To touch a deer?

[Ridgerunner]

Has anyone had the opportunity to ever touch a deer?  I have twice, the most recent was last night while walking in the neighborhood I spotted a small brown object protruding under a neighbors fence.  Upon getting closer I noticed it had spots and was a fawn in hiding.  I didn't touch it but did take some pictures that I will post tonight when I am home.  My two kids thought it was the coolest thing. 

The other time was the late whitetail season when I watched a spike buck feed up a little draw, then cut across towards me and kept feeding on the bush that I was hiding behind.  I could literally count his eyelashes.  I blinked and he bounced off a ways and started eating again.  It was fun experience to say the least. 

I've had muley does within 5 feet of me during hunts, but not quite close enough to touch.  Still fun though.

[Snowman]

I peted one years ago over on the pennisula at a camp ground there camping with my parents and some of there friends and kids. Fed him an apple right out my hands. It was cool. Had a buck fawn a couple years ago over in colvile come with in peting range but didn't as moma was giving me the evil eye. Very when you can get that close.

[BLUEBULLS]

this one will let you touch him, as long as you have something to add to his pot belly

[Snowman]

Cool pic. Where's that at.

[DeKuma]

Man, he is a hog.  He has a interesting rack.  Would love to find his sheds.

[Skyvalhunter]

Did you pet that one?

[Timberstalker]

I'll bet that is Lake Wallowa.

[vanhornhunter]

When I was about 15 a buddy and I were out archery deer hunting in northern arizona and we ran across a herd of antelope.I belly crawled out to about fifty yards away without bow.I took a stick with my hat on top of it and held it up and kinda waved it around. I had a  buck walk right up to me about five feet away.No BS coolest thing id ever seen.As soon as he realized what I was he took off of course but it was cool to have one be so courious like that.
I also stubled accross a sleeping spike elk all by himself,got about ten feet before he woke up and spilt.

[bankwalker]

back when i was younger i had a collared doe come right up to me and i was able to touch it with me arrow. i should have shot that damn thing...i wouldnt have been eating tag soup that year. it ended up walking up to me 3 times that season. but only came close enough once for me to touch it with an arrow. never did see if after the general archery season...

[E-Town Hunter]

I had the oppurtunity to pet a doe and let it feed right out mine and a few buddies hands. There was also a pretty decent young 4 point that you could get with in a few feet of. He wasn't quite *censored* enough to let you touch him though. I have some pictures I will have to scan and post. These deer were some that were running around Conconully. They had taken residence in my grandmothers back yard. I think I heard that some jack ass shot the 4 point with a bow a couple months later right in town. Needless to say alot of the locals were pretty pissed, they kind of consider them pets.

[cackle]

I got sumthing for his pot belly  >>-------->

[couesbitten]

About 12 years ago, my cousin and I were driving up the road for the days deer hunt. As we're driving down the road, we see a spike buck standing on the shoulder of the road, and about 30 yds up the road from him was a dog walking down the shoulder towards the buck. I commented to my cousin that that was kinda weird, and was watching in the rearview mirror as the dog continued to get closer to the buck. That's when I decided that something strange was going on. I stopped the car, got turned around and headed back towards the deer/dog combo. I backed into a little pull out about 50 yds from, and on the same side of the road as them, and rolled down my window and gave them a whistle. That dog came running, with the buck hot on his heals. Dog runs right up and jumps up with his front paws on the window sill of the door, and the buck came right behind him and stuck his head right inside my car! There we were, petting a dog and a buck deer. I couldn't believe it, and was somewhat dumbfounded. I looked at my cousin and asked him if he had a camera, 'cause nobody's gonna believe what is happening right now. Anyway, I had to actually push them away from the car, so that I could get the window up and get back on the road. As we were driving off, the two of them were standing there side by side on the shoulder of the road just hanging out, like they were trying to decide what they were going to do for the rest of the day. It was a pretty cool experience.

[New England Native]

I spent a weekend on orcas island, I swear all the deer there are tame you can go up to most any of them and feed them.

[ThePascoKid]

camping at lake wallowa a couple of septembers ago while cooking breakfast I heard a commotion outside it was the little girl in the pink from the next site over freaking out about the buck so me, my kid and my sister came out and fed him some cheerios

[Jackjr]

I had a deer that seemed to like eating cool ranch doritos a few years back a lake wallowa.  First time I was there and thought I was pretty special.  Then I talked to some locals and said there is a bunch of deer there that are like that. 

[catwithboost]

Ok guys where is lake wallowa? Kelly would love to see that.

[Jackjr]

Just outside of joeseph oregon

[jackelope]

it's about an 8 hour drive from here i think...pretty awesome place for a vacation and the deer are pretty cool too.
bluebulls...did that buck have a name? seems to look like one they used to call bent-horn.

[Jackjr]

I talked to some locals and they said they had names for all the deer in the park.  It was a race every year to see who could get the sheds. 

[viper55]

Wallowa lake is in Oregon and is just outside of Joseph Oregon. It is a nice lake and great fishing and the scenery is awsome up there. And most of those bucks there have some huge racks...... I had my family up there and the deer damn near maul you for food. I used to fish up there all the time.

[ICEMAN]

At Rosario on Orcas Island, we had deer feeding out of our hands. This is so wrong, but a buddy of mine would stick cheetos in the fly of his pants, and the doe would go down on him, nibbling the cheeto away.... My friend would lay his head back and say "Ooooh Yeaaaah....", another friend got a picture of this from the side,  funny damn picture! Sick, but funny...

[boneaddict]

I've layd my hand on several.  Mostly as a cruel joke to the deer.   Sorry I was a bit immature.  they walk right by me or come in to me, and I would gibe them a push and go BOOOOO, which usually resulted in them falling down clibing outof their own skin.  Like I said, kind of immature. I also untangled one from a barbed wire fence.  That was a bit hairy.   I've done the pet ones.  The game department had one at oak ridge for awhile.  He was kind of aggressive though. 

[bucklucky]

Lake Wallowa , Gona have to go camping and see if I can get some good referance photos

[Muleyslyr]

The wife has an Aunt and Uncle who have a place on Herron Island.  You can pretty much do anything you want with the deer on that Island.  Pictures are pics of a pic....

Here's my niece feedin' one a Ritz cracker.



My wife's cousin giving this guy some Bud Light. 



My son was 2 at the time.....they loved those crackers.

[bucklucky]

Cool pics!

[ThePascoKid]

Lake wallowa is a great place for kids especially to get up close and personal to the deer.  One thing I did notice the first time I was there and the bucks were in the velvet they really did not like you to touch their horns the velvet must be very sensitive.  You have to watch these deer like a hawk around kids though they can get very aggressive if you run out of food.  There were some people that had an altercation last year or the year before down there.  I'll see if I can find the pic of my buddy with a fruit loop in his mouth and the deer grabbing it making it look like he is kissing the deer not quite as x-rated as the crotch shot although I am surprised none of us thought of that probably because the kids were around.

[Head-shot]

At Rosario on Orcas Island, we had deer feeding out of our hands. This is so wrong, but a buddy of mine would stick cheetos in the fly of his pants, and the doe would go down on him, nibbling the cheeto away.... My friend would lay his head back and say "Ooooh Yeaaaah....", another friend got a picture of this from the side,  funny damn picture! Sick, but funny...

Your friends sound like my friends

[catwithboost]

Those are all great pictures.

[zackmioli]

my grandfather fed a bunch of deer at lake wallowa from his mouth. i was probably only 7 or so when we went there but ill never forget it!

ive been able to pet a few other deer too... 

[fishseeker]

Had pictures of me petting the one at Oak Cr. in 89 when he was a button spike. Don't know what happened to them!

[Fishhunt223]

I have petted a few deer.  One was a big buck in velvet, he was in captivity at a WSU research unit.  I also got to pet a bighorn sheep but they wouldnt let use touch the bears.   I have also touched a fawn that was trying to lick a salt lick out of my hands.
Travis

[alecvg]

I'll bet that is Lake Wallowa.

Im going there next week, last year we saw a buck that looked very simular to that... hmmmm...

[Leanne]

All these pictures are great!!

I live out on Camano Island and I was out hunting the early Muzzleloader season and I saw a doe that was ALL EARS.  I looked at my dad and said "she almost looks like a little Mulie yearling"  She lifted her tail to do her business and sure enough she WAS A MULIE.  She was breathing funny, raspy, she walked right up to us and we could see she has something wrong with her nose/mouth.  We figured she was being taken care of by someone trying to nurse her back to health, we found her water bucked and food bowl.  We gave her a good scratch on the belly and behind the ears and left her alone.  Never saw her again.  Wish I would have had a camera, bought one that summer just in case

[andrew_12gauge]

yeah i was at lake wallowa once about 10 years ago so ive petted a few deer, back then they all went crazy for grapes, and this past winter i caught a mulie fawn in the east low canal north of moses lake, it was a little buck fawn so my dad and i drug him up out of the canal and he just laid there, we then ran up the canal a ways and pulled a spike buck out, went back to where the fawn was and i told my dad if he was there still i was gonna take him home, he was there but when i tried to catch him again he charged at me and head butted me right in the crotch, i thought that was a nice thanks for saving his life but i guess he was healthy enough to live hopefully.

[ThePascoKid]

we get deer in the ditch here all the time my dad pulled a 2x3 muley out a few years back, been some elk known to get trapped in the ditches around here to believe it or not

[RightPlace-RightTime]

I have,  When im putting a tag on them

[Rick]

I've had the opportunity to touch a couple. The first was about 5 years ago while camping over near Bumping Lake. 4 buddies and I were camping for the weekend and were down in the river staying cool. We looked up and saw a doe snooping around our camp. I walked up to see how close I could get,and she slowly walked away. A few minutes later I saw her eating a bag of Doritos. I walked up again and she slowly took off again. A few minutes later she is halfway into our tent eating dog food out of a bowl. I snuck up this time and she was so intent on the dog food she never knew I was there until I reached out and touched her. Of course she almost came out of her skin,and just about knocked me over trying to get out of the tent.

The second time was last deer season. My 6 year old had hunted opening weekend with me and I drove him back over 410 to Greenwater to meet his mom. My dad and I had gone about a mile up Bald Mountain Rd. (1701) and we see a set of glowing eyes in the road about 100 yds ahead. The next thing we knew,a spike buck came tearing down the road right at my truck. He stopped about 3' from the grill of my Ram and just stood there in the headlights staring at my truck. My dad and I are laughing our asses off at this pyscho little buck.

I honked my horn so he'd move and that just riled him up. He came stiff legged around the front fender,ducked under the side mirror and was looking at me through the window. I rolled the window down and this little MFer just stood there staring at me from about 1' away. It was like he was pissed that we were tresspasing on "his" road.

I almost reached out and touched his head,but figured he'd beat the crap out of the side of my truck if I did. He stood there looking at us for probably a minute. I finally started to pull ahead and he spun around and started jogging up the road in front of the truck. He never got more than about 5' ahead of us and ran there for probably 300-400 yds. It was the craziest little buck I've ever seen.

If that little bastage grows into his attitude,he'll rule the mountain.

[BLUEBULLS]

those deer at wallowa lake can get pretty aggressive. A few years ago we were playin around with 3 or 4 bucks and the biggest one got a little jealous and, stood on his buck legs and did his best impression of Mike Tyson to me. they kick pretty hard. We spend a lot of down there and I'll never let my daughter feed them, i've seen too many people and kids get kicked and horned. They're still pretty neat to see though.
last year we went down for the rodeo and stayed at my wifes grandparents in joseph.
we slept in a tent in the yard and when i got out there was a 180" 4pt right out the door.