Twin Newborn Fawn - Vancouver Island BC Canada

Watch follow-up video:
• Fawn a few weeks later
First off: Sorry for the small text, I made the mistake of upgrading wondershare video editor software and this was the result...the size was fine in the preview! If I had known that it would be so popular, I would have re-edited it. It doesn't say much of any importance anyway.
These Fawn were born in the back field of our small 2 acre hobby farm on May 22 2014. (close to our chicken coops and hay storage shacks) Due to the long grass, my young daughter and her friends nearly stumbled right on top of them when they were playing in our field, they didn't know that the babies were there.
The Momma had been visiting our fields and grazing along side of our llama, goats and chickens for years, and had learned to not be that afraid of us over the years. We were unaware that she was even pregnant.
when the children ran through the tall grass, she stood up and hopped over the fence, but stayed close, grazing in the next field. I am proud to say that my daughter and her friends didn't pick the babies up, they instead immediately came and told me. I brought my camera out to see if what they saw was really true, and this video is the result.
The video doesn't really capture just how small they are, about the size of a Yorkie, or Maltese dog...very small, very cute, still wet from birth. Because they were so adorable, it took everything in me to do the right thing, and back out of the area and leave them alone. I wanted to watch them all day! I now can totally understand why people constantly pick them up and try to "rescue" them! lol (The wrong thing to do, btw!) 99% of the time they are best left alone.
But knowing better, after just those few minutes captured on video, I backed off and watched from my house. Within less than a hour, the Mom (doe) did come back, as they almost always do! :) I captured that with my camera zoomed in as far as it can go, after climbing onto the roof of my house. I was very far away.
Please check out the updated video I posted above to see the babies running and playing weeks later.
If you find a baby deer do not move them! Do not pet them, just watch from a far. (far enough that Mom doesn't see you) Most of the time she is closer than you think, and will return. There is nothing better than their own mom to care for them.
Keep in mind that even if they DO have your scent on them, or if the Mother saw you with thier babies, they rarely abandon them. That theory has been proven false. Animals/birds etc will NOT abandon thier young just because they have human scent on them. They have a strong motherly instinct, and that bond isn't that easily broken.
If you know that mom isn't coming back for sure, such as knowing she is dead, or the babies have been alone AND crying for her for hours on end, or if you have any questions, before you do anything, please call your local wildlife rescue center. They will tell you step by step what to do to give these babies the best chance for survival they can get.
.....and yes, I probably did stay a little too long to film them! I knew that when they started to attempt to follow me on thier little wobbly legs. Unfortunately, MY motherly instincts kicked in to protect them!!! They are SO innocent and vulnerable looking! LOL. Thankfully I snapped out of it, and went to care for my own young! Lol
Not sure if there is a rehabilitator near you? In BC call the BC SPCA Provincial Call Centre at 1-855-6BC-SPCA (1-855-622-7722) to find out where the nearest facility is and if the wild animal truely needs human intervention.

[@didibolter9362]

Mother Nature is a wonderful and beautiful thing! 🤗🤗🤗

[@muhammadsyafiimaarif8653]

Alam itu kejam

[@jamesvanscoy7717]

Two cute fawns

[@lisaobrien4635]

I love these fawn twins and their Mama so much I can't stand it lol they're too wonderful!

[@huckaday]

I agree! I watched those babies grow and play that summer, did you see the follow up videos I posted? Unfortunately, we moved from that property so I didn't see how they grew up. I miss that hobby farm so much!

[@mehchocolate1257]

@@huckaday twins are rare in deer they only have one

[@shafaatawan9023]

ل

[@Padmagandhi]

Very cute little cuttyes and loveky mom

[@jankidevi2468]

They are so cute. looking beautiful.

[@mountainbikelife2526]

My father has a woods And I have seen does with fawns I get so happy seeing the beautiful creatures

[@Donkey2_]

The twins fawn are so cute! I want to thanks your daughter for not touching or petting them since we all know that if we do then mother deer would abandon them. You guys did the right thing by just filming them from far away. I hope others will learn from you and don't remove or pet them and let it's mother take care of it.

[@muhammadsyafiimaarif8653]

Hoax

[@muhammadsyafiimaarif8653]

Informasi palsu

[@alejandratovar7673]

So beautiful.

[@anaestrada5108]

Merci beaucoup Alana por ce video magnifique et votre amour pour les animaux,,je vous aime

[@huckaday]

Unfortunately, I do not remember enough of my highschool french lessons, but I think it says that you are thanking me for a excellent video of these animals? If so, you are very welcome. I sure miss living on that farm.😊

[@AdjustYourFocus]

Love your chance encounter on video and with description! Very special!

[@kasandra616]

What beauty and tenderness the mother with her two young beautiful images, how beautiful the animals🐾💙🤗 Thanks a lot👍

[@huckaday]

Did you see the follow up videos I posted. They often ran and played in our back acre. So very cute!

[@kasandra616]

@@huckaday I have not seen the following, I did not know that there were more videos, but I will look for them, it is wonderful to have such a close contact to these beautiful animals, I really liked your first video and I will see the others too Thank you very much for answering a hug.🤗

[@Инга-ч7б]

Какие малюсенькие и самостоятельные! ❤

[@altrnatvthinker]

thank you lady fro your nice words here up, i apreciated reading your nice descrition with good advices

[@Gaster_021]

Aaaaaaawwwww they’re so cute 🥰 hope their okay

[@hangmai1296]

Dễ thương , và đẹp ! Bãi cỏ xanh cũng rất đẹp ! 😊💖

[@huckaday]

Thank you very much for your comment. Unfortunately, youtube doesn't translate the comments to English for me. 😯

[@mjchenevertful]

Mom deer had not finished cleaning her fawns...they are still wet and matted... I see mom is finishing up the cleaning job of fawns toward the end of video.🤗😍 Beautiful footage!💕💕💞❤

[@sandrapereira9214]

Fofurinhas quê lindo meu Deus 😍❤🙏

[@ЕленаУстинова-т3ц]

ПРЕКРАСНОЕ ВИДЕО🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@mrpoolplayer6379]

These babies are two more miracles of life... Thank You Lord

[@limelightraver5690]

Amen

[@SKKEarth]

Beautiful video.thanks for sharing this

[@nikmotionmix]

So cute ♥♥♥ !!!

[@phoebeswildlife2254]

Very cool, great footage!

[@huckaday]

Thank you! It was the last summer living on that hobby farm. I regret moving so much. Did you see the follow up videos of these adorable fawns? They were very playful!

[@markrumfola9833]

I hope their somewhere safe.

[@Sweettyy245]

Cuttee💋💋

[@RajendraSingh-nr9uf]

This mother does not know, how cherish their newly born babies.

[@huckaday]

Thank you for your comment. It is actually very normal for mother deer to hide their babies in the grass while they eat grass nearby, and came back and let them nurse for the first time and then laid down with them for the night. Their mother was often grazing close in a nearby field. Scientists think that they purposely hide them away from her, so that the predators, such as mountain lions, bears and wolves will have a harder time hunting them when they are not easy to find at the Mothers side. They also say that they have little to no scent for the predators to track them. Usually they will lay completely flat and very still for hours, waiting for their Mother. Often people find them this way and believe that the Mother abandoned them or is dead, but in fact, she is usually very close by. Well meaning people take these babies away and then sadly they often need to be bottle fed by humans when they cannot be reunited. The mother will move on if she cannot find them. They are much better left in the wild, raised by their own Mother. If you check my channel, I have other videos showing these same babies months later with their Mother, running and playing. They spent all Summer in our and our neighbors fields. It was a gift from nature to let us observe these beautiful babies grow up. Unfortunately, we moved away that September, so we didn't get to see them after that. We had watched the Mother deer for years in our field. She trusted us and knew that we wouldnt hurt her. We think this was her first set of fawns.I sure miss living on that small hobby farm.

[@DaRa-ye5mu]

Just born!

[@shannoncane3774]

I wish it would if been my back yard ... Having a mother deer giving birth to its BABYS and making a temp home for her young in my back yard away from any predators ...... Gods beautiful creation ....

[@huckaday]

It was definitely a privilege to be able to watch these babies grow that summer! Did you see the follow up videos? They grew up so fast. We moved away from that hobby farm that summer, I really miss that place!

[@JuJu_Sc.]

Oh! Cute 😍😘

[@ToToWildlife]

Wow! Amazing! 👍

[@jyma2011]

Super! Merci.

[@tatianapantazopoulou7518]

Nature's jewels

[@ايمنعمرو-خ7د]

" الله خالق كل شيء . وهو على كل شيء وكيل"

[@huckaday]

Unfortunately, I cannot read your comment. It did not translate into English. But thank you for your comment. (Especially if it is a positive one! Lol)

[@ايمنعمرو-خ7د]

@@huckaday ( Allah, the creator of every thing , the guardian of every thing ) . Glorious Quran chapter 39 verse 62 . It’s a heartwarming video , thank you for uploading it .

[@huckaday]

Thank you very much for the translation! (And the wonderful comment too! :) )

[@hassanmosmaher1442]

wow wow amazinge

[@serenamccabe8616]

Mama is so tired

[@jackflash538]

Columbian Black-Tailed deer, best wild but domesticated to only one person/family pets one could ever hope to have.

[@tahtsiz-kral]

oooo wie süß 😊😊😊

[@huckaday]

Thank you very much for your comment. Unfortunately, youtube doesn't translate the comments to English for me. 😯

[@ernestot593]

Alana ermoso video saludos desde arizona estados unidos Ernesto torres

[@huckaday]

Thank you very much for your comment. Unfortunately, youtube doesn't translate the comments to English for me. 😯

[@mirkar3097]

New babies!!

[@jamesvanscoy7717]

Theres there mom

[@ATAATX]

Brand spankin new.

[@बिरहीराइलोप्रदेश]

I love you camera man?

[@hasnaninsagar5330]

مشا الله

[@huckaday]

Thank you very much for your comment. Unfortunately, youtube doesn't translate the comments to English for me. 😯

[@Pahalintu]

Woow

[@catherineroquais4413]

Que vont ils devenir

[@huckaday]

Thank you very much for your comment. Unfortunately, youtube doesn't translate the comments to English for me. 😯

[@الحب-ط3ك]

😰😥😢😭

[@MustafaSavanur]

Where are wild dogs when you need them the most?

[@huckaday]

Little to no wild dogs here. People are pretty good for taking care of their pets.

[@catherineroquais4413]

La voila

[@lemondedesamigurumie7756]

Moi et fantin quand on est faché

[@duraysahin]

Çekim yapan ellere sağlık maşallah selam istanbul Türkiye den

[@willcsgo95]

where is a lion?

[@huckaday]

Yikes. 😣 Thankfully not in our field that year!! 😊

[@НурбубиШерияздан]

пришла защити нас. недавно родились Лань мама где то рядом. вот она чтобы их защитит отошла.

[@huckaday]

Thank you very much for your comment. Unfortunately, youtube doesn't translate the comments to English for me. 😯

[@oldtrio1]

Twin Fawn

[@antoniaappple5121]

Pourquoi ne pas leur donner au moins à boire pour les sauver , les filmer ensuite .

[@Truly1Tom]

Good video, lousy text, way too small. Otherwise a good effort.

[@huckaday]

Truly1Tom Yes I agree. It was using a cheap editing program. If I had known that it would be such a large audience, I probably would have redone it. It was originally just to share with family and friends. I may remake it some day when I get the time. :)

[@ЛилияСветикова]

Это типо пришла на дачу посадить лук, а тут нежданные гости?

[@ЛюбовСнитко-я4к]

Они может остались без мамки помощи просят

[@huckaday]

Thank you very much for your comment. Unfortunately, youtube doesn't translate the comments to English for me. 😯

[@ruiztorres4501]

Pobre bebe

[@huckaday]

Thank you very much for your comment. Unfortunately, youtube doesn't translate the comments to English for me. 😯

[@اناابنكياعراقاناابنكياعراق]

ياسبحان الله العظيم واتوب اليه عدد خلقه ورضا نفسه وزنة عرشه ومداد كلماته

[@huckaday]

Thank you very much for your comment. Unfortunately, youtube doesn't translate the comments to English for me. 😯

[@mrpoolplayer6379]

Just do it over...

[@huckaday]

Mr BreakRAK I should. I just saw today that it had so many views! I really thought it was just family and friends that would see it. After working so hard on the editing and looking perfect on the previews, I was so disappointed when I published it, and saw that it had reduced the text so much. I was using wondershare editing software. It seems to be an issue when you use a HD quality video and gets messed up in the conversion to the final product. I got frustrated because I had family waiting to view it, so I just went ahead and posted it, never expecting so many views years later. ;)

[@hotrod8915]

Don't call authorities if u find a baby animal, please. They will most certainly kill it. If u want the animal to have the best chance of survival, don't call any type of local, state, or federal Dept.

[@huckaday]

It depends on where you are from. Here in BC Canada they don't kill baby fawn unless they are injured and can't be rehabilitated. But in almost all cases, when you see a baby fawn...just leave it alone. The mother is almost always nearby grazing somewhere. Too many well meaning humans kidnap babies thinking that they are abandoned when they are not. The mother of these babies was just in the next field.

[@hotrod8915]

@@huckaday don't be fooled. Trigger happy mounties get off on killing wildlife. I see a few small doe on my way to work sometimes during the winter. I live in Texas but I don't hunt animals.

[@hotrod8915]

@@huckaday a fawn has to be put down if it's orphaned. Same with puppies at a shelter. If they aren't weaned they go straight to the gas chamber. That's protocol everywhere unless it's an animal sanctuary. even over there in hoser land

[@huckaday]

No. Here in "Hoserland" (lol) we have many Wildlife rescue places that bottle feed them. I've been to many myself. Often many "rescued" babies were not really orphaned at all, but well meaning city folks, or those uneducated about wildlife will "rescue" them, thinking they were orphaned. Most are not. Mom has them hide as she grazes, often for hours. The only time to take them is if they are crying and mom doesn't eventually show up...or if you KNOW mom is dead. The only time they put down the babies here, (in BC anyway) is if they are very ill/injured and not able to be nursed back to health. I'm sure they have Wildlife rescues in the states too. Maybe you are thinking of bears? If bears keep returning to human areas, they often will be shot because they become dangerous if they are not afraid of people....completely a human caused issue and preventable by simply using bear proof garbage cans and not leaving any food/fruit laying around to attract them. Very sad.

[@markanthony653]

Oh how beautifull!!!! 519 that female dough just imagine Friday night 5:00 dinner time, ice cold Miller , tenderloins seared gently mushrooms onions just a little A1 sauce mashed potatoes, asparagus sauteed lightly in Land O Lakes butter real butter with salt that's cheap s*** a beautiful blonde sitting right next to you drinking that ice cold beer I'd be making those cute little noises make sure the fans are pointed in the right direction what a fantastic evening it could be.

[@huckaday]

LOL. Ha ha Your funny.... Miller tastes watered down. Yuck! I'd be drinking a Molson Canadian ! 🍁 😉

[@2dasimmons]

Wherever this is, IT'S TIME FOR LANDSCAPING SERVICES. Pronto.

[@huckaday]

Lol. This is a hobby farm acreage. ..not a golf course. We were in the process of selling our property so our livestock (aka gardeners) were all gone. This particular area was were our chickens were once housed, so lots of fertilizer for the grass! (That's probably why we had so many deer and elk visiting to graze.) I sure miss living there! :)

[@catherineroquais4413]

Sans leur maman

[@huckaday]

Thank you very much for your comment. Unfortunately, youtube doesn't translate the comments to English for me. 😯

[@loxandra2312]

omg! stop filming and go away that the mother of the twins come back!

[@huckaday]

It is a myth that the Mother won't come back if you touch or stand close to fawns. (Or for that matter, also other young animals, baby birds etc.) Many are reunited successfully. This myth was probably started as a stern warning to stop children from disturbing, picking up or handling baby animals. (Even I used that one with my kids. And it worked, they didn't touch these fawns and came running to tell me instead.) But unfortunately, that myth also gave the misconception that people should remove/kidnap the babies for hand raising if they have been touched or disturbed. (Thinking that the Mother will never return.) Like humans, a wild animal's motherly instinct is very strong. It would take a whole lot to get them to never come back. In most situations, it is best to call a professional Wildlife rehabilitation Centre to get advice before doing anything. And to only watch from afar. A mother deer can leave their babies all day long before returning. That all said, I am assuming by your hastily written comment, that you haven't first read my other comments, or watched the other updates posted about these fawns, (And thier mother) to get the full story. I can see that it was written very impulsively, but I know it came from a warm and caring heart for innocent animals. We have that in common. So in case you do not have the time to view the other videos, which are just as adorable, I promise you...I'd like to ease your mind that all turned out wonderfully for this little family. I did not handle them, and only took a quick video and then cleared out. (Especially when they started to imprint on me!) If you watch this, and the other videos I posted, you will see that the Mother is very nearby and not only returns within a few hours, but spent most of that summer with her babies, safe in our back field. (See other videos) I was very lucky to be able to watch them grow from my home. I have mentioned all of this in many comments, and also that the Mother has been grazing alongside of our farm animals for years and is not threatened by us at all. Thank you for your concern.

[@loxandra2312]

@@huckaday yes I know that, but if there are people filming the doe stay away.

[@huckaday]

I was filming. I was alone. It was on my property. There wasn't any other people filming or watching. I did everything correctly, and as was shown a little later in the video, (taken with a zoom lens from the roof of my house) the mother came back within the hour. I updated the description to explain this further. We got to see them almost everyday! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGfNpatvr9SEZ9E This is the updated video taken a few weeks later showing that the fawn were thriving within the safety of our field. We were very lucky to have been able to watch this little family grow from our home. Deer are very common here on Vancouver Island. They do not scare from humans very easily. You will see more deer than stray dogs and cats wandering the streets here. As I said before, she wouldn't have abandoned her fawn just because I looked at them for a few minutes.There wouldn't be any deer left on the planet if they abandoned their babies that easily!! Lol I was only there because I needed to investigate what my children had told me. I brought my camera to capture the beautiful moment that I found them, so I could share it with my family and friends. I didn't expect it to become such a popular video, but I am very happy to share such a magical moment in my life. It is especially a great memory, because I am now seriously sick, and bedridden. I do not get to see nature like that anymore. Sadly, we have also long since moved away from that area. And I sure miss it. I often wonder what became of those fawn and if they have come back to have thier babies there too! 😊

[@mahribeneda6462]

Any baby’s animal I love Except those ugly rat baby monkey .

[@ابراهيمسليمان-ح6و]

No god except Allah.

[@dcx576904]

what animal is this

[@huckaday]

董家华 it is Deer. We have many, probably too many, here on Vancouver Island. :)

[@acspectator8636]

Columbian Black-tailed Deer.

[@院殿-s3m]

うーむ、バットで止めさしたいな

[@huckaday]

Thank you very much for your comment. Unfortunately, youtube doesn't translate the comments to English for me. 😯

[@krishnan6245]

RIP

[@huckaday]

They are NOT RIP. Stop lying. This was years ago, and I watched them grow up all season.

[@fatihkucukkosker735]

BEATUFİL

[@KatherineUribe-1]

Those were newborns. I'm so happy the mother was right there. Good work teaching your daughter the, "hands off," approach. By giving the mother deer time and space, she returned to her motherly duties. A very touching video! Thank you for sharing!💟🦌💟

[@huckaday]

Did you see the follow up videos? They often were leaping around playing near their grazing mother. Very therapeutic watching them after a long busy day! :)

[@eduardovillalon7496]

I’m sorry, but that “hands off-mother won’t accept them” it’s just an absolutely absurd myth. We have found MANY fawns, we have always pampered them, care of them and their mothers have never rejected any of them. In fact, they can feel their babies are safe with us and they come back very often to leave them in our yard. Respect animals, love animals.

[@huckaday]

@@eduardovillalon7496 I think she meant to leave them alone so the mother can find them and so that they don't imprint on us instead. If the Mother is nearby, it is ALWAYS best to leave them alone. The less human contact the better. You WANT them to be scared of humans. YOU know that you are kind, but the next human they may contact might only see them as a meal. Not to forget that many mother deers will fight to the death to protect their babies, they can seriously injure, or kill a person with those front hooves. There are many videos of mother deer attacking people and their pets to protect their young. I strongly suggest doing a search. I wouldn't ever want my kids thinking that it is OK to pick up a fawn without an adult first assessing the situation fully to see if it really is a "rescue" and not "kidnapping". If Mama deer is a protective doe, it could cost a child their life! It's always best to stand back and watch from afar... Looking back, I spent far too long there myself. It was stupid. I have more knowledge, and a zoom lens now! 😊 Its just too bad that I don't still own this hobby farm. I miss living with of such beautiful events like this surrounding us. Now it's just a bird feeder in the middle of town. 🙁 Thanks for your comments. These are great conversations. And honestly, I don't mean to chastise or talk down to you... I just want to make sure you and your kids are safe. I totally understand that draw to such adorableness. .. I've been raised in the woods and know WAY better, but still couldn't resist! But if not for your safety, then for the safety of those baby deer, please let them be afraid of people... it's what's best for them. 😊

[@johnr5252]

@@huckadayI definitely would not want them trusting humans EVER. People are not their friends. You guys are exceptions for sure, but they don’t know that.

[@A1234561921]

Dear God how great you are!!!!

[@mariaesattosonosemprecomun5101]

Che belli😊

[@huckaday]

Thank you very much for your comment. Unfortunately, youtube doesn't translate the comments to English for me. 😯

[@crebeling1]

que divinos son estos ciervitos

[@typingcat]

Hey, it's like "Cuties", but by fawns!