To touch a deer?

[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.