3 Turkeys, a Dead Rabbit, a Doe, and a Spotted Fawn

Jun 24, 2024, 4:46 PM

Today when I went outside to start work early, while it was cooler, I saw a Tom and 2 Hen turkeys around my pecan trees. Then I started thinking, where is my dog? He's a people and dog friendly dog but cannot stand any wild critters in his yard and strangely, there was no sign of him. I kept walking toward the barn, to get my weed eater, and there he was laying about 25 or 30 feet from the turkeys eating a half grown rabbit. All that was left at that point was it's rear legs but I figured that rabbits foot was not lucky, so I let him have at it. Im just glad it wasnt ANOTHER skunk that he attacked. The 2 hens strolled into the horse pasture and the Tom mossied over to the woods on the other side of the house.

About 2-1/2 hours later, I was finishing up the last hill inside the underground dog fence area and needed a short rest. While I was sitting on the hill in the shade under a pecan tree, I heard a noise to my left. I looked up and a doe with her fawn were standing about 20 ft away. We looked at each other a few seconds and all I could say was a quiet "hey baby", she snorted 3 or 4 times, then they both headed for the horse pasture and back into the woods.

The sights, sounds, life and death of nature are amazing. Now it's back to finishing the weed eating along the horse pasture fence and the last long hill beside the driveway. I hope your day has been good.

Go Tigers!

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About 3 years ago while turkey hunting, I was sitting on the ground leaning against large tree when I heard dogs barking a long way behind me. After a while a doe ran past me about 75 yards away with two dogs quite a bit behind her. They went so far away that I could barely hear them and then started back my direction and the doe ran past me again with the dogs about the same distance behind her . The barking again went so far that I could barely hear them and started getting louder once more. I was sitting three feet from a creek bank and finally saw the poor doe cross the creek and came straight at me, stopping 10 feet in front of me panting terribly. I was in full camo with a face mask so she was confused when I told her, “ Having a bad day girl, come on past and I will help you out “. Couldn’t believe it when she actually walked forward and came between me and the creek an arms length away. I reached out so I could tell people that I touched a wild deer but she jumped backwards and stood looking at me before walking away. By that time , the dogs came up still on her trail and I helped her out as promised. ( likely take some hits for that story but the dogs had no collars and were in the middle of private land). Talking to a deer without her running away was a neat experience.

3 Turkeys, a Dead Rabbit, a Doe, and a Spotted Fawn

A day with nature and in nature cant be beaten!***

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Interesting that you talked to the doe

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