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.