Will a doe deer come back to it's fawn if a person touches it?

Contrary to popular myth, mom will come back for her baby. She may smell you on it and be a bit concerned but her maternal instinct is strong enough that she will take care of her baby even after being handled by a human. Just be sure to get it back immediately. She will hunt her baby for a while but will eventually abandon it assuming it may have been taken by a predator. Just how long she will continue to come back hunting her baby I do not know so do not delay taking it back. If you have a deer call that makes the sound of a bleeting fawn, you might also use it to see if you can attract mom's attention.

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Will a doe deer come back to it's fawn if a person touches it?

My son just found a fawn by it's self and seen the mother run off so he picked up the fawn and brought it home. We took a few picture see my yahoo 360 in the next few days. Will the mom come back to it if it is put back?

Yes, but it is very important you leave the fawn alone. Don't touch the fawn, don't move it and don't bother the fawn after your initial confrontation. Nature takes care of it's own, and does just fine. A doe's motherly instincts far outweigh a bit of human scent.

there is no cut-and-dried answer.

the human scent on the fawn now will make the mother very hesitant to interact with it. She will definately be extra-cautious. She may just abandon it outright, and never look back, but maybe she will gradually overcome her fear and accept it. The problem is, this is going to be more time for the fawn to go without food, weakening it, and also more time for predators to come upon a nice fawn dinner

Take the fawn back IMMEDIATELY to the spot where it was found. The doe will come back and get it. Tell your son to never take a wild animal away, even if he thinks it's abandoned. The only time you should retrieve a baby wild critter is if you see the parent killed and then you really should take it to a shelter as they are very hard to take care of properly. GET IT BACK!!

If you take it back to the exact place where he got it there is a chance the mother will return when it hears the fawns cries....

Sadly, so will other predators....coyotes, or wolves or bear that might live there, or even a great bald eagle that might be hunting high above.

You must completely leave the area, and make sure it does not follow you home if you want to give it a chance to reunite with its mother....or its fate whatever that may be.

Instruct your son never to take wildlife babies, its illegal in the first place and extremely dangerous, it it was a bear cub, the mother would have killed him, or a wolf cub even.....a mother elk has been known to trample to death persons messing with its fawn.....in Alaska, where I live, Moose killed a student at University campus who went to take pictures of the fawn....so its not something to trifle over.

There's a good chance. Replace the fawn, and with luck the scent won't scare off "mama" for too long.

If you'd left it in place, it's chances were good.

Since you've moved it, you'd best contact the local game authorities to care for it as an orphan.

'Mom' is probably permanently spooked.

if it's been over a day it won't come back but u should put it back

in my hay feild a baby died and it's mom was looking for it in the hay after it was cut up so their is a chance

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