Ep. 1040: Foundations - A Day in the Life of a Newborn Whitetail Fawn

About this episode

The episode explores the survival strategies of newborn whitetail fawns during their first three weeks of life.

How do fawns survive their first three weeks? It's not easy, but the deer have a strategy and it works out often enough to ensure another generation of whitetails will be on the landscape, waiting for us as fall kicks off. Connect with Tony Peterson and MeatEater Tony Peterson on Instagram  and Facebook MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , Youtube , and Youtube Clips MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Tony Peterson

Topics covered

• fawn survival
• whitetail deer
• wildlife strategy
• nature
• hunting

Keywords

• fawns
• whitetail deer
• survival
• wildlife
• nature

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Organizations: MeatEater

Books & works: Wired To Hunt Podcast

Places: whitetail

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