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by TCRanch » Fri Jun 08, 2018 6:03 pm
So this was yesterday's drama. Heard this poor little fawn bawling, mama snorting & one of the dogs barking. It had somehow got all tangled up in some old, down fence in the woods behind the house. Naturally there's a ton of poison ivy down there. Grabbed the fence cutters & eventually got it out. Pretty wobbly at first but after a while took off & hopefully reunited with its mama. So far neither of us are suffering from the ivy although last night I jolted awake, sure I heard it still bawling & convinced mama rejected it. Took a moment to realize it was Hubby's nose whistling - not quite a full blown snore.

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by Bright Raven » Fri Jun 08, 2018 6:08 pm
Congratulations
I almost hit one yesterday when mowing pasture.
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by greybeard » Fri Jun 08, 2018 6:12 pm
TCRanch wrote:So this was yesterday's drama. Heard this poor little fawn bawling, mama snorting & one of the dogs barking. It had somehow got all tangled up in some old, down fence in the woods behind the house. Naturally there's a ton of poison ivy down there. Grabbed the fence cutters & eventually got it out. Pretty wobbly at first but after a while took off & hopefully reunited with its mama. So far neither of us are suffering from the ivy although last night I jolted awake, sure I heard it still bawling & convinced mama rejected it. Took a moment to realize it was Hubby's nose whistling - not quite a full blown snore.

The skeleton of one about that size or just a bit older is still hanging on one of my fences from last year sometime..
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by TCRanch » Fri Jun 08, 2018 6:16 pm
Bright Raven wrote:Congratulations
I almost hit one yesterday when mowing pasture.
Rhetorical question but WHY do they bed 'em down in pastures/fields instead of woods?

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by wbvs58 » Fri Jun 08, 2018 6:40 pm
It really got in a tangle, good job TC.
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by callmefence » Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:24 pm
TCRanch wrote:Bright Raven wrote:Congratulations
I almost hit one yesterday when mowing pasture.
Rhetorical question but WHY do they bed 'em down in pastures/fields instead of woods?

coyotes...weve got several that bed their fawns up by the house. I'm having problems posting pics. I sent one to farm fence the other day . maybe he will put it up. it started with one and over the years I think the fawns have grown up and picked up the same habit.. I'm sure its because they know they are safe there.
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by greybeard » Fri Jun 08, 2018 10:14 pm
callmefence wrote:TCRanch wrote:Bright Raven wrote:Congratulations
I almost hit one yesterday when mowing pasture.
Rhetorical question but WHY do they bed 'em down in pastures/fields instead of woods?

coyotes...weve got several that bed their fawns up by the house. I'm having problems posting pics. I sent one to farm fence the other day . maybe he will put it up. it started with one and over the years I think the fawns have grown up and picked up the same habit.. I'm sure its because they know they are safe there.
I don't know about your area, but around here, the skeeters, deer flies and horse flies are so bad in the woods nothing wants to stay there very long, including me.
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by TCRanch » Sat Jun 09, 2018 7:07 am
greybeard wrote:callmefence wrote:TCRanch wrote:Rhetorical question but WHY do they bed 'em down in pastures/fields instead of woods?

coyotes...weve got several that bed their fawns up by the house. I'm having problems posting pics. I sent one to farm fence the other day . maybe he will put it up. it started with one and over the years I think the fawns have grown up and picked up the same habit.. I'm sure its because they know they are safe there.
I don't know about your area, but around here, the skeeters, deer flies and horse flies are so bad in the woods nothing wants to stay there very long, including me.
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by TCRanch » Wed Jun 13, 2018 2:38 pm
And today's drama. Fourth time we've had to rescue one of the neighbors' goats. There's a reason why they make cattle panels & GOAT/sheep panels.

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by Nesikep » Wed Jun 13, 2018 3:01 pm
Yep, page wire is deadly to sheep and goats.. calves too probably
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by TCRanch » Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:59 pm
Nesikep wrote:Yep, page wire is deadly to sheep and goats.. calves too probably
Last year my orphan had a dumb moment

Aww, how'd you get him out? Just push him back through?
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by Nesikep » Wed Jun 13, 2018 7:09 pm
yup.. there was a little more spread near the top so held his head high.. glad i saw him because at 95F that could have been bad for him
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