pumaward
Posted : 7/17/2006 8:23:01 AM
Not to argue, but fawns have their spots for camoflage and pretty much will lay still so a predator cannot see them. They also don't have much for a scent which aids in a predator does get close, it can't see them.... now, if they got up and ran anytime a predator came close, they'd be dead. I remember seeing a picture a game warden took during hunting season where two hunters walked pass a young buck (the deer was in between them about 10 feet from either hunter) and didn't move. The hunters never saw him.
Also, IME, fawns tend to be very curious. A couple years ago, one tried to follow me out on the edge of a field. Mom is likely in the woods where you cannot see her, watching. Does aren't going to show themselves if they think there is danger... if they die, their fawns will also. Then, they won't be able to pass their genes on again... and this years young won't either.
I don't think it would hurt to call, but I don't think those fawns are currently in any danger; I bet mom's still around.