I've been watching a pair of fawns all Summer. Mom would bring them up to snack on the apples under the tree in the back yard.

Mom seems to have disappeared, haven't seen her in a month, but see the fawns several times a day. They still have their spots so I'm curious what happened to Mom. Don't think she weaned them, but I don't know enough about deer to be sure.

The last two nights when I went down to shut up the chickens, they've been grazing between the barn and the house. Last night, I stopped as soon as they saw me and stood stock-still for several minutes. One of the two is a curious little bugger and kept taking 2 or 3 steps closer, stamping his/her front feet with every step and then stop and look for a while, rinse, repeat. Got within about 30 feet of me before the other one panicked, flipped it's tail up and hauled butt.

Same thing tonight except Curious George(tte) got closer and even then just sort of lost interest and wandered further away. They got over by the fence line and watched as I walked down to shut the birds up and finally jumped the fence and headed into the woods when I turned around to come back out of the pen.

I'm wondering just how close they'll get if I keep working on not spooking them when I see them. Not planning to pet them or anything, but it'd be kinda cool to get them within sniffing range.

Here is our little, gentle grandson approaching a wild doe that approached him. She actually sucked on one of his fingers.

VERY cool! Great to see a little guy that can remain calm enough to encourage that.

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it'd be kinda cool to get them within sniffing range.

They really don't smell that good.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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it'd be kinda cool to get them within sniffing range.

They really don't smell that good.

Ha! V-tail.

We always have a pair of fawns every year running around in yard. They eat our Hastas and Hydrangea but I still suffer them. They are a good distraction from worse things.

Where I walk for exercise there is a Doe and Fawn. Earlier in the summer, when the Fawn was very young, the Fawn would actually follow me around. Which made wonder where Mom was and if she was going to kick my ass for messing with the kid. I saw them both last Friday and the Fawn is nearly as tall as the Doe, but still has spots. Pretty amazing growth spurt!

Deer are wild animals. One swift kick and your grandson would need to be hauled off for medical treatment or worse. While cute, not something I would encourage. Do not try to make pets out of them. It is not a good idea for either you or them.

My Mil had a cocker spaniel that was killed with one swift kick by a doe.

I noticed the other day, that about 4 of my chickens had all walked over to fence by the garden. A white tailed doe was standing a couple feet away with her muzzle a few inches from the hens.
The chickens were just as inquisitive as the deer.

Pro bass fisherman Jimmy Houston and his wife, Chris, live in OK. Their wild deer have become so tame that they come up and eat carrots, apples, Cheerios and cookies from their hands, and the deer can be petted. The Houstons were even able to put identification collars by hand on these wild deer.

They have a popular YouTube channel about it.

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Originally posted by mcrimm:
Here is our little, gentle grandson approaching a wild doe that approached him. She actually sucked on one of his fingers.

Well, if you've got enough doe, you can get anyone to suck on your fingers.

You can get the hooves!

This is remarkable!