By Scott Bestul

In my mind, trail cameras are popular because they mirror hunting itself. Sure you stick out a camera hoping to get a “shot” at a big buck, but if that’s the only thing that trips your trigger, you’re not paying attention. Last winter I had multiple pics of a cottontail rabbit that visited a mock scrape on a nightly basis, and my favorite photo of the summer was of a button buck I nicknamed “White Sox.” Sporting four perfect little white bands above his hooves, and a chalk-white circle around each eye, he was quite possibly the prettiest whitetail deer I have ever seen.

So I was thrilled when I found the following clip. Taken from a camera set on video mode, it shows something I’ve never seen before; a pre-natal fawn pushing against Momma’s belly. Run the clip and look just in front of the doe’s hind leg. It lasts but a split second, but you should be able to spot the doe’s belly bulge as her fawn kicks from inside.

I like pics of big-antlered deer as much as the next guy...but it doesn’t get much cooler than a kicking fawn!

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from 2Poppa wrote 2 years 34 weeks ago

Son-Of-A-Gun!
That took sharp eyes to see that Mr. Bestul ...a trait that successful deer hunters must have.

Thanks for sharing,that was the first time I had ever seen that on a cam!

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from libertyfirst wrote 2 years 34 weeks ago

I've watched whitetail deer all of my life and with a passion and I have never seen a lamb kick in it's mother. What a tremendous photo! Thanks for sharing.

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from buckhunter wrote 2 years 34 weeks ago

Wow. You don't see that every day

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from jeffo52284 wrote 2 years 34 weeks ago

Amazing! I had to watch the video a couple of times to see it I don't know how the guy noticed it the first time.
great post thanks!

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from Del in KS wrote 2 years 34 weeks ago

Truly amazing

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from 60256 wrote 2 years 34 weeks ago

That's why I believe that trail cams are ones of the coolest hunting related inventions in the last 50 years.

Nate

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from steve182 wrote 2 years 34 weeks ago

Yeah, that's cool. One of my favorite trailcam pics is a large, pretty, spotted fawn. Beautiful.

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from BigWoodsHunter57 wrote 2 years 32 weeks ago

Had to replay it a couple of times but it is unbelievable

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from 2Poppa wrote 2 years 34 weeks ago

Son-Of-A-Gun!
That took sharp eyes to see that Mr. Bestul ...a trait that successful deer hunters must have.

Thanks for sharing,that was the first time I had ever seen that on a cam!

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from libertyfirst wrote 2 years 34 weeks ago

I've watched whitetail deer all of my life and with a passion and I have never seen a lamb kick in it's mother. What a tremendous photo! Thanks for sharing.

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from buckhunter wrote 2 years 34 weeks ago

Wow. You don't see that every day

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from jeffo52284 wrote 2 years 34 weeks ago

Amazing! I had to watch the video a couple of times to see it I don't know how the guy noticed it the first time.
great post thanks!

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from Del in KS wrote 2 years 34 weeks ago

Truly amazing

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from 60256 wrote 2 years 34 weeks ago

That's why I believe that trail cams are ones of the coolest hunting related inventions in the last 50 years.

Nate

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from steve182 wrote 2 years 34 weeks ago

Yeah, that's cool. One of my favorite trailcam pics is a large, pretty, spotted fawn. Beautiful.

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from BigWoodsHunter57 wrote 2 years 32 weeks ago

Had to replay it a couple of times but it is unbelievable

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