A couple pics from today

[Wesdor]

Those are great pictures. However I do want to add a word of caution. A few years ago a retired couple in Iowa had a buck about the size of your small one. They had raised him from a fawn and he was a pet just like you describe.

During the fall rut they made sure he was safe in a pen so no hunter would get him. Well the man went out to feed him as usual one day and the buck went crazy and ended up killing the man.

I really like the photos of your daughter on the outside of the fence, but would hate to read that she had been hurt. These are still wild animals no matter how beautiful and tame they are.

Be safe.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Those are great pictures. However I do want to add a word of caution. A few years ago a retired couple in Iowa had a buck about the size of your small one. They had raised him from a fawn and he was a pet just like you describe.

During the fall rut they made sure he was safe in a pen so no hunter would get him. Well the man went out to feed him as usual one day and the buck went crazy and ended up killing the man.

I really like the photos of your daughter on the outside of the fence, but would hate to read that she had been hurt. These are still wild animals no matter how beautiful and tame they are.

Be safe.

We know all about the dangers of hand raised whitetail deer. Generally these deer are all big babies when in velvet. When they go to hardened antlers then Ava is not allowed in the pens and she understands why.

Thanks for the concern anyway, no one would feel worse if something happened to Ava then my father and I and we never put her in a dangerous situation.