I was out wandering around the woods up in San Luis Obispo County on Sunday and saw a number of deer. I walked up on two doe and one small buck that were remarkably unafraid. I watched them for about 20 minutes sometimes getting as close as 10 to 15 yards away. I never startled them and eventually I just walked away leaving them nibbling away on grass. Then later I happened across an older buck with a larger rack of antlers that was a bit more wary and wouldn’t let me get close to him, as he stood behind a tree watching me intently.


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Great pictures.