Tame/Friendly Deer

[Big Mike M]

Have any of you ever had tame/friendly deer in the middle of your pasture? I'm talking about areas where you hunt and not by a camp. We have a few and are not sure how/why they got that way. We have one stand that 2 mature bucks and a doe will get in a 48x48 ft feeder pen with you. It makes it hard to shoot them when they are that tame. Here is a game cam pic of us taking a pic of a buck we call "Mr. Friendly". He was 5 1/2 in this pic from last year.

[SIMONS]

wow that is cool. I have never had that happen to me.

[careybirdwell]

Never had it happen with a mature buck, but we do have a few does that will jump in the feeder pen when we are filling feeders!!

[cookemerkel]

pretty neat...I haven't encountered anything like that in the wild.

[Txnative78]

I had a 7 point that was 18 inches wide that would eat corn just like that. I finally had to get one of the other hunters to shoot him... I tried and couldn't. I just told everyone that I had a big 7 and if some one wanted him they could shoot him.

[pdevoto]

What on earth are you putting in that feeder?

I want to get some too.

[Randy]

I had a small buck one season years ago that would follow me to my stand then stare and look at me the whole time. It was kinda weird.

[h2447intx]

Had a doe come out and feed as my dad and I set up feeders and cameras..

Just chilled foe 5-10 min and then walked off

[Black Ice]

Have any of you ever had tame/friendly deer in the middle of your pasture? I'm talking about areas where you hunt and not by a camp. We have a few and are not sure how/why they got that way. We have one stand that 2 mature bucks and a doe will get in a 48x48 ft feeder pen with you. It makes it hard to shoot them when they are that tame. Here is a game cam pic of us taking a pic of a buck we call "Mr. Friendly". He was 5 1/2 in this pic from last year.

Okay I have any idea! How about you come shoot our friendly's and I can shoot yours.



Seriously though I see it all the time at our place. Two years ago my buddy shot a doe and we went and loader her up on the 4 wheeler, we had at least 10 deer watching us do it from about 75 to 150 yards away. I also had to wave my arms and run off a nice 8 pointer that same year when he was blocking the road eating corn. He stepped about 15 feet off the road and walked back onto the road after I passed. I swear its like a petting zoo at our place!


Slick Trick and I had the same thing happen with bobcats at our place.

[Devin]

Not quite as tame, but the pic of the buck I have in the banner at top was a buck on the Nail Ranch that you could get about 70-80 yards from and he'd just stare at you and come back to the feeder as soon as you got in the blind. Light buck hunting pressure and heavy ranch traffic accounts for it, I believe. On the other hand, doe's on the same ranch would spook at movement in an enclosed blind 200 yards away. They're hunted a lot harder.

[Big Mike M]

What on earth are you putting in that feeder?

I want to get some too.

Just corn.

This pic was taken right at the beginning of the rut.

[Reaper33]

maybe thats his plan, he is banking on the fact you wont shoot "mr. friendly"

[TICK MAGNET]

Okay I have any idea! How about you come shoot our friendly's and I can shoot yours.



Seriously though I see it all the time at our place. Two years ago my buddy shot a doe and we went and loader her up on the 4 wheeler, we had at least 10 deer watching us do it from about 75 to 150 yards away. I also had to wave my arms and run off a nice 8 pointer that same year when he was blocking the road eating corn. He stepped about 15 feet off the road and walked back onto the road after I passed. I swear its like a petting zoo at our place!


Slick Trick and I had the same thing happen with bobcats at our place.

Dude, that bobcat thing was crazy! I had brushed in a little blind under a small tree and had a family of bobcats come through. One of them jumped in the tree just a couple of feet above my head! It was so close i could have reached up and grabbed it. I just sat really still and watched it look all around while its siblings ran and played everywhere. It felt like forever until it finally locked eyes with me and realized he was so close to a human. It got this wild look in its eyes and then jumped out of the tree. This was one of the coolest things that has happened to me while hunting. Thanks again for taking me to your zoo!

[Hunter Dan]

Mr Friendly would be in my freezer and smiling at me on my wall

[Big Mike M]

This buck was videoed after a morning hunt eating out of the road feeder. The guy walked up 20 feet behind him and the buck just kept eating.