A doe a deer

Posted by Tricia in Saturday, May 5th 2007   


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This weeks theme is Childhood but no one said that it had to be about human childhood. I found this photo and thought it was absolutely adorable. Actually I feel more than a little sorry for the poor fawn. It looks cold and lonely doesn’t it?

My mother actually had a pet deer when she was growing up. This was back in the days when people truly hunted for food. I think her father or one of her brothers had killed her fawns mother and they brought the baby back to the farm where my mother quickly adopted the baby deer. If I remember right that story doesn’t have a happy ending because when the deer got older an other hunter, perhaps from a neighboring farm mistakenly shot the pet deer.

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12 users responded to this post

tray (1 comments.) said in May 5th, 2007 at 6:39 pm    

that is an adorable picture! sad about it’s life and death situations though…

Heather in Beautiful British Columbia (30 comments.) said in May 5th, 2007 at 7:42 pm    

Oh, that’s so cute! Poor little thing looks so cold and afraid. Great photo :)

Mr. Fabulous (0 comments.) said in May 5th, 2007 at 8:16 pm    

It does look cold. Makes me sad…

jennyr (1 comments.) said in May 5th, 2007 at 8:54 pm    

ohhh sad story…such an adorable deer!

Drew (9 comments.) said in May 5th, 2007 at 10:47 pm    

Cute picture, sad story.

Martin (18 comments.) said in May 6th, 2007 at 4:37 pm    

About 5 years ago, I was fishing in the Musquodoboit River and I accidentally STEPPED ON a baby deer. It made a disturbing noise, sort of a cry and sort of a squeal. I was quite sure that I hadn’t hurt it, but I examined it to be certain. I lifted it to its feet and it was able to stand and walk, though it was trembling. I wanted to be sure it hadn’t been orphaned, so I stepped back a few paces and stood still and silent, listening to see if the mother was nearby. After a LONG awkward silence, the doe lost her patience and burst into the clearing with a snort. She ran across the small expanse of tall grass and back into the bushes. I left after that hoping that they would both go back to business as usual.

Jean-Luc Picard (347 comments.) said in May 7th, 2007 at 2:12 pm    

A very sad picture.

Court (5 comments.) said in May 7th, 2007 at 4:06 pm    

That picture is so adorable, I wish that the story had a happier ending.

Tricia (485 comments.) said in May 8th, 2007 at 3:37 pm    

You guys know that isn’t a photo of my mom’s deer right? I probably shouldn’t have added the story of her pet fawn to this photo post … I think I confused ya.

Tricia (485 comments.) said in May 8th, 2007 at 3:39 pm    

Martin I’ve had an experience like that where I almost stepped on a fawn. It’s amazing how they blend right in isn’t it? I’m glad to hear that “Mom” decided to come out of hiding after a while and that it seems you didn’t hurt the fawn.

Homemom3 (5 comments.) said in May 9th, 2007 at 6:10 am    

he’s such a cutie, very sad story though. That would be a neat pet to have.

tnchick (14 comments.) said in May 11th, 2007 at 12:02 am    

What a precious babe - it does look lonely & cold.

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