Fawn Traditional Cache
FIREWALKER438: making room for cp7
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At birth, white tail fawns have a spotted reddish coat that is
fairly silky. There may be several hundred spots on the coat. The
spots enable the fawn to camouflage itself, with the colors
blending well with the surrounding natural environment. They
usually weigh between 4 to 8 pounds at birth. The whitetail fawn
loses its spots by the end of October of the same year it was born,
or within 3 to 4 months after birth. The fawn is also weaned by the
time it loses its spots. By November the average whitetail male
fawn will weigh close to 80 to 85 pounds, and the female fawn will
weigh 75 to 80 pounds. As the spots disappear, the fawn's coat also
changes from its reddish color to a grayish winter coat. The buck
fawn's face grows a bit darker in color but the belly remains
white.
When a fawn is born it is odorless so that predators are not
attracted to its location. In fact the mother doe will stay away
from the fawn for a few days so that her scent does not rub off on
the fawn or attract predators to the area where the fawn is hiding
while gaining strength. When a fawn detects danger it will remain
perfectly still. Fawns that live past the first week have a good
chance of surviving to adulthood.
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