yes, I know there are 'farms' that raise deer and elk as well and probably other species as well.
As far as I'm concerned if you are providing them some type of safety and food source as a farm would......then those animals really aren't free and wild. I don't care if that farm has 50,000 acres and no fences, the animals on it really aren't wild.
IDK, thinking about this.....here in WA, I don't believe there are any private owned 'deer, elk or wildlife farms', though there may be. But the state and federal lands would fall into the category of a 'wildlife' farm since there is some safety and food provided within those lands.
If the lady can save those fawns to be released back in the wild......then I think that's great
I have never heard of any commercial deer farms in Washington state either. Most deer reside on farmers agricultural acreage as the creatures have figured out that they are safe from hunters on the privately owned farmsteads. They also score on the crops on the stalk(barley/oats mostly in this area) as well as they have access to our livestock water troughs 24/7. Sure, we lose some crops to them when they bed down in our alfalfa fields & hit the grain crops in field but that just comes with the overhead of crop farming. In all reality regarding our deer in this area anyway, the deer are somewhat semi-domesticated @ least. During winter time when one is traveling down the back roads in the mornings & see folks pouring MOBC/oats or whatever in a feed manger/pans or right on the deck with 15/20 or more deer hitting the feed as soon as it is poured out, it stands to reason that the deer have lost their fear of their providers & are simple farm pets.
Below is a vid of elk crossing Short Rd. about 2-1/2 miles from my acreage;
The elk are residing in the farmers fields but as one can plainly see the herd of elk are completely wild. Where the elk are transient seasonally the White-Tailed deer are permanent residents. The White-Tailed deer herds that navigate across & live upon my acreage have been on property since 1977, meaning they are semi-domesticated multi generational herd(s).
Development has overrun former acreage that deer lived in. Low applications for deer tags have shot the deer populations to an all time record in certain areas of our USA. In Spokane Wa. the deer can be seen in the very heart of downtown Spokane. Below, early morning image taken of downtown Spokane @ the intersection of Stevens St. & Main Ave.;
Driving to work, Tuesday, Rick Singer came across an unusual sight. Two bucks, antlers covered in velvet, walking side-by-side down Main Street.
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SPOKANE, Wash. -- A younger-looking buck and doe mule deer took a break from the afternoon summer heat in East Spokane Tuesday to relax in the shade.
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Deer are becoming a common sight in Spokane, ESPECIALLY the north side. From the east side(Mule deer), north side(White-Tailed deer), west side(Mulies again) & south side(Mulies once more). The increase in deer within urban & city areas looks to also be fueled by their slaughter by those savage wolves which decimate the herds fawns. Deer know they stand a better chance of survival against the dreaded wolves in built up areas where humans reside in mass. Hopefully the wolves can be hunted down to the extinction level to help save America's wildlife from becoming extinct.
A group of deer was spotted at Cowley Park Tuesday.
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Even in the vast sagebrush deserts of America's mid-west the wild deer eventually respond in kind to gestures of human kindness;
& deer NEVER FORGET one of their own, even if one is "adopted" into their herd by them;
Even the Russian folks take in wounded/disabled fawns/deer for pets. Below is a super cute lil "Roe Doe" which obviously makes the perfect indoor/outdoor pet for that family due to her playful nature & small physical size;
Here in America we have another blonde angel but this one has a wild herd of 20+WORLD CLASS Mulies that are domesticated to her & her only. Cabin Squirrel's site is one of only two sites in our online international Deer Whispering Community that I rate as A Five Star site due to the overall theme(too much to list it all here). Here one will meet Beverly & her son lil Bently, Oscar, Duke, Broken dEAR(can't miss this one!) & too many others to list. Squirrel also features the sweetest, shy & cutest fawn ever conceived, LIL BUSTER(check out those ears!). The squirrel scored a first as the only Deer Whisperer that operates a DEER DRIVE THRU! Below is Beverly & her son lil Bently with other members of the herd lining up for lunch!
Below, as cute as they come!
BUSTER - Tiniest Buck EVER!!!ðâ¤ï¸ð¦#deerwhisperer #deerfeed #deer
As one can see, the deer whether fully domesticated indoor/outdoor deer to semi-domesticated deer the connection between deer & human builds a super strong emotional bond between both species.
Do humans take deer for their pets, or do deer take humans for their pets??? You tell me after viewing the below vids!(these are NOT 'staged' vids!).
Friendly Deer Hangs Out During Dove Hunt
âYou seen any does bro?â #deer #hunting
Deer Makes Friend With Hunter
Deer, mans best friend like to know em is to luv em!!!