If you find a fawn, leave it alone!

It’s that time of year again when white-tailed deer fawns are showing up in yards and hayfields, and concerned citizens want to know how to help. In almost all cases, the best way to help is to simply give the fawn space and leave it alone.

Young fawns are purposely left alone by their mothers. In their first few weeks, female deer stay away from their fawns to avoid leading predators to their