civilized ku # 2584 ~ wild, but not so wild
Monday, August 26, 2013 at 08:44PM 
Wild deer ~ Main Street/ Old Forge, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggenSunday evening, on my drive through the Adirondack PARK to Rochester, Hugo and I came upon a fawn feeding in someone's lawn. Mom and sibling were not in sight.
We stopped the car, got out, and approached the fawn. Hugo stayed low and moved right up to the fawn which came right over to Hugo and sniffed his hand. At that point mom and another fawn appeared on the scene and mom approached Hugo to sniff his hand. Finding nothing to eat on offer, they all turned there attention back to feeding on the lawn.
Obviously, these deer are very acclimated to humans. These are not the only deer I have seen grazing on the lawns of Main Street, most often in the dead of night. I think the village of Old Forge as an entity and its inhabitants are, at the least, tolerating this situation, if not outright encouraging it, as tourist attraction.
The situation gives rise to many questions.
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not to mention that you could probably hunt a deer with your bare hands in that area.