With commuters on the road to cabins and campgrounds for the summer driving season, so to comes the risk of a deer collision. Ever wonder what happens to the fawns of a doe if it gets hit?

Lisa Tretiak is the president and co-founder of the Prairie Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre. Tretiak says when a fawn is orphaned they try to find a mom to foster the fawn and take care of it as its own, a process she says can take a few days.

"What we do is, we go out into an area where we know there's a large group of deer, especially does, and we play a certain call, which is basically the baby call of a baby fawn. That will attract the mother who will want the baby. When a doe is interested she will stomp her legs, she'll be very concerned, and she will be looking around to where this call is coming from. That's where we will release the little fawn, the mom will then come up to it and take it on."

Within the same week of fostering, she notes, they will check multiple times to ensure the fawn is being taken care of.

"If something happens later on, again there's always predators and potential other dangers, as being hit by cars is possible, we would need to intervene again and try to find another family for the fawn."

Tretiak says if someone finds a fawn hiding, it should be left alone.

"They cannot follow their moms for the first couple of weeks because they're very young, they're unable to walk and keep up with mom, so they will stay in a particular spot. It's really important that if people come across this, just to leave them alone."

She notes if a fawn is walking around and crying for several hours, that is a sign it has been orphaned and has not been able to find a mother to foster it on its own.

"If that's not happening, definitely call us and we will move it to another area where there might be more does within the same proximity so we can get it fostered."