Deer and Fawn in the Cattle Pen

Camped at a cattle pen east of Ekalaka, I saw a doe and fawn run across the road.

The doe jumped across the fence, but the fawn couldn’t snake though the metal squares.

The fawn made its way over to the part of the fence made of wood slats, but it still didn’t know how to get through.

I thought that if I got out of the car, walked over, and tried to hoist the baby over the fence - it might freak all three of us out. I sat and watched, not knowing what to do.

After about 20 minutes, I heard something smack the wood boards and saw the fawn’s butt and hind legs slither through to the other side.

The two bedded down together on the other side of the slats below the metal gate. What a good place to hide. I spied on them until nightfall.