This little fawn was born inside my horse paddock shortly after I sold my last horse. The doe left her alone all day. I watched and worried that she had been abandoned, and even called the DNR to see what I should do about it. They assured me that the mother always leaves her fawn the first two weeks as the baby leaves no scent, thus predators stay away.
Dusk came, and the doe did return and slowly grazed around the back of the barn making her way to the gate that I had opened after I found the little fawn.
From the kitchen window, I watched her call, the fawn got up, hobbled out of the gate to the mom who was waiting just outside. After nursing and licking the fawn for the next 15 minutes, mama started heading slowly to the edge of the corn field. When baby started to return to the paddock, mama circled around her, nudging her gently as does a broodmare, until the baby followed..and then laid down again in the thick grass at the edge of our property. The doe bounded off into the corn field, leaving her baby alone for the night. I did not see either for the next two weeks until they both returned to graze behind our house with two other does and their fawns. Who says we do not get to witness a miracle..I was privileged to witness this moment in a fawns life and get a picture while mom was somewhere hiding from us that day.
Thank you God, for such a special day, especially for letting me know for sure that mama came back to care for her baby!