Another sure sign of spring at The Farm

The story behind these two fawns is as follows.

A guy we know asked if he could turkey hunt at The Farm and we said sure. The first day out he met up with the neighborhood tom turkey. Tommy was in his roost when Mr. R walked into the woods. Tommy took one look at him with his gun and flew away.

The next day Mr. R was back in the woods a little earlier this time and no turkeys flew out of the trees - a good sign. As the dawn of the morning was rising, Mr. R started calling. Tommy would gobble back at him and they kept this up for the next hour or so until Tommy had had enough of this game. He flew out of the tree and landed in our yard. I was in the garage and witnessed this, Tommy with a smug look on his beak he turned east and walked into the sunrise looking for the ladies.

So Mr. R decided to pace off the distance between him and Tommy. As he was walking thru the woods he almost stepped on the first fawn. He was so startled at seeing the fawn he just starred at it for awhile. It then dawned on him to go get the camera. On the way back to the first fawn he almost stepped on the second fawn.

Was turkey hunting a success for Mr. R? In my eyes it was a tremendous success. Not only did he get to see the fawns and turkey, he also had several deer walk by him, he could hear the geese honking at each other in the pond plus he got to enjoy all of the spring flowers and witness the woods waking up for summer.