice pic,Mick.When I saw the thread title,I thought it was gonna be something about yer second (or third) childhood.

Tbilisi · October 18, 2007, 06:02:00 AM

Great video and pictures. Love watching those deer. Please, keep them coming.

the Ferret · October 18, 2007, 06:59:00 AM

yea Tom, that's just how this one got the milk flowing. Cool vid. How in the heck do you post vids here. I take vids too but have no idea how to post them.

TXRED..that's what my wife would have said too

BamBooBender · October 18, 2007, 11:31:00 AM

You can upload and host videos on photbucket just like photos. It will automatically convert it to .flv format.