After a gestation period of 196 to 213 days, most fawns are born in late May and into early June. As the time of birth arrives, the doe lies down. Her body strains and movements aid in her labor.

Fawns from the pervious year are the most vulnerable to starvation because they have the least time to accumulate fat before winter. Severe winters affect not only the survival of white-tailed deer ...

I received a first-hand tutorial in whitetail deer gestation period last spring. While hunting for morel mushrooms, I stumbled on a tiny fawn curled up in the downed top of an oak tree.

White-tailed deer normally drop their fawns from the end of May through the first part of June. Now that these fawns are 2 to 4 weeks old, they are moving around quite well, and many people have ...

Every year, hundreds of seemingly abandoned fawns are “kidnapped” by do-gooders and brought to animal rehab centers.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — As of this year, wildlife rehabilitators in Tennessee are no longer allowed to take in white-tailed deer fawns. It’s a “difficult” decision that Walden’s Puddle ...

DULUTH — The Minnesota and Wisconsin departments of natural resources are yet again making their annual plea asking people to avoid disturbing or touching deer fawns that will be born over the ...