Curious deer by mickey alvarado

A call came into my office several days ago from a concerned regular patron of Indian Crossing Trails Park and they said a deer had gotten caught up between some tree branches. The poor little thing eventually broke free and was said to be doing ok but I thought I'd go out and investigate anyway over the weekend.

Sunday turned into a decent day for an outing so off I went into the park. It didn't take long to find deer. There was a group of 12 or so hanging out by the White Deer marker and thankfully none were injured. The deer wandered east in the lowland area along the River Raisin and as I followed they became more at ease with me being one of the group. Had I an apple or handful of corn in my pocket I'm sure one or two would have feed right out of my hand.

I was concerned that the clicking sounds of my camera would frighten the deer so there are no pictures to go along with this story. There is a video clip instead. If a picture says a thousand words this video is a novel. The 5:55 clip highlights just a couple of the close encounters over the two plus hours of hanging out with my friends. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do - mickey