It’s also possible that this deer has become acclimated to humans. If that is the case it’s probably due to being in an area where hunting is illegal or non existent with a chance people have been feeding it.
Agreed, this Deer is not necessarily sick or diseased. Because if Deer are exposed to humans enough they kind of "acclimate" to being around them, they are less skittish and are sort of "docile." Though even then I would not trust them fully being so close to me and I ESPECIALLY would not trust male Deer around their mating season being that close to me.
I doubt it I live near a city but there is a tiny plot of forest that’s only like a mile by a mile nearby. It has trails so people are always coming through it and whenever I go there it’s always impossible to get closer than like 20 meters before they sprint off into the forest. I think it just in there blood to run away from something as big as a human.
@@A_youtube_channel_ nah, I live in a tiny town with a strong hunting population and we had a deer that you could walk up to and pet. Some people even tried putting a collar on it. DNR came and removed it from the area.
Or the opposite could be true. If this deer has never encountered a human scent before, it might be less fearful. Most animals that fear people do so because they've learned that human scent = danger
Honestly this deer looks pretty healthy, it’s likely been fed by people so it’s not afraid, or it’s hiding from another predator and using the person as protection.
Wait, can they do this? I know a lot of stuff about animals and such, this is the first time i have heard of wild animals seeking refuge on human, care to explain? (give a like to this comment when done so, i have replied disabled, thanks)
@@darknessinc.5360 There’s been documented cases (you can even find videos on CZcams) of deer running straight up to hunters and waiting by them because there’s a mountain lion stalking them.
@@darknessinc.5360Almost any animal, if you feed them enough, will become more acclimated to human contact. Thats quite literally how humanity domesticated dogs. Wolves would follow ancient humans around and eat scraps of cooked meat. They smelled all the meat early hunters quarried and cooked over fires, leading them to us. Later, early humans discovered that dogs were good trackers of prey over long distances due to their noses, and started using the now docile wolves as hunting partners.
Basically like that for any wild animal that is given food by people. Over time they lose their fear of people and see them as sources who give food. Easiest example which most people can see is with squirrels. Those in the forest stay far away from people, but those close to people will happily come when called
My parents have been feeding an injured doe in Kentucky for about 5 years. They’ve helped her raise several babies (they buy a lot of corn feed) and she has gotten to the point that she almost act like a dog. She will patrol the outside of the house and peek in the windows to try and get your attention so that you’ll feed her. They also administer flea and tick meds and she just lets them…. My brother and I call the doe their “forest dog”.
Another theory: this deer lost it's fear of people due to exposure. There are some places where an entire community will feed the deer from their back porches. Over time, as deer get more used to people they will get closer and closer. I've seen deer get incredibly close at a lake community near where I live, it's pretty cool. Needless to say, shooting the deer there is both socially unacceptable and likely a crime due to the houses everywhere. This could be the case here, but it's impossible to tell and you still shouldn't approach a random deer because they can severely injure you.
In the state of West Virginia I know you can't hunt within 200 yard of any buildings unless it's a removable structure like a tent or blind and then it's 300 yards.
@@alanhinkel420You can't catch CWD yet*. Viruses mutate all the time, its only a matter of time until a humans interact with a deer who carries a mutated virus which can infect humans.
@@alanhinkel420scientists are saying it is becoming a possibility, but I think that's only when you only eat them. Edit: people please use your eyes as I said it is becoming a "possibility", I never said there was a case!
I mean, there aren't any predators on Earth more dangerous than humans. But in a local sense, a human who's not hunting for venison may be less dangerous than a wolf or puma that is.
@@richardkenan2891I think you overestimate the ability of humans. A mountain lion or a pack of wolves, even some bears, will see a slower human as easier prey than a deer. As a whole, humans are destructive and can fight back against predators, but that's not to say there aren't predators that can easily take down humans.
Many animals with rabies often appear disheveled, confused and off balance. It's a pretty good sign of rabies infection. Often times the animal looks pretty rough due to dehydration as well. This deer doesn't look like it has rabies, cut you can't ever be too sure. Rabies infected animals can go from docile to enraged in a split second.
Rabies isn't always noticeable. We are told about the symptoms after they become visible. The animal can be acting normal up until the symptoms start to be noticed. Saw an infected cat once. We all knew the cat was friendly, it was a little clumsy, nothing else out of normal. We took it in for check, since we had did the same for vaccinations and spay. While rabies vaccine does help pets, it is smart to give a booster if you suspect the pet or animal under your care has been exposed. I can tell you, getting Rabies treatments is not fun. The vet unalive the cat with thoughts of rabies infection and had brain tissue tested for it. Test was positive.
Bro, fr, just have some food and they’ll chase you. One snuck up behind me and bit my leg (luckily I was wearing leggings), while I was feeding some other deer. Another chased a little boy who had some food (it wasn’t even for the deer), and his dad just stood and laughed at him 😂
same here in Canada we have many regional park with deers everywhere .so unless is "wild" of road forest im not worry but i also dont pet any deer from the regional park either...
As someone who grew up in the south I do partially agree with you. My dad is a veterinarian so I know all of these diseases are a possibility. First you would need to call the wildlife dept for your state and ask if any diseases that affects deer have been reported in your area in the last 6 months to a year. If they ask why just tell them you were wondering how much or little it might affect next deer season. Next I’d look up my state’s laws about allowing a wild deer to call my property it’s home if it’s not fenced in. If it’s legal to own a pet deer or if it’s legal to have a friendly one that basically lives on your property but can come and go as it pleases day & night 24/7 then I’d decide if I was going to keep it or turn it in. If you keep it make sure you learn everything you can about deer especially domesticated deer. Make sure you can keep it safe and it won’t be close to an active road. Basically you can provide for all of its needs. I would take it to the veterinarian asap so they can check them for any possible illnesses or diseases. Btw, if you Vet. still does it might be worth the money to pay the Vet to make a house call. The deer won’t ride well at all! I’ve had several friends over the years that have had pet deer and it was legal. The only one I couldn’t get near was a friend who had 2 males. They were mean and wild but calm as a tiny puppy when she went in their enclosure. The rest all had doe’s. One used to go down a few huge tarps we’d taped together to make a huge slip & slide. They put dawn dish soap on it to make it extra fun. When their deer heard and saw what was going on she ran down the hill and flipped onto her side while sliding down with all the kids. She would get on the edge so she wouldn’t accidentally hit them. After she got up the first time she started prancing & jumping. It was so funny and she loved it. She ended up going down it about 20 times. I did find a fawn once when I was in high school in a field on a dirt road and no one and nothing around. I got out, killed my vehicle, and sat on the road quietly hoping the moma would come get it. After an hour I had to go and it was dusk. I kinda called it. It came right up to me. It let me pet it and wax so sweet. I was about to attempt to take it to my dad when I heard, Oh Oliver! You scared me to death! The one and only house within a mile either way here come the owner. Oliver turned and went to her. I told her what I’d done and was about to do because I thought it was abandoned. She asked who I was and she laughed then said of course you love animals. Your daddy always has. 🤦♀️ Fun fact: If you ever find a baby deer or fawn don’t get too close but observe from a distance. Most Doe’s hide their babies in tall grass or other places to protect them from predators while she goes out looking for food. More than likely she’s not far away and if she hears her baby cry not only will she get there in record time she will attack and stomp you into the ground! If you touch it her moma might not like your scent and abandoned the baby. It’s always best to give it several hours to a day or 2 for her to return as long as the fawn isn’t in any danger. FACT: Fawn’s bodies cannot process most types of milk. A lot of well meaning people have given different types of milk to fawns they found before calling wildlife or a vet. A few didn’t take much then were rescued and survived. Unfortunately , the majority that were given milk didn’t last very long. Solution: If you do find one & it’s obvious it needs nourishment asap you can give it goats milk or some feed supply stores not only sell the goats milk but also sell Fawn’s replacement milk that mimics the Doe’s milk. One last thought, don’t even try to give them a drink of water! There have been some to drown from someone trying to help. Always check with wildlife or a Vet before trying to feed, give water, or anything else to help a wild animal. You just never know.
This happened to me once! I was camping and it was dusk. A doe shows up from nowhere and just stands 10 feet away from me for 20 minutes or so. I heard rustling in the bushes and realized she was probably seeking safety in numbers. Saw mountain lion tracks in the area of those bushes the next morning.
@@NoThisIsNotMe.When the “I don’t have to be the fastest, I just have to be faster than the slowest” card gets pulled on you. But the card holder is a deer. That’s you being in for a bad time
This could also be the Yogi Bear effect. That’s when animals approach humans because they know we have food. We see something cute and decide to feed it showing the deer their assumption was correct and the cycle continues.
@@jonyoung4793*pickinic basket I live in a place that has selectively enforced laws against feeding the deer, but you can buy deer-specific feed corn at local stores and my mom has been giving them fruit and bread for years. They're not tame, though. The bucks keep their distance, the does are skittish and will flee if you try to pet them, and the fawns take a lot of encouragement, from you and their mothers, before they'll accept any human-smelling offerings.
There's a small island off the coast of South Carolina (I believe it's called Merritt Island, but i might be wrong). The whole island is a residential housing community. All the deer on that island are more or less domesticated. One walked right up to our truck when a co-worker of mine and I were just stopped at a stop sign briefly. They are all fed and well protected, and there are no predators on that island.
I know they say chronic wasting disease doesn't affect humans, but that's what they said about mad cow disease. I will never take my chances with it, or any other disease.
Another scary reason why this deer is friendly and near people, theres a predator like a mountain lion around and the deer knows its faster than you, so sticks around just in case the predetor does go after it.
That looks exactly like a Coues Deer, snout pattern, head shape, height, and all. The majority of Coues Deer live in the mountains of Arizona (One of the only states with deer and currently free of CWD at the same time), this means the deer probaby isn't infected.
Or 4 it lives close to a residential area and people feed them and they become accepting of you and will let you pet it but run away when other do. There's also been cases where someone saves a young/baby and they remember what you have done for them
As a Hunter, CWD could cause that but it can also be exposure to humans so the deer is used to that. Although you should still be careful going near and trying to pet deer, elk, moose, etc because they still can be territorial and attack you.
My first thought is that someone nearby has a feeding station. In the cascades, some people with larger acreage will feed the deer by their porch to keep them local and out of areas where hunting is legalized, and it is sometimes overlooked by authorities because a ton of deer explore out of these areas during hunting season. Where I grew up the deer were very comfortable around people and even trusted us with their children. One mom would wait for me to come out and wildcraft so her baby could follow me around and eat the maple leaves I'd drop behind me. So, sometimes you're just in a chill neighborhood. Still better to be safe than sorry.
my thought was the deer seen a more dangerous predator. chose the human to keep it safe. youve ever seen this before? i live in Canada in a city but we get deer. used to have alot more years ago
@@mattchen6137 You usually only see that in areas where the animals already have reason to trust us. They'll come into our vicinity because other predators avoid us, but they won't come right up to you, they'll just hang out in the glow of your house. Usually they'll keep a 15-20 foot space from humans, even if they're seeking our refuge or gardens. If you have dogs, those are also predators and they're one of the big reasons nature is scared of us and them, since they herald the coming of a human hunter, or at least they have for around 10 thousand years.
This is completely unrelated but I have been using that same pfp as my default on a lot of platforms, even youtube as you can see, just purple. And I really didn't think it was used anwhere else since it was created by a smaller artist. Sorry but that kind of made me have to comment. I mean, what are the chances of that ?
@@rawinn6523 I've actually run into a couple others with this pfp too. I've got it saved as my character portrait for DnD and other things where I need a self insert.
Deer can be acclimated to humans, but this would generally be true of a herd and not simply one deer, as the primary way for that to happen is by humans regularly feeding them, and the herd would very soon learn and come to take part together.
When i go camping i get very close to dear all the time. A lot of them arent as scared as you think, just scared of cars because theyre so large and loud. If you find curious ones they wont run away. That being said i dont pet wild animals 😂 thats just asking for it
That would be unnecessarily cruel to put I heard animal into the wild alone. More likely they’ve never been hunted by a human before, that’s when all deers learn to run away from humans.
Some deer are raised around humans and lose their fear of us. There’s a guy who uploads video of him hand feeding wild deer all the time. In my neighborhood deer will walk right up to you with their young.
@@MrGarfield900no it’s not. I seen one talking get shot in the head and was still moving it spooked me out of my boots that I didn’t know it was a skinwalker and I didn’t know it yet 😱😱😱
I feel like this is the deer's way of saying, "I ain't afraid of you anymore, because I will most likely die soon. So I'm gonna take you down with me if you dare to pet me."
I remember me and my dad met a deer that was hit by a car and injured. We stayed by it while we waited for the police. The deer was pretty docile (lilely because it was injured) Sadly the deer was gonna have to be put down, but the officer said that it was gonna be fed to a lot of people. Looking back, I wonder if they could've just let the deer in some kind of sanctuary and not have it die.
This isn't necessarily true. There are neighborhoods all over Houston that feed deer regularly they literally come up to their door and their garages. So, what you said may be true but it completely depends on context just like almost everything else on this planet. It depends on where the deer is, how often they are exposed to human contact, whether humans are the ones feeding them or not, and the list goes on.
Did you know in places where bear hunting is allowed, there are less bear attacks? They have a proper fear of humans; probably a similar effect with deer. Thanks, Joe Rogan!
@@daveyjones8969 just because you're trying to piggyback off of something I said to make your own Point does not mean that you are somehow entitled to me acknowledging your point.
@@streghewitch77 LOL, piggyback? On what? All 6 likes and ALL those comments? 😆 Nice try, kiddo. It's also called "adding to the conversation", nobody is trying to hijack your comment or anything. Do you respond like an ass to everyone that comments on one of your posts? How sad...
So many times, I've had to yell at people and it baffles me how angry they get. That Aww, I have Got to Touch it, is so overpowering! Even with telling them you could catch something cuz that thing ain't right, then sometimes having to argue over what's normal for a wild animal...
Even worse scenario: The deer is neither diseased nor acclimated to people, and it’s just like “Dude you gotta help me, there’s a bear the size of Texas right over there”.
Its pretty common for "city deer" to not be that afraid of humans. Getting in petting range is pretty extreme but by no means automatically means disease
When my first dog, Sprinkles, was elderly, the dear that lived near our house knew she was not a threat. We had a small herd that would regularly mive through our yard. One time they were maybe 15 feet from our deck. Sprinkles needed out and i wondered qhat would happen since she couldn't run anymore. She went to the edge of the deck, the dear looked up and went back to grazing. Sprinkles then stepped into the yard to do her business, and came right back in. When she was younger, the wildlife knew where her invisible fence boundary was. Rabbits and squirrels would sit just on the other side.
Also, he's probably seeking protection from something far worse than humans. I had a deer stay in my camp one night. I stomped my feet and he barely moved. I felt like it wasn't normal and uncomfortable so I tried to shew him away. I even got up from my chair, screamed to get away and he was more afraid of something in the dark. He wouldn't go past a certain length from us. He was afraid of me but more afraid of something else.
Option 4) Young deer & female deer are naturally curious, if they havent crossed through a hunting season or had human interaction they will investigate. They have great olfactory senses and can smell salt & sugars at distance.
This video was taken at night with light in the deers eyes. so the saying like a deer in head lights.Meaning the deer is blinded from the light in it's eyes.
@@voltijuice8576 I tend to say that about wildlife. Not only are the unpredictable and potentially have disease, but when people acclimate wild animals to humans it creates additional problems.
also on top of exposure like other comments here mentioned, it could be the deer hasn't gotten enough food and is desperate. we've seen animals in moments of desperation going towards humans, risking their lives for help like food.
So much exposure caused it. The deer in my area are all barely afraid of us because they realize there’s no threat to them, not because they’re diseased.
There's also the fact that some deer aren't sick, but farmers taking care of them, which is a legitimate reality as well, in parts of the country that have experienced deer populations being ravaged by too much hunting.
Thank you for saying actually something realistic. Everybody else would say that that’s a Skin Walker or some type of creature that doesn’t even exist.
If you're really upset about that, it's a you problem for taking it seriously. This has "my brother said the boogie man will get me, but he's not even real 😠" vibes.
@@Anime_is_not_realistic A deer letting people close to it, or even petting it, does not AT ALL automatically indicate that there is something wrong with it. There are deer all over the world who let people pet them. Deer will grow accustomed to human populations and live right alongside them easily, no scary disease necessary. I grew up petting deer all the time and feeding them apples from our tree. It's incredibly fun to get close to them, especially when you can pet the babies or a young -Buck's- buck's* fuzzy antlers. It's foolish and wrong to say the only reason they aren't afraid of people is if they're diseased.
There's also another option that is equally bad: there might be predators nearby and the deer might be exhausted already so it walked up to a human for protection.
There's two theories on that... First, they are there for protection because they know most predators are afraid of humans. Second, they know they are much faster than you, so it doesn't have to outrun a mountain lion; it just has to outrun you.
Humans are Fae to wild animals: Our rules are incomprehensible, our punishments often include many beyond the original transgressor, but sometimes we'll just leave a wild animal alone if they're in our presence, and other times we'll help one that's ailing. Certain creatures like foxes and possibly raccoons have actually learned to deliberately approach humans if they get their head stuck in something, because humans tend to free them from the jar/whatever.
There are a lot of areas throughout the Texas hill country where numerous groups of deer interact with humans. The reason is humans have been interacting with them for a long time, feeding them, etc.
I raised a baby doe years ago. It's mother was killed by a car. My dog found it with spots by a quarry. She would have died without me. I understand your concern but sometimes there are other circumstances.
When I was in Sweden living at a family's home out in the country. Animals would come up close to me, especially the baby dear. I was only 11 at the time and I was super excited about the baby dear, I ran to my great aunt and told her, unfortunately she hunted the wildlife and ate it (i didnt know at the time), which is what she did with one particular baby dear who came to me in the early mornings. I can say I regret telling her about it as you can imagine what we had for dinner the next day 😢 I didn't know until we was eating it and I was told it was chicken when it clearly wasn't 😢 and I never see that baby dear again. After I never told a soul if I see one and I'd try and chase them off so they was not friendly to us so she couldn't gain an advantage to hunt them
At my property the deer get used to smelling me and seeing me in the woods and in the fields. One or 2 follows me around when I'm walking or mowing. When I had my Great Dane deer would come nose to nose with her...smell each other's faces and then walk away. I've had lots of experiences. One thing I've noticed...I'm working In the woods and evening is close...the birds, crow, owl and other push me ..nicely out of the woods. It's amazing!!
I actually wrote a small paper on prions and subsequently CWD. It’s still advised by WHO that you at the very least avoid eating the meat of diseases deer. No known case of transmission from deer to human has been recorded (probably cause the prion is too different from ours) but prions have a 100% kill rate of any human diagnosed with them so it’s best to be the safe side. There is however many therapies on animal models that slow down the progression of the disease. Antibody therapy, Immunotherapy, RNA Interference, Small Molecule Inhibitors, Therapeutic peptides, and Chaperone molecules. Sources might be hard to find, but they are out there.
My family would feed the deer in our backyard, and after YEARS of that, they were comfortable enough to let my dad approach one a freshly pruned tree branch…. After my dad backed off, deer went over to feast on the leaves 🍃
Another possibility is that you are in Fripp Island, South Carolina, where deer hunting is banned, and tourists like to (illegally) feed them. As a result, most of those deer are friendly.
It’s also possible that this deer has become acclimated to humans. If that is the case it’s probably due to being in an area where hunting is illegal or non existent with a chance people have been feeding it.
Which isn't good either. They've got razor tipped clubs for front feet.
Agreed, this Deer is not necessarily sick or diseased.
Because if Deer are exposed to humans enough they kind of "acclimate" to being around them, they are less skittish and are sort of "docile."
Though even then I would not trust them fully being so close to me and I ESPECIALLY would not trust male Deer around their mating season being that close to me.
I doubt it I live near a city but there is a tiny plot of forest that’s only like a mile by a mile nearby. It has trails so people are always coming through it and whenever I go there it’s always impossible to get closer than like 20 meters before they sprint off into the forest. I think it just in there blood to run away from something as big as a human.
@@A_youtube_channel_ nah, I live in a tiny town with a strong hunting population and we had a deer that you could walk up to and pet. Some people even tried putting a collar on it. DNR came and removed it from the area.
Or the opposite could be true. If this deer has never encountered a human scent before, it might be less fearful. Most animals that fear people do so because they've learned that human scent = danger
Honestly this deer looks pretty healthy, it’s likely been fed by people so it’s not afraid, or it’s hiding from another predator and using the person as protection.
Wait, can they do this? I know a lot of stuff about animals and such, this is the first time i have heard of wild animals seeking refuge on human, care to explain?
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@@darknessinc.5360 There’s been documented cases (you can even find videos on CZcams) of deer running straight up to hunters and waiting by them because there’s a mountain lion stalking them.
@@darknessinc.5360Almost any animal, if you feed them enough, will become more acclimated to human contact.
Thats quite literally how humanity domesticated dogs. Wolves would follow ancient humans around and eat scraps of cooked meat. They smelled all the meat early hunters quarried and cooked over fires, leading them to us.
Later, early humans discovered that dogs were good trackers of prey over long distances due to their noses, and started using the now docile wolves as hunting partners.
Basically like that for any wild animal that is given food by people. Over time they lose their fear of people and see them as sources who give food. Easiest example which most people can see is with squirrels. Those in the forest stay far away from people, but those close to people will happily come when called
Reminds me of the video of the guy hunting and 2 deer run right up to him and keep looking behind them in the woods.
My parents have been feeding an injured doe in Kentucky for about 5 years. They’ve helped her raise several babies (they buy a lot of corn feed) and she has gotten to the point that she almost act like a dog. She will patrol the outside of the house and peek in the windows to try and get your attention so that you’ll feed her. They also administer flea and tick meds and she just lets them….
My brother and I call the doe their “forest dog”.
well, that's a semi-domesticated animal.
@@pawelzielinski1398tamed not domesticated they haven’t intervened in the animal’s breeding habitats or changed its genetics in any way
@@geekgirl616 yes, you are correct. That's what I meant. It's not my native language.
@@geekgirl616 And I think you meant breeding habits, not habitats.
@@pawelzielinski1398 yes it is what I meant idk why my phone’s autocorrect corrects legitimate words to be different words 😕🤦♀️
Another theory: this deer lost it's fear of people due to exposure. There are some places where an entire community will feed the deer from their back porches. Over time, as deer get more used to people they will get closer and closer. I've seen deer get incredibly close at a lake community near where I live, it's pretty cool. Needless to say, shooting the deer there is both socially unacceptable and likely a crime due to the houses everywhere. This could be the case here, but it's impossible to tell and you still shouldn't approach a random deer because they can severely injure you.
In the state of West Virginia I know you can't hunt within 200 yard of any buildings unless it's a removable structure like a tent or blind and then it's 300 yards.
I agree I've had some co-workers say when it's about to be deer hunting or hunting season in general they all start leaving out some sweet corn
Deers from Nara City from Japan.
@@BullyMaguire387Ye. They so chill.
@@DrFumiya you want fight?
Deers can make you sick but normally they all run away
You can’t catch CWD.
@@alanhinkel420You can't catch CWD yet*. Viruses mutate all the time, its only a matter of time until a humans interact with a deer who carries a mutated virus which can infect humans.
@@alanhinkel420scientists are saying it is becoming a possibility, but I think that's only when you only eat them.
Edit: people please use your eyes as I said it is becoming a "possibility", I never said there was a case!
@midnightaurora9what scientists?483
@@Sandwich13455 look it up
Disease might not be the only thing. They say if the wildlife is not afraid of you, there's a predator nearby way more dangerous than human.
I mean, there aren't any predators on Earth more dangerous than humans. But in a local sense, a human who's not hunting for venison may be less dangerous than a wolf or puma that is.
@@richardkenan2891 A human isn't all that dangerous without tools.
@@richardkenan2891I think you overestimate the ability of humans. A mountain lion or a pack of wolves, even some bears, will see a slower human as easier prey than a deer. As a whole, humans are destructive and can fight back against predators, but that's not to say there aren't predators that can easily take down humans.
Que's old videos in his head of sealion(and other water dog breads) jumping on to boats to get away from sharks or Killer whales !!
@@RavenSaint1and a lion isn't all that dangerous without super strength and sharp teeth, what's your point?
Many animals with rabies often appear disheveled, confused and off balance. It's a pretty good sign of rabies infection. Often times the animal looks pretty rough due to dehydration as well. This deer doesn't look like it has rabies, cut you can't ever be too sure.
Rabies infected animals can go from docile to enraged in a split second.
There are two types of rabies, furious rabies (which is the more common kind) and dumb rabies
Rabies isn't always noticeable. We are told about the symptoms after they become visible. The animal can be acting normal up until the symptoms start to be noticed.
Saw an infected cat once. We all knew the cat was friendly, it was a little clumsy, nothing else out of normal. We took it in for check, since we had did the same for vaccinations and spay. While rabies vaccine does help pets, it is smart to give a booster if you suspect the pet or animal under your care has been exposed. I can tell you, getting Rabies treatments is not fun. The vet unalive the cat with thoughts of rabies infection and had brain tissue tested for it. Test was positive.
Maybe the cameraman was dressed in a car costume?
No
Angry updoot
no way 😭😭
LOL!
"Sorry, dude, I thought you were a subaru..."
This comment was where I scrolled pass this video but in the next vid I understood the joke
Not always, deer in Japan are just chill with people.
Bro, fr, just have some food and they’ll chase you. One snuck up behind me and bit my leg (luckily I was wearing leggings), while I was feeding some other deer. Another chased a little boy who had some food (it wasn’t even for the deer), and his dad just stood and laughed at him 😂
Because they haven’t been hunted before, deers only get afraid of people once they’ve seen other deers being hunted, or killed by people.
same here in Canada we have many regional park with deers everywhere .so unless is "wild" of road forest im not worry but i also dont pet any deer from the regional park either...
Small towns in U.S got deer neighbors, too! When my dad was working out of middle-of-nowhere, Wyoming he’d be greeted by deer EVERY morning!
@@SinTeller😂😂
As someone who grew up in the south I do partially agree with you. My dad is a veterinarian so I know all of these diseases are a possibility. First you would need to call the wildlife dept for your state and ask if any diseases that affects deer have been reported in your area in the last 6 months to a year. If they ask why just tell them you were wondering how much or little it might affect next deer season. Next I’d look up my state’s laws about allowing a wild deer to call my property it’s home if it’s not fenced in. If it’s legal to own a pet deer or if it’s legal to have a friendly one that basically lives on your property but can come and go as it pleases day & night 24/7 then I’d decide if I was going to keep it or turn it in. If you keep it make sure you learn everything you can about deer especially domesticated deer. Make sure you can keep it safe and it won’t be close to an active road. Basically you can provide for all of its needs. I would take it to the veterinarian asap so they can check them for any possible illnesses or diseases. Btw, if you Vet. still does it might be worth the money to pay the Vet to make a house call. The deer won’t ride well at all!
I’ve had several friends over the years that have had pet deer and it was legal. The only one I couldn’t get near was a friend who had 2 males. They were mean and wild but calm as a tiny puppy when she went in their enclosure. The rest all had doe’s. One used to go down a few huge tarps we’d taped together to make a huge slip & slide. They put dawn dish soap on it to make it extra fun. When their deer heard and saw what was going on she ran down the hill and flipped onto her side while sliding down with all the kids. She would get on the edge so she wouldn’t accidentally hit them. After she got up the first time she started prancing & jumping. It was so funny and she loved it. She ended up going down it about 20 times. I did find a fawn once when I was in high school in a field on a dirt road and no one and nothing around. I got out, killed my vehicle, and sat on the road quietly hoping the moma would come get it. After an hour I had to go and it was dusk. I kinda called it. It came right up to me. It let me pet it and wax so sweet. I was about to attempt to take it to my dad when I heard, Oh Oliver! You scared me to death! The one and only house within a mile either way here come the owner. Oliver turned and went to her. I told her what I’d done and was about to do because I thought it was abandoned. She asked who I was and she laughed then said of course you love animals. Your daddy always has. 🤦♀️
Fun fact: If you ever find a baby deer or fawn don’t get too close but observe from a distance. Most Doe’s hide their babies in tall grass or other places to protect them from predators while she goes out looking for food. More than likely she’s not far away and if she hears her baby cry not only will she get there in record time she will attack and stomp you into the ground! If you touch it her moma might not like your scent and abandoned the baby. It’s always best to give it several hours to a day or 2 for her to return as long as the fawn isn’t in any danger. FACT: Fawn’s bodies cannot process most types of milk. A lot of well meaning people have given different types of milk to fawns they found before calling wildlife or a vet. A few didn’t take much then were rescued and survived. Unfortunately , the majority that were given milk didn’t last very long. Solution: If you do find one & it’s obvious it needs nourishment asap you can give it goats milk or some feed supply stores not only sell the goats milk but also sell Fawn’s replacement milk that mimics the Doe’s milk. One last thought, don’t even try to give them a drink of water! There have been some to drown from someone trying to help. Always check with wildlife or a Vet before trying to feed, give water, or anything else to help a wild animal. You just never know.
Nah, the deer just played truth or dare with its friends and got a dare to talk to a human.
Another scenario:
The deer is seeking comfort and safety on human presence because there's an extremely dangerous predator lurking nearby.
This happened to me once! I was camping and it was dusk. A doe shows up from nowhere and just stands 10 feet away from me for 20 minutes or so. I heard rustling in the bushes and realized she was probably seeking safety in numbers. Saw mountain lion tracks in the area of those bushes the next morning.
Deers are a herding herbivore so yes this is possible not very but it can happen if the deer deems you also a herbivore there for not a threat
This was my first thought too!
It actually isn't seeking comfort, they stay still as to not get killed by the predetor
@@NoThisIsNotMe.When the “I don’t have to be the fastest, I just have to be faster than the slowest” card gets pulled on you.
But the card holder is a deer.
That’s you being in for a bad time
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This could also be the Yogi Bear effect. That’s when animals approach humans because they know we have food. We see something cute and decide to feed it showing the deer their assumption was correct and the cycle continues.
If I were a hunter I wouldn’t shoot a deer that came to me for scritches
Hey Boo boo
And then the deer takes your picnic basket, wallet, and car keys. 😮
@@jonyoung4793*pickinic basket
I live in a place that has selectively enforced laws against feeding the deer, but you can buy deer-specific feed corn at local stores and my mom has been giving them fruit and bread for years. They're not tame, though. The bucks keep their distance, the does are skittish and will flee if you try to pet them, and the fawns take a lot of encouragement, from you and their mothers, before they'll accept any human-smelling offerings.
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For anyone wondering, CWD is a prion disease, and the deer version of Mad Cow Disease(cattle) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease(humans)
There's a small island off the coast of South Carolina (I believe it's called Merritt Island, but i might be wrong). The whole island is a residential housing community. All the deer on that island are more or less domesticated. One walked right up to our truck when a co-worker of mine and I were just stopped at a stop sign briefly. They are all fed and well protected, and there are no predators on that island.
“This deer needs the vaccine, it just doesn’t know it yet”
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Other yt shorts : encounter with a skin walker
More properly a wendigo, they are more associated with deer
Nah that's mothman
Skywalker stories, not lcickbait, in the hood, gone seggsual
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I thought that this was a Kangaroo for literally a minute, im not kidding 💀
I know they say chronic wasting disease doesn't affect humans, but that's what they said about mad cow disease. I will never take my chances with it, or any other disease.
Another scary reason why this deer is friendly and near people, theres a predator like a mountain lion around and the deer knows its faster than you, so sticks around just in case the predetor does go after it.
"This deer is already dead, it just doesn't know it yet"
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Omae wa mo...shin deer-ru.
Don't EVER touch deer. Prions, baby, prions.
The prions in the deer’s brain are not gonna get to your brain by simply touching its skin. Also, CWD prions probably don’t cause disease in humans
Our local deer are friendly, but not THAT friendly.
“🎅🎅💵🦀” made me get into Harvard
That looks exactly like a Coues Deer, snout pattern, head shape, height, and all. The majority of Coues Deer live in the mountains of Arizona (One of the only states with deer and currently free of CWD at the same time), this means the deer probaby isn't infected.
Thank goodness. Prion disease scare me to death, and no living creature should suffer such a cruel fate!
Do they get rabies out there?
Yes they do but I think it has to bit you or bodily fluids have to be exchanged.
@@thomaswaldorf9141 plenty of smaller slower creatures have no trouble making a human bleed when cornered. I imagine the deer could get it done.
Did you typo? Because deer exist in all 50 states.
You might have meant the Coues Deer
All deer in my small town walk right up to you as long as no fawn are near Everyone in town hand feeds them for generations
Bro I cant with the “Ho Ho Ho” 💀
Or 4 it lives close to a residential area and people feed them and they become accepting of you and will let you pet it but run away when other do. There's also been cases where someone saves a young/baby and they remember what you have done for them
Feed 3 myself, they walk to me when I call ,but are skiddish towards others...
Deer run at the speed of light when they hear a twig crack but will just stop and stare when they’ve got 2 tons of metal coming at them at 50 mph
As a Hunter, CWD could cause that but it can also be exposure to humans so the deer is used to that. Although you should still be careful going near and trying to pet deer, elk, moose, etc because they still can be territorial and attack you.
I'm also just thinking "Oh cute I can pet them" only to look up and see Momma coming round the corner charging
deers in some places are rather friendly if they are common and are familiar with humans
Reason 4: it's just chill like that.
i swear to god i thought this was a kangaroo
This man has created so many new fears for me, and cured my fears at the same time-
My first thought is that someone nearby has a feeding station. In the cascades, some people with larger acreage will feed the deer by their porch to keep them local and out of areas where hunting is legalized, and it is sometimes overlooked by authorities because a ton of deer explore out of these areas during hunting season.
Where I grew up the deer were very comfortable around people and even trusted us with their children. One mom would wait for me to come out and wildcraft so her baby could follow me around and eat the maple leaves I'd drop behind me.
So, sometimes you're just in a chill neighborhood. Still better to be safe than sorry.
my thought was the deer seen a more dangerous predator. chose the human to keep it safe. youve ever seen this before? i live in Canada in a city but we get deer. used to have alot more years ago
@@mattchen6137 You usually only see that in areas where the animals already have reason to trust us. They'll come into our vicinity because other predators avoid us, but they won't come right up to you, they'll just hang out in the glow of your house.
Usually they'll keep a 15-20 foot space from humans, even if they're seeking our refuge or gardens. If you have dogs, those are also predators and they're one of the big reasons nature is scared of us and them, since they herald the coming of a human hunter, or at least they have for around 10 thousand years.
This is completely unrelated but I have been using that same pfp as my default on a lot of platforms, even youtube as you can see, just purple. And I really didn't think it was used anwhere else since it was created by a smaller artist. Sorry but that kind of made me have to comment. I mean, what are the chances of that ?
@@rawinn6523 I've actually run into a couple others with this pfp too. I've got it saved as my character portrait for DnD and other things where I need a self insert.
@@Cretaal Damn okay. Well that’s a pretty fun revelation. Stay awesome pfp sibling
Actually out west you can only hunt on marked land. This causes the dear to not be afraid like they are here. And yes you can pet some of them.
Yup
Yaaay!🎉
@@scottydu81 settle don't kid.
Near where we used to live was a no hunting area. We took pictures of my mother in law petting deer on the beach.
Deer can be acclimated to humans, but this would generally be true of a herd and not simply one deer, as the primary way for that to happen is by humans regularly feeding them, and the herd would very soon learn and come to take part together.
This deer is trying to scam you, you just don't know it yet.
It was looking for them to remind them if their car’s extended warranty
When i go camping i get very close to dear all the time. A lot of them arent as scared as you think, just scared of cars because theyre so large and loud. If you find curious ones they wont run away. That being said i dont pet wild animals 😂 thats just asking for it
One mated with my mom and I was born a dentaur.
Kind of like a centaur, but I have the brain of a deer.
@@IronPsydeno way are you still alive?
@@IronPsydeGo tell her to breed with a demon so that we got a real MC in the real world 😂
Uhh then why do the deer sprint away when I get within 25 meters of it?
Only a deer who has experience surviving a human hunter would be afraid of a person.
It's better to be safe than sorry
most around here are used to us, one deer used to always have her babies in our yard, and the babies were so cute when they are playing.
Looks like a young deer. When alone they literally dont run. Their instincts are stay in place until mom comes home.
Or a deer that was raised by a person then released. Happens all the time.
That would be unnecessarily cruel to put I heard animal into the wild alone. More likely they’ve never been hunted by a human before, that’s when all deers learn to run away from humans.
Thanks for making sure I didn't make the mistake of enjoying a four-second clip of a deer.
Some deer are raised around humans and lose their fear of us. There’s a guy who uploads video of him hand feeding wild deer all the time. In my neighborhood deer will walk right up to you with their young.
"please end my suffering"
-deer
This deer is a skin walker. It just doesnt know it yet🎅🎅🎅😺
That's stuff is fake I swear😂😂😂
@@MrGarfield900no it’s not. I seen one talking get shot in the head and was still moving it spooked me out of my boots that I didn’t know it was a skinwalker and I didn’t know it yet 😱😱😱
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Well it is losing skin
@@thesecond8187Skinwalkers are more fake than Bigfoot and flat earth lmao.
I feel like this is the deer's way of saying, "I ain't afraid of you anymore, because I will most likely die soon. So I'm gonna take you down with me if you dare to pet me."
One time I went to an island where all the deer were just friendly and it was up in Washington.
A car going at 60mph: I’m speed
I remember me and my dad met a deer that was hit by a car and injured. We stayed by it while we waited for the police. The deer was pretty docile (lilely because it was injured) Sadly the deer was gonna have to be put down, but the officer said that it was gonna be fed to a lot of people.
Looking back, I wonder if they could've just let the deer in some kind of sanctuary and not have it die.
A deer hears a twig snap and it runs. It sees a car heading straight for it and it stands its ground. Go figure.
This isn't necessarily true. There are neighborhoods all over Houston that feed deer regularly they literally come up to their door and their garages. So, what you said may be true but it completely depends on context just like almost everything else on this planet. It depends on where the deer is, how often they are exposed to human contact, whether humans are the ones feeding them or not, and the list goes on.
Did you know in places where bear hunting is allowed, there are less bear attacks? They have a proper fear of humans; probably a similar effect with deer. Thanks, Joe Rogan!
@@daveyjones8969 I don't understand what that has to do with anything I said
@@streghewitch77 "Probably a similar effect with the deer"...
Read properly and you can understand a whole world of things.
@@daveyjones8969 just because you're trying to piggyback off of something I said to make your own Point does not mean that you are somehow entitled to me acknowledging your point.
@@streghewitch77 LOL, piggyback? On what? All 6 likes and ALL those comments? 😆 Nice try, kiddo.
It's also called "adding to the conversation", nobody is trying to hijack your comment or anything. Do you respond like an ass to everyone that comments on one of your posts? How sad...
Bro big head got all the smart in him
So many times, I've had to yell at people and it baffles me how angry they get. That Aww, I have Got to Touch it, is so overpowering! Even with telling them you could catch something cuz that thing ain't right, then sometimes having to argue over what's normal for a wild animal...
Even worse scenario: The deer is neither diseased nor acclimated to people, and it’s just like “Dude you gotta help me, there’s a bear the size of Texas right over there”.
People who have a pet deer
: oh I’m screwed
Ikr that’s what I thought after we raised a mule deer whose mama got hit by a car…
The cameraman never dies 💀
Survivorship bias.
Its pretty common for "city deer" to not be that afraid of humans. Getting in petting range is pretty extreme but by no means automatically means disease
Ok but like, what if the deer just isn't afraid of people and genuinely trusts the person
Huh figured it was rabies
*if a deer isn’t scared then you should be*
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“moneeey”
It's hard to tell in my little town. They've become so acclimated to us that they'll follow you around while you're walking around doing errands.
When my first dog, Sprinkles, was elderly, the dear that lived near our house knew she was not a threat. We had a small herd that would regularly mive through our yard. One time they were maybe 15 feet from our deck. Sprinkles needed out and i wondered qhat would happen since she couldn't run anymore. She went to the edge of the deck, the dear looked up and went back to grazing. Sprinkles then stepped into the yard to do her business, and came right back in. When she was younger, the wildlife knew where her invisible fence boundary was. Rabbits and squirrels would sit just on the other side.
-If a deer isn't afraid then you should be.
Me: That's clearly a fking donkey
Why did I read this in Shrek's voice
Also, he's probably seeking protection from something far worse than humans.
I had a deer stay in my camp one night. I stomped my feet and he barely moved. I felt like it wasn't normal and uncomfortable so I tried to shew him away.
I even got up from my chair, screamed to get away and he was more afraid of something in the dark. He wouldn't go past a certain length from us. He was afraid of me but more afraid of something else.
At first, I thought the deer was just gonna be staring at the headlights
The other way that some deer lose their fear of man is by people feeding them.
Option 4) Young deer & female deer are naturally curious, if they havent crossed through a hunting season or had human interaction they will investigate.
They have great olfactory senses and can smell salt & sugars at distance.
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Maybe the deer is from Prince Rupert British Columbia
This video was taken at night with light in the deers eyes. so the saying like a deer in head lights.Meaning the deer is blinded from the light in it's eyes.
That's just a friendly deer. No brainworms or diseases.
You shore
You cant know that, best to just keep your distance.
@@blackfalcon1324 - Could say that about literally anybody
@@voltijuice8576 I tend to say that about wildlife. Not only are the unpredictable and potentially have disease, but when people acclimate wild animals to humans it creates additional problems.
That deer looks healthy. Looks like it wants a friend food and love ❤️
I wonder how many people tell this to the staff in the hospital before they get the news that they are going to die because of rabies ?
also on top of exposure like other comments here mentioned, it could be the deer hasn't gotten enough food and is desperate. we've seen animals in moments of desperation going towards humans, risking their lives for help like food.
This definitely looks like a zombie deer
I mean, or it was raised by humans? It happens
What?
Every deer I've approached has let me touch it.
Some of them approach me.
So much exposure caused it. The deer in my area are all barely afraid of us because they realize there’s no threat to them, not because they’re diseased.
There's also the fact that some deer aren't sick, but farmers taking care of them, which is a legitimate reality as well, in parts of the country that have experienced deer populations being ravaged by too much hunting.
Thank you for saying actually something realistic. Everybody else would say that that’s a Skin Walker or some type of creature that doesn’t even exist.
If you're really upset about that, it's a you problem for taking it seriously. This has "my brother said the boogie man will get me, but he's not even real 😠" vibes.
Except for the fact that he's wrong 😆
@@Crackpot_AstronautHow is he wrong
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A deer letting people close to it, or even petting it, does not AT ALL automatically indicate that there is something wrong with it.
There are deer all over the world who let people pet them. Deer will grow accustomed to human populations and live right alongside them easily, no scary disease necessary.
I grew up petting deer all the time and feeding them apples from our tree. It's incredibly fun to get close to them, especially when you can pet the babies or a young -Buck's- buck's* fuzzy antlers.
It's foolish and wrong to say the only reason they aren't afraid of people is if they're diseased.
It does exist tho
There's also another option that is equally bad: there might be predators nearby and the deer might be exhausted already so it walked up to a human for protection.
There's two theories on that...
First, they are there for protection because they know most predators are afraid of humans.
Second, they know they are much faster than you, so it doesn't have to outrun a mountain lion; it just has to outrun you.
Humans are Fae to wild animals:
Our rules are incomprehensible, our punishments often include many beyond the original transgressor, but sometimes we'll just leave a wild animal alone if they're in our presence, and other times we'll help one that's ailing.
Certain creatures like foxes and possibly raccoons have actually learned to deliberately approach humans if they get their head stuck in something, because humans tend to free them from the jar/whatever.
There are a lot of areas throughout the Texas hill country where numerous groups of deer interact with humans. The reason is humans have been interacting with them for a long time, feeding them, etc.
That is a huge deal and I thank you for putting it out there.
Im glad you are informing the public.
The cameraman is dead, he just doesn't know it 🎅🎅🦀💰
I raised a baby doe years ago. It's mother was killed by a car. My dog found it with spots by a quarry. She would have died without me. I understand your concern but sometimes there are other circumstances.
When I was in Sweden living at a family's home out in the country.
Animals would come up close to me, especially the baby dear.
I was only 11 at the time and I was super excited about the baby dear, I ran to my great aunt and told her, unfortunately she hunted the wildlife and ate it (i didnt know at the time), which is what she did with one particular baby dear who came to me in the early mornings. I can say I regret telling her about it as you can imagine what we had for dinner the next day 😢 I didn't know until we was eating it and I was told it was chicken when it clearly wasn't 😢 and I never see that baby dear again.
After I never told a soul if I see one and I'd try and chase them off so they was not friendly to us so she couldn't gain an advantage to hunt them
At my property the deer get used to smelling me and seeing me in the woods and in the fields. One or 2 follows me around when I'm walking or mowing. When I had my Great Dane deer would come nose to nose with her...smell each other's faces and then walk away.
I've had lots of experiences. One thing I've noticed...I'm working
In the woods and evening is close...the birds, crow, owl and other push me ..nicely out of the woods. It's amazing!!
I actually wrote a small paper on prions and subsequently CWD. It’s still advised by WHO that you at the very least avoid eating the meat of diseases deer. No known case of transmission from deer to human has been recorded (probably cause the prion is too different from ours) but prions have a 100% kill rate of any human diagnosed with them so it’s best to be the safe side. There is however many therapies on animal models that slow down the progression of the disease. Antibody therapy, Immunotherapy, RNA Interference, Small Molecule Inhibitors, Therapeutic peptides, and Chaperone molecules. Sources might be hard to find, but they are out there.
They can be intimidating! I tried to pet one once with a bf... and we backed off when the young buck stood his ground 😳
They’re not scared of 125 tons of steel coming at them at 75 miles per hour
The deer took a chill pill
My grandparents had docile wild deer that had become used to humans by feeding them or rescuing baby fawn. 💕
My family would feed the deer in our backyard, and after YEARS of that, they were comfortable enough to let my dad approach one a freshly pruned tree branch…. After my dad backed off, deer went over to feast on the leaves 🍃
Looks healthy for CWD. CWD deer will also run but just be so confused they run into stuff or trip constantly.
Another possibility is that you are in Fripp Island, South Carolina, where deer hunting is banned, and tourists like to (illegally) feed them. As a result, most of those deer are friendly.