Little Scout was such a beautiful little deer, I wondered what the rest of his story was. So here it is.
Turner's Deer Camp Fawn Rehabilitation
November 1 at 5:22 PM ·
Wow! We want to say thank you so much for all of the response to Scout's story! We have had a lot of questions about rehabbed fawn and Scout and Elsa in particular. While we've tried to answer everyone, I thought I would take a minute to address some all together. While still being considered whitetail deer, Scout is a piebald and Elsa is an albino. Yes, both have been released back into the wild. We are licensed to rehab these amazing animals from March through December but all of them HAVE to be released by the end of December. We prefer to release them earlier due to the acorn crop and available foliage. All of them are released here on our farm and we leave the pens open and continue to offer feed through the winter to help the transition process. We take in injured, orphaned and abandoned fawn from all over the state. We have to follow the laws and guidelines given to us by the North Carolina Department of Wildlife. There are no sanctuaries in the state of NC due to the threat of chronic wasting disease therefore it is illegal to keep whitetail deer in confinement on a permanent basis. Yes, piebalds and albinos occur naturally in the wild. Adults are rare but they are out there. No, we are not funded by the state. We pay for everything ourselves combined with donations from the public. Yes, it's expensive! The average fawn costs around 250.00 to rehab from the time we receive it until release and we released 25 this season. In addition we also rehab squirrels, rabbits, flying squirrels and the occasional chipmunk 🙂. We also both work full time jobs and try to spend time with our family and work here on the farm. At present time we have horses, miniature horses, black angus cows, longhorn cows, chickens, three parrots, two dogs, a couple of cats, a koi pond and we raise Kune Kune pigs. Life is never dull! We are pretty much constantly feeding, watering and cleaning something! Several people have wanted to donate to the fawn program and we sincerely appreciate it! You can find us on Venmo at @Turnersdeercamp. All of your donations will be held for the next season and will go towards our formula costs. Thank you again for the overwhelming response and a special thank you to Amber for making and sharing Scout's story ❤️
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