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DEAR OH DEER!
Last spring, a doe that’d been hanging around our farm had twin fawns. I recognized her from the year before. Most people don’t believe that deer look different enough to tell them apart, but it’s easy once you get to know them.
The doe and her babies were out in the pasture near my house every evening. One morning, as I was going to town, I saw the mother doe lying on the side of the road; she had been hit by a vehicle. I felt bad, especially for the fawns, which I was sure weren’t old enough to survive on their own. However, the next day, I saw them out in the pasture as usual, nibbling at the grass, and I started thinking they just might make it.
As the summer went on, the fawns continued to grow and were inseparable. When I fed the wild turkeys in
