2 years ago a fawn was coming into a plot I have close to the house that I monitor regularly. Very small just like the deer in the picture. It was always alone so my conclusion was the mother got killed somehow but the fawn knew where to bed and where to eat and just survived but very malnourished and was just going to be small. Then this year I have a doe that is on the smaller side with two very small fawns. I watched them all summer and fall. They were half the size they should be. Now I wonder if that small single I saw 2 years ago had fawns this year and it’s a genetic trait. Just seems too much coincidence.