 DATE: In the 1942 original movie, Bambis mom said, no deer lived  half as long as The Great Prince of the Forest. In other words he  was more than twice as old as any deer she knew lived long enough to  be. That would make The Great Prince much older than her. In Bambi  II, however, The Great Prince told Bambi (still a young fawn) that  he was Bambis age when he met Bambis mom for the first time.