Thread: Counting Fawns at Foot

In your photo sneeze, it looks like the fawn has spots; is that an illusion, or do red fawns have spotted coats and then loose the spots when they grow up?

Rushy - I bet it does! I just read in Lentle/Saxon Red Deer in NZ that deer on farms roar earlier than in the wild, so you can get some practice in before you hunt them in the bush. That book was great. Helpful too if you were training a pointer dog.

Originally Posted by phillipgr

In your photo sneeze, it looks like the fawn has spots; is that an illusion, or do red fawns have spotted coats and then loose the spots when they grow up?

Rushy - I bet it does! I just read in Lentle/Saxon Red Deer in NZ that deer on farms roar earlier than in the wild, so you can get some practice in before you hunt them in the bush. That book was great. Helpful too if you were training a pointer dog.

It is certainly the case that the stags start roaring up here a lot earlier than in Te Uruwera.