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Mammals and Fowel

Well, it finally July and we've had some visitors in the yard.  I live in the suburbs of Columbus and we're infested with rabbits and of course deer. Sometimes we'll wake up to 7 of them laying in the backyard and other times we don't see any for weeks. In early May, I noticed a loan doe a few backyards over standing in some large trees and I thought, "Wow, that looks like a weird deer." I took some really bad pictures of her because she was so far away but through the camera lens I could see her from all angles as she walked or should I say waddled around.  She was pregnant. I mean, about to explode pregnant and I'm fairly certain I don't know much about deer gestation but I was fairly certain she wasn't just having one fawn. I was fairly sure there was going to be twins, which I understand deer mostly have but I've never seen a doe in this advanced condition before. Anyway, fast forward several weeks to early June. My dog, River, sta...