Little Barky is our hound mix too! The retriever and the shepherd don't seem to have the same burning desire to chase little critters that he does.
I feel the worst about the last fawn because there was just a (relatively) small section left to mow at the top of the hill and I actually said to the Husband "maybe I should go up there and look" and then "naw, I doubt a fawn would've been left there" since it was right by the woods. And then it turned out a fawn was in there after all :( It's such a huge field it would be impossible to thoroughly canvass the whole thing....but we can at least try next year.
Oh! How heartbreaking! :( I can see myself saying the same thing and then assuming all the noise had finally scared it off.
Isn't that funny about the hounds! It must be their prey drive. We have eight dogs and only those two even think twice about the chickens. Nobody else cares. They'll even let them eat their dog food!