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Title: Strange deer encounter
Post by: d_wilson on October 17, 2010, 06:45:59 PM: Well I didn't have any luck locating a shooter buck up the Entiat this weekend, but I did have an interesting encounter with a hungary doe. As I worked my way up a heavily timbered ridge I spotted this doe about 50 yards uphill watching me. As I stood there watching her for about 3 minutes I realized she was in no hurry to leave so I decided to keep hiking toward her. I walked to within 10 feet of her and she didn't move. Thinking this was a Kodak moment, I knelt down and got my camera and a sandwich out of my pack. I tore off a piece of bread and held out my hand and she came walking right to me! I spent about 5 minutes feeding this doe my sandwich while taking pictures. For whatever reason I couldn't get her to eat the meat. :chuckle: After the feeding I packed up and continued my hike peering back occasionally to see the deer standing where I left her.
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Post by: 338WinMag on October 17, 2010, 06:49:15 PM: Thats awesome... great pictures!!!
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Post by: MuleySniper on October 17, 2010, 06:50:29 PM: :chuckle: That's crazy!
MS
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Post by: Bigtine96 on October 17, 2010, 06:51:30 PM: The coolest story and pictures that I have seen on here
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Post by: hirshey on October 17, 2010, 06:56:57 PM: She was probably waiting for you to pee. :chuckle: funny but serious: they want your salt!
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Post by: Armadillo on October 17, 2010, 06:57:50 PM: That is so cool!!
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Post by: denali on October 17, 2010, 06:58:41 PM: :chuckle: :chuckle: your lucky she didn't fallow you home kids would be going " can we keep her ? can we keep her ?

cool pics
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Post by: wapiti hunter2 on October 17, 2010, 06:59:05 PM: That is fricking cool.
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Post by: d_wilson on October 17, 2010, 07:00:29 PM: She did lick my sweaty hand after I wiped my face. Didn't offer her any pee. Maybe next time :)
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Post by: Armadillo on October 17, 2010, 07:01:15 PM: damn you must've been far from the people to find an un-scarable deer 8)
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Post by: ribka on October 17, 2010, 07:06:02 PM: Amazing experience and pic.
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Post by: archery288 on October 17, 2010, 07:09:05 PM: That's impressive!! What an experience!! 8)
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Post by: IBspoiled on October 17, 2010, 07:12:55 PM: Next time see if you can jump on for a ride. I chickened out, didn't want to get my butt kicked by a deer. :bdid:
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Post by: bowhunterforever on October 17, 2010, 07:13:43 PM: Very cool
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Post by: BlackRidge on October 17, 2010, 07:49:52 PM: ...that bottom pic is creeping me out :chuckle:

Had a similar situation yesterday/today. Had a doe/fawn hang around my blind for well over 5 ours yesterday, no matter what type of stupid thing I did, they would stay. More does ended up coming in to the area (6 in all), maybe 20 yards away until the light ran out. Today the same doe/fawn showed up, I needed to check out the area behind them so I slowly walked within 15 feet of them to the nearby greenbelt... no worries. Had to walk back out a similar way, same thing... aside from predators, I have a feeling they know theyre untouchable
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Post by: Dustin07 on October 17, 2010, 08:45:51 PM: Quote from: BlackRidge on October 17, 2010, 07:49:52 PM
aside from predators, I have a feeling they know theyre untouchable

I have felt that way for years.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on October 17, 2010, 09:20:18 PM: thats pretty cool.
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Post by: boonerboy on October 17, 2010, 09:29:54 PM: haha, that is cool! I recognize you from your pic, did you have any luck with your late Mission tag last year? Talked to you up Shaser, I was with Seth S... Your dad also used to chew my ass in middle school when he was vice principal :chuckle: :chuckle: I was a chit head back then :chuckle:
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Post by: d_wilson on October 17, 2010, 09:49:12 PM: Quote from: boonerboy on October 17, 2010, 09:29:54 PM
haha, that is cool! I recognize you from your pic, did you have any luck with your late Mission tag last year? Talked to you up Shaser, I was with Seth S... Your dad also used to chew my ass in middle school when he was vice principal :chuckle: :chuckle: I was a chit head back then :chuckle:
Ok remember you now. Nope, didn't shoot anything last year. I set my sights high and passed on a lot of deer looking for "the big one" which I never found. As for the ass chewings...well i've been on the receiving end of a few of those myself :chuckle:
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Post by: Alan K on October 17, 2010, 09:50:02 PM: Very cool!

Reminds me of the spike elk the guys with Angry Spike Productions got up close to and pet. Anyone have that video?
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Post by: bosshogg112 on October 17, 2010, 09:59:03 PM: that is absolutly the coolest thing i have ever seen!!!
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Post by: d_wilson on October 17, 2010, 10:08:15 PM: Forgot about this picture. This was taken in 1996 up the Entiat after the massive snowfall we had. The sow was shot and killed by another hunter a week earlier so this guy was left to fend for himself. There were actually 2 cubs and they both pestered us for days. One of the cubs got ahold of my pack and I had a tug of war contest with him. They are very strong for there size! We contacted the F&W and told them about the cubs and their response was basically let nature take its course. Unlikely they survived on their own
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Post by: huntinkid20 on October 17, 2010, 10:13:48 PM: Awesome pictures. That kind of thing doesnt happen everyday.
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Post by: spin05 on October 17, 2010, 11:47:27 PM: I think fefe is in heat!!!!!
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Post by: BLKBEARKLR on October 17, 2010, 11:51:15 PM: I will have to try and dig out some old pictures had one up on by Randall, come over and eat three tapicoa puddings and then commenced to walk beside me like a pup for about 3 miles in.

Awesome when things like that happen

Joe
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Post by: PolarBear on October 18, 2010, 12:02:32 AM: Realy cool pics!!! I wish that I could have gotten pics of the forky blacktail that was sniffing the bottom of my boot with estrus scent on it as I sat with my back to a tree and my legs covered with ferns and leaves. I also had a 2 point mulie shaddow me step for step at about 40 yards for close to 1/2 mile during late archery. I did get pics of him. I'll have to see if I can find em.
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Post by: Bigfoot on October 18, 2010, 01:52:12 AM: BLKBEARKLR, does this photo look like the same area you are talking about? This doe walked up to my pickup and stuck her head inside the cab and started licking my fingers. This was in Randle.
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Post by: mynameistyler on October 18, 2010, 01:53:54 AM: You should have slit its throat!!
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Post by: unluckyjohn on October 18, 2010, 05:31:31 AM: bread fed deer, yum!
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Post by: runamuk on October 18, 2010, 06:42:43 AM: as kids we would go to the islands in summer one of the islands is tiny and a park and it had deer who liked to eat marshmallows from your hand my grandparents house might still have pics. I know when grandma and grandpa spent the summer as fire lookouts way up in the middle of nowhere they had a doe take up residence like a pet dog.
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Post by: yelp on October 18, 2010, 07:12:03 AM: I am seeing a pattern with this thread! :yike:
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Post by: hirshey on October 18, 2010, 11:43:57 AM: This thread sparked a conversation between my father and me... he also had a similar encounter hunting on White's Pass: a gentleman was driving down the road, stopped and said "check this out! There'll be a doe coming around the corner here in a few minutes... she's been following me for the past 40 minutes! She likes Snickers, too!" Sure enough, a few moments later this doe came trotting down the dirt road. They fed it a mini snickers, put a company hat on its head and my father draped his arm around it for a photo. The gentleman was going to send the photo (my father didn't have a camera) but it never surfaced. Still very neat nonetheless! :)
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Post by: J Snow73 on October 18, 2010, 01:33:59 PM: Quote from: BLKBEARKLR on October 17, 2010, 11:51:15 PM
I will have to try and dig out some old pictures had one up on by Randall, come over and eat three tapicoa puddings and then commenced to walk beside me like a pup for about 3 miles in.

Awesome when things like that happen

Joe
:chuckle:Thats taking a deer decoy to a whole new level
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Post by: scout88 on October 18, 2010, 01:47:21 PM: awesome pics and story!
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Post by: Gobble Gobble on October 18, 2010, 01:55:30 PM: I have a pic taken at lake Walowa(sp) in Oregon of a Mulie buck (I think a 3X3) with its head in my cooler as I'm trying to put stuff into it. Just wish my scanner worked.
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Post by: ratherhunt on October 18, 2010, 01:59:43 PM: Thats cool !!!!!!!
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Post by: elkslare on October 18, 2010, 03:15:13 PM: great pictures,
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Post by: Clipboard guy on October 18, 2010, 03:19:23 PM: You should have asked her directions to her Grandads hideout.
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Post by: ser300wsm on October 18, 2010, 03:57:51 PM: :) Those are awesome pics & stories. strange thing happend to me hunting in Vermont, a doe would not leave me even after i shooed her away, She kept right on tagging along behind me. After more than an hour of this i finally made it back to my truck and headed for home with her in my taillights. Just thought it was a crazy lonely deer... :dunno: