Deer crashing a wedding photo shoot

[u/Specific-College-194]

[u/wjbc]

I wonder if this is a place where the deer are used to being fed by humans. I've never seen a wild deer approach so closely.

Edit: It was an unusual wild deer that somehow lost its fear of humans (probably because someone was feeding it):

https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2019/09/deer-snags-bouquet-at-fairy-tale-michigan-wedding.html

Thanks to u/margery-meanwell for providing the link.

[u/KillstardoAbominate → u/wjbc]

Absolutely. There is no way that's just a random wild deer.

[u/DeadSeaGulls → u/KillstardoAbominate]

I've been approached by wild deer both in oregon and in utah. Outside of hunting season, which they very much seem to be aware of exists, some deer aren't too concerned with humans. Every day I have a herd come through my yard and nibble on my trees. They generally keep about 10 feet away though. Also aren't a fan of my dog, so the dog has to keep distance.
Some mule deer from around my yard: https://imgur.com/m5BzQlF.png
https://imgur.com/T3xy0O9.png https://imgur.com/5AZ3JkV.png

[u/Dayofsloths → u/DeadSeaGulls]

Oh they know hunting season, first gun goes off and they all disappear for a few weeks

[u/AngryCarGuy → u/Dayofsloths]

In CA d-zone they know they're safe within city limits so they'll all congregate right on the edge of residential areas lol.

They're no dummies

[u/saltporksuit → u/AngryCarGuy]

My parents have about 20 wooded acres and do not kill wild animals. During hunting season their resident deer population increases dramatically. To the point my dad started putting out deer corn for the “refugees” as he put it. Then they disappear again.

[u/peacemaker2007 → u/saltporksuit]

To the point my dad started putting out deer corn for the “refugees” as he put it. Then they disappear again

Does his corn taste that bad?

[u/FizyIzzy → u/peacemaker2007]

His corn taste so bad all the deer leave the yard!

[u/Kind_Consideration97 → u/FizyIzzy]

My Deer corn brings all the Deer to the yard and they’re like, “we can’t eat that” 🎶

[u/Dayofsloths → u/AngryCarGuy]

City deer are the biggest deer. Huge trophy racks, just teasing us on the wrong side of the "no hunting" boundary

[u/TNine227 → u/Dayofsloths]

That’s how they got such big racks.

[u/jellatubbies → u/TNine227]

Maybe I should send my wife there

[u/viomonk → u/jellatubbies]

It'd probably cost a few bucks

[u/triestdain → u/viomonk]

Ain't got that kind of doe.

[u/Karcinogene → u/AngryCarGuy]

The dummies get shot or hit by cars. The smart ones know how to survive. They're evolving because of us.

[u/talk_to_me_goose → u/Karcinogene]

The deer in my urban area are so much more chill than the rural ones where I grew up. These just hang out next to the road instead of jumping in front of your car for lols

[u/BustinArant → u/talk_to_me_goose]

We have some that walk into the park in the middle of town and I have never seen how. Get some foxes too which is always neat.

[u/yogopig → u/Karcinogene]

Not even joking we are really driving their evolution! Humans place a huge adaptive pressure by pretty much just existing. Its also not just deer and is happening with a ton of species, some changes good and some bad.

[u/Bladelink → u/Karcinogene]

My wife was literally just telling me a couple weeks ago that wild deer are starting to evolve to have smaller antlers, because we're selecting for it with hunting. Absolutely fascinating.

[u/paininthejbruh → u/AngryCarGuy]

Can confirm, a deer once showed me his GPS, they have the rules for hunting embedded in it. They also have a remake of Shyamalan's The Village.

[u/Steelwolf73 → u/Dayofsloths]

Favorite story of mine. Bear season(which was basically an excuse to go to camp, drink beer, and scout out spots for deer season in a couple weeks) and we are driving to the next spot and through the laurel I see the largest buck i have ever seen outside of trophy farms about 200 yards away. I scream "stop the damn truck!!!" I grabbed my rifle(yes, it was unloaded) and already hand my hand on the door when my dad grabbed me "anon, it's BEAR season". So we all just sat there, staring at this magnificent buck for like 10 minutes. Later at the local bar we were telling the story and some of the older locals knew exactly who we were talking about. Apparently every year just before rifle season he heads into the old coal mine and logging bogs. And there is signs all around that area that say if you enter, no one is coming in after you to rescue you. And they mean it- place is basically hundreds of acres of death pits. The King just moves in for the season, and comes out after.

[u/ElephantShoes256 → u/DeadSeaGulls]

We have deer that come around to eat the crab apples off the tree in our neighbor's back yard. Those deer don't care at all about anything, lol. They know exactly how close my dog can get with her electric fence and will casually stand about 2ft beyond that while she's going nuts. I think they think we humans can't go past that either (bc we've never tried) so we can walk right up there and look at them.

The sole defensive action they ever take is the mamas will always move to stand between us and her fawn(s) but that's it.

The best is when they're clearly drunk and just lay there making grunting or bellow type noises at us, lol.

[u/the_blackfish → u/ElephantShoes256]

Yeah you bastards you just keep staring at me ya bunch of do nothing apes <hic>

[u/ElephantShoes256 → u/the_blackfish]

We do drunk deer voice all the time. Our favorite is "I'm not drunk, you're drunk!" Which, to be fair, is true like half the time, lol.

[u/nopuse → u/ElephantShoes256]

I want to see drunk deer now

[u/big_duo3674 → u/nopuse]

It's actually somewhat common for many different types of animals where a lot of apples are growing. I've always wondered if they do it on purpose because fermented apples would definitely taste terrible compared to fresh, I could see some animals understanding that "if I eat this funny smelling red fruit the world spins and I feel great for a few hours". Of course I also then wonder if they get hangovers, a hungover bear sounds both hilarious and terrifying

[u/Orangeisthenewcool → u/DeadSeaGulls]

I swear deer also know when it’s bow hunting season vs firearm season. They will not get within bow range, if you get closer they move a bit back, then magically not get within firearm range too. In Oregon they have grown in population too.

[u/_duber → u/DeadSeaGulls]

The deer here in Southern ct are very curious of me when I encounter them on hikes. They'll stay about 10 ft away but they'll react to me talking to them and move closer. I'd back up if any they tryed to get as close as the one pictured. Wouldn't want them to decide I smell bad and kick me lol

[u/Karcinogene → u/_duber]

This monkey smells like ass!

[u/chiefmud → u/DeadSeaGulls]

I lived in a city with urban deer (kept to residential areas) I’ve seen one walk down the sidewalk and stop at a crosswalk until all the cars stopped, then crossed the street.

[u/Sevnor → u/chiefmud]

I also like in a city with urban deer, I’ve seen a deer look right and left before crossing a road. I swear they are getting smarter

[u/Ok-Champ-5854 → u/chiefmud]

City cats using the sidewalk is also hilarious.

[u/theLuminescentlion → u/DeadSeaGulls]

They seem to have developed migratory patterns where they enter suburbs during the hunting season and avoid areas where hunting is allowed.

[u/punkfusion → u/DeadSeaGulls]

I remember seeing Deer in Estes Park in Colorado at the lake by the downtown area. Alot of cars were lined up to watch them drink the water and they seemed unbothered.

[u/TexanInExile → u/DeadSeaGulls]

Dude, that first shot is awesome

[u/Killerkendolls → u/DeadSeaGulls]

My boss has a momma deer that brings her babies to show off to him. He also has some swan friends though so he might just be a Disney princess.

[u/surfer_ryan → u/KillstardoAbominate]

Ehh back when I lived in New Jersey we would have deer walk right up to you and just not give two fucks. To an extent they were use to humans but they were also very much wild deer.

[u/Vanviator → u/surfer_ryan]

My sister lived in a small town in Central OR. The deer there were damn near tame.

They were fat and sassy and enjoyed a buffet of gardens.

You couldn't pet them. But they would get within 5 ft or so and stare straight at you while munching on, well, everything.

[u/The-Duck-Of-Death → u/Vanviator]

My old boss in Corvallis lived right in the middle of town and was quite the gardener. Loved to grow vegetables. Kind of guy to get upset when he had to evict mice from his walls, didn't like to kill bugs. But those "goddamn fucking deer"...

[u/Karcinogene → u/The-Duck-Of-Death]

The Iroquois had a spin on this. Plant twice as much vegetables as you need, let the deer have half. When it's time to go hunting, you won't have to walk very far.

[u/bswmagic → u/Karcinogene]

I love this lol

[u/photonsnphonons → u/Karcinogene]

Metal.

[u/Fuck_you_Reddit_Nazi → u/The-Duck-Of-Death]

I feel the same way about squirrels.

[u/CheapCrystalFarts → u/Fuck_you_Reddit_Nazi]

But they’re cute sometimes.. mine eat the birdseed until they’re full and then take a nap on their stomachs, on my deck railing, arms and feet just hanging there.

[u/mnemy → u/Vanviator]

My brother was in an arms race with the local deer that used his property to travel through (city, but his property was tucked behind a more developed area).

He would build fences around his new orchard, they would break in, destroy the fence and kill his young trees, he'd build fence 2.0 taller and stronger, rinse and repeat.

If he saw them, he'd chase them around with a big wooden dowel, and asked me to do the same while I was there helping him build things. The idea was to discourage them from going through his property, and pick somewhere else.

Well. My brother is rather fat, and I'm not.

I chased a deer with the stick, but I guess she was used to my slower brother, so she half ass ran away without looking. I was mid swing, realizing I was actually about to really smack the shit out of this Doe full force because i hadn't expected to actually catch it, and damn near fell over redirecting the swing to miss.

The face the Doe made when it looked over its shoulder with me almost on top of it swinging was priceless. It sure as hell moved fast after that.

[u/KenEarlysHonda50 → u/mnemy]

This is a fantastic mental image.

[u/surfer_ryan → u/Vanviator]

I'll never forget when we thought someone was breaking into our house... my dad ready to go with his putter, looks out to the front door to see a deer having the time of it's life eating all my moms potted plants like it was there just for him... his tail was swooshing the door (presumably bc he was just so darn happy) which is what caused the "someone is breaking in".

And thus began the war on the deer... My dad got me a paintball gun we turned the power down on a bit to try and shoe them away... not even that was enough so we just gave up and moved to Florida, the paintball gun does work slightly better on meth heads rolling up in your yard... so it wasn't a complete waste of time and money.

[u/Long_Educational → u/surfer_ryan]

You traded wild deer for wild meth heads on your porch? That's hilarious and speaks to the state of Florida.

[u/kunwon1 → u/Long_Educational]

No self-respecting ruminant would be caught dead in FL

[u/Anleme → u/Long_Educational]

What if the deer followed him to Florida, because their plants were so tasty?

[u/surfer_ryan → u/Anleme]

I've lived here for 20+ years now... I have only spotted a few of them... I am prepared for the war on deer here... Florida has molded me...

[u/ZachMich → u/Long_Educational]

Sounds like a Plants vs Zombies DLC

[u/AlekBalderdash → u/surfer_ryan]

On a related note, raccoons don't particularly care if you slingshot them with M&Ms or peanuts

[u/surfer_ryan → u/AlekBalderdash]

I had one that every night without fail, just hang out in our driveway and taunt my dog... like there was absolutely 0 reason for this racoon to just hang out right in the center of our driveway... and yet every fucking night...

I say all this bc I can tell you even the paintball gun doesn't dissuade that little fucker.

[u/MyDucksAreCute → u/surfer_ryan]

Every night this raccoon was raiding my chicken feed bucket. One night I finally took my chicken feed bucket in, and the next morning, there was a big long raccoon turd on the mat on my back deck, right above where the feed bucket is supposed to be.

[u/thinkofanamefast → u/surfer_ryan]

my dad ready to go with his putter

My best laugh of the day.

[u/[deleted] → u/surfer_ryan]

People moving to Florida to escape wildlife clean blows my mind every time I see it or hear about it

I’m from Florida, and lived there for 25 years. We seriously have panthers and gators and shit like that. Here’s some true stories: - A childhood friend of mine James had a wild boar literally charge THROUGH a screen door, because one of its young had wandered onto the property. We literally just had to open the front door and let it just rage until it wandered out. It knocked over kitchen chairs and broke stuff and then just… bounced. Lol. This was the 90’s and the only landline was inside the kitchen with the animal, so we couldn’t call anybody. Lol - at like 24 I stepped out to go to the bus stop at about 5 am to go work and was greeted by a whole ass Florida panther at the end of my cul-de-sac. Fortunately i had a phone by this point, and I called animal control after some googles and calming down at home because “WTF A PANTHER”, and they handled it - A neighborhood puppy was tragically dragged underwater by a gator on the golf course in my hometown when I was like 15 - in the 90’s we were seriously i shit you not taught how to run from a gator in school. You have to make hard turns because they can’t corner well at all, and if they get you, spin with them, whichever way they roll you. Don’t resist it, because that’s how you lose a limb.

They don’t realize it’s actually a damn jungle in some parts of Florida. Lol

[u/Actressprof → u/surfer_ryan]

If I had an award to give, I would! I grew up in Belgium, and there were moles all over our back property. My dad would put on a WWI helmet and go nuts with traps, screaming and waving a shovel. He hated them so much.

[u/erydanis → u/Actressprof]

my dog will wait for moles to stop digging, idk, lunch break ? and then dig them up and kill them. i have significantly less moles now.

[u/Broad_Afternoon_8578 → u/Vanviator]

There are some deer exactly like that in my neighborhood on Vancouver Island. You can’t pet them (and I always give them a wide berth), but I sometimes turn a corner on my walks only to find a deer on the sidewalk a few feet in front of me. More often then not, they’re munching on someone’s flowers and they give me this look of “I’m not moving for you!”

[u/gonejellyfishin77 → u/Vanviator]

You shouldn't pet the deer anyway. Unless your true intention is to get covered in ticks.

[u/manofredgables → u/Vanviator]

I'm so fucking sick of deer ruining my gardening hobby. So much work and time and suddenly one morning those bastards have eaten two thirds of it. I've started to learn visual pattern recognition programming for the sole reason of mounting a paintball gun or nerf gun or something on an auto aiming turret that specifically targets any deer and scares the shit out of them. Bastards

[u/agoia → u/manofredgables]

Theres a big stand of lilies in my yard and i covered them up for a late freeze and a fuckin deer used the cover as a comfy place to lay down and smashed half of the whole lot...

Fuckn assholes.

[u/nug-pups → u/surfer_ryan]

Lmao Jersey deer are something else. I was walking my dog in highland park a couple years ago. There was a deer ~10ft from the sidewalk on someone’s lawn. My dog lunged, and the deer didn’t even flinch. It was just looking at us like “dude you’re on a 6ft leash and I’m 10ft away, get bent” and continued munching on leaves

[u/thinkofanamefast → u/nug-pups]

In Woodstock NY a few years back, my pooch and I spotted a deer, and pretty sure my dog was just thinking "Oh, a big one of me." Stared at it calmly like she would any other dog.

[u/NJdevil202 → u/nug-pups]

Look how cute this deer is, dude. Not like those asshole deer in New Jersey.

Harold and Kumar

[u/DogVacuum → u/surfer_ryan]

A deer in Ohio came up to me and tried to get me to apply for an adjustable rate mortgage.

[u/Smitty8054 → u/DogVacuum]

Mine was a car warranty.

Probably the same deer running multiple scams.

Hey multiple income streams. A deers gotta eat.

[u/arbiter42 → u/surfer_ryan]

Deer from New Jersey are very much from New Jersey

[u/AllUrMemes → u/arbiter42]

"EYYY, I'M WALKIN' HERE!"

[u/TeamADW → u/surfer_ryan]

It happens around Pittsburgh, but only where people are really not into hunting. Probably part of the reason they get creamed by cars so much too.

[u/derpstickfuckface → u/TeamADW]

I was walking at a park and one was on the trail and wouldn’t move. I asked politely, clapped loudly, and tossed rocks next to it, it did not give a damn. I eventually decided to try my luck and skirted by it on the trail. The only thing it did was look up and chew a couple times, then went right back to eating.

Being from the rural South, you don’t expect deer to be so indifferent to your presence.

[u/mindspork → u/derpstickfuckface]

"I'M RUMINATIN' HEAH!"

[u/Taurothar → u/surfer_ryan]

Jersey animals are like Jersey people. They don't give a fuck.

[u/LucyLilium92 → u/surfer_ryan]

Jersey deer will literally stand there and wait for you to turn around or go inside, then they will run in and eat all your flowers before you have a chance to come back out to take a picture

[u/713MoCityChron713 → u/surfer_ryan]

New Jersey suburb deer are built different

[u/Ulairi → u/KillstardoAbominate]

It's almost entirely about how much they're hunted, rather then how much they've interacted with people. Deer are naturally curious, so if they see people a lot and nothing happens, they tend to just assume we aren't a threat. I have to get out of my car and shoo them out of the road rather often where I work, and the ones who visit my home in town just stand there and watch me leave in the morning more often then not.

This one ate lunch with me often most of last summer, and this one followed me around a photography shoot just curious what I was doing. Both were probably within 10-15 feet of me the whole time, and didn't seem bothered by me at all. I imagine if I had something that smelled good, my situation probably would have been similar to the one here. Not to say this isn't staged, but it certainly doesn't need to be.

[u/gsfgf → u/Ulairi]

And here I am during season sitting in the fucking woods since 5:00 a.m. in the cold and there aren't any fucking deer.

[u/vaccine_man → u/gsfgf]

It's cause you keep killing em

[u/El_Mariachi_Vive → u/KillstardoAbominate]

Yeah sometimes they're randomly friendly. I've had more than a few close encounters with them in eastern PA.

[u/Unlucky_Disaster_195 → u/KillstardoAbominate]

Maybe it's a popular wedding pictures location and from the deer's perspective some upright walking apes in bright colors come by every so often to feed the deer flowers and celebrate that feeding event.

[u/vertigoelation → u/KillstardoAbominate]

I'd bet money it's wild.

My parents used to feed the local wild deer carrots. The deer would visit their house every night at the same time and take baby carrots right out of their hand. A few neighbors started after that. It was common to see 30ish deer taking baby carrots out of 6-12 people's hands in their back yard.

The whole row of houses were fenceless with a big open field that went back to some woods and then a river beyond the woods.

Edit... My parents had to start by tossing the carrots. They closed the distance over a few weeks. About half way through the summer is when the braver deer started to take the carrots from them. Closer to the end is when the more timid would partake.

[u/Binsky89 → u/KillstardoAbominate]

It's entirely possible. In many nature preserves, deer and other animals aren't afraid of humans. When we were hiking Philmont, we were standing around the camp fire when a deer just casually walked through the middle of our group (no fire because burn ban). It was pretty surreal. We also saw a black bear that largely ignored us, and a herd of elk that just chilled as we walked by.

The chipmunks there will also hop up on your leg and steal food out of your hands.

[u/ExplosiveDisassembly → u/KillstardoAbominate]

It's probably somewhere within city limits, or in a public park. Urban deer don't get hunted unless there's a cull every few years. They're generally not fearful of humans, we just aren't "predators" to them.

Similar to moose. I used to live in Maine and Moose couldn't care less about humans, they have no predators and have a very limited and controlled hunting season.

Moose in my current state are very dangerous, there are mauling every year. They have natural predators here (cats and brown bears), and an ample hunting season.

In my current state it varies by time of year, too. Elk will just stroll through town without a care in the world if it's the off season...but as soon as fall rolls around, you'd think elk died out.

[u/ExcuseOk2709 → u/[deleted]]

yeah, this is seriously stupid. most state wildlife websites warn people not to feed deer as it makes them lose their fear of humans but they will NOT lose their unpredictable, wild animal nature. they can and will fuck you up really badly.

[u/BackdoorAlex2 → u/wjbc]

Twist: Its dead and a taxidermy

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan

[u/wjbc → u/BackdoorAlex2]

That could be!

[u/Edril → u/wjbc]

Yeah, last time I saw a buck in the wild, it ran off at top speed when I was 30 feet away. Still scared the shit out of me as I was totally caught by surprise as it came out of the woods and bolted across the trail before I could really process it.

[u/cybercuzco → u/Edril]

it ran off at top speed

Wild buck went buck wild.

[u/LouAtWork → u/cybercuzco]

r/angryupvote

[u/dalittle → u/Edril]

We have deer where I live and the female deer usually go in packs and are cool, but bucks when they rut, nope. I was walking one night and I came around a corner and a 12 or 14 point buck was about 20 feet away and he gave me the stink eye. I slowly backed up and went the other way, scared the crap out of me and I am a pretty big guy. I guess they are all jacked up on hormones and will charge you.

[u/CedarTree33 → u/dalittle]

A doe can fuck you up, a male deer can easily kill you.

[u/FrogInShorts → u/CedarTree33]

Doe, a doe, a female dear, a buck, ohgod ohshit ohfuckkk

[u/Pushbrown → u/Edril]

Ya I've tried to sneak up on a deer, ran from hearing my arm brush against my side.

[u/AuMatar → u/wjbc]

In semi-rural (quickly suburbanizing) Illinois I had a wild deer run past me in my backyard missing me by inches. So yes, it can happen.

[u/elcad → u/wjbc]

Used to camp at the beach every year. Deer, sika deer and wild horses just take what they wanted without fear of people. Ex poured a beer on one sika deer to get it stop stealing food off the table.

[u/OutSane → u/wjbc]

I've been to Nara, Japan, and the deer will absolutely let you get this close. There's a nearby hilly area where folks like to get wedding photos...this could be from there

[u/Jofuzz → u/OutSane]

Proposed to my wife there in 2018.

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[u/IThinkItsNotFunny → u/Jofuzz]

AWWW that's beautiful!!

[u/wjbc → u/OutSane]

Yes, those aren't wild deer.

[u/margery-meanwell → u/wjbc]

Deer snags bouquet at ‘fairy tale’ Michigan wedding https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2019/09/deer-snags-bouquet-at-fairy-tale-michigan-wedding.html. There were several MLive articles about this particular deer as it didn’t fear people and raised safety concerns.

[u/DoubleCyclone → u/wjbc]

Wild deer in an area where they are not regularly hunted might approach.

[u/klnh13 → u/wjbc]

He looks to be sort of young. Maybe he hasn't learned about avoiding humans yet? Or maybe no hunting is allowed near places where people are getting married? So he feels safe.

Great picture!!

Source: None. I am in no way a deer scholar. Maybe the bride is Snow White.

[u/SpaceJackRabbit → u/klnh13]

Nah, this is on an estate where they are fed by humans and possibly harvested for meat. No way a young buck would ever approach humans like this.

Source: Live on land where I see deer almost daily.

[u/Tyr808 → u/SpaceJackRabbit]

I recently moved to the mountains in Maui and see deer daily as well. It’s not uncommon to see herds of like 50. there are no predators for them here in the weather never get severe, and it rains enough that they always have grass and water.

There’s a few loquat trees around and they’ll stand up on the hind legs to pick the fruit. It’s pretty hilarious.

https://streamable.com/eypb3v

Edit: oops, wrong clip linked, I’ll leave it up because I like that one too, but this is what I was referring to

https://streamable.com/txhofz

[u/fsurfer4 → u/wjbc]

I was in the Keys of Florida and saw a tiny deer that wasn't afraid of anything. I went right up to it and was able to pet it. It wasn't a fawn, just tiny.

[u/WooperSlim → u/wjbc]

It's not. It was at Felt Estate in Michigan.

[u/FragrantExcitement → u/wjbc]

The deer is a paid actor, hired by the photographer.

[u/sl600rt → u/wjbc]

Wyoming is full of the urban antlered giant rat.

[u/hmmyougonnaeatthat → u/wjbc]

Wild deer will literally walk right up to you in a number of places across Oregon. Yes they do get fed by humans sometimes but they are most definitely wild and not domesticated, just smart and opportunistic.

[u/cadeawayy → u/wjbc]

One of the houses I dog sit at, there's a TON of deer in their rural neighborhood. They're still a bit skittish, but are also super used to cars and people passing by. They don't even care when I'm walking the dog right past them. A few days ago, I parked my car, which happened to be maybe 10 feet from a deer. They just looked over at me as I got out, and went back to eating grass.

[u/perrij3 → u/wjbc]

This deer was also known to hang on the beach with people.

https://www.mlive.com/life/2019/07/deer-shockingly-chills-with-beach-goers-at-saugatuck-dunes-state-park.html

[u/ForkShirtUp → u/wjbc]

I dunno, I've heard of deers bravely trying to clean windshields but don't wait for cars to stop first

[u/MarcusDA → u/wjbc]

We have deer in our neoigborhood and while they’re not walking right up, they don’t move either. You can walk right by them within a few feet and it doesn’t bother them at all.

[u/pdxscout]

That is the cleanest looking deer I've ever seen. Looks like he was shampooed that morning. The ones in my fields are gnarly looking.

[u/kniselydone → u/pdxscout]

Looks pretty young...might still be licked clean by other deer 🥺

But more likely than that it is the wedding photographer editing helping out.

[u/pdxscout → u/kniselydone]

Judging by the antler spread, it's probably around 2 and some years change. I don't think it'd still be groomed regularly by mom.

But for some reason I didn't even think about the answer you came up with! It's probably the wedding photographer's editing skills. I think you nailed it.

[u/spunds → u/pdxscout]

You'd be surprised. In some rare cases, the mother continues to exhibit maternal behaviors toward her offspring if the child can't provide for itself. For example, I was breastfed until I was fourteen years old.

[u/luisapet → u/spunds]

r/holup may need to weigh in ;)

[u/Waiting4Baiting → u/spunds]

lol

[u/StopBidenMyNuts → u/pdxscout]

It broke its front arms so mom might be still helping out.

[u/Pine_of_England → u/pdxscout]

Even deer aren't safe from photoshopped unrealistic beauty standards

[u/Head_Asparagus_7703 → u/pdxscout]

Definitely looks edited. The back left leg looks odd too

[u/avree → u/pdxscout]

I love how the top two comments are somehow surprised that a deer being used in a highly produced set of wedding photos is a… tame pet deer?

I guess it’s because OP (who stole this post) decided to use the word “crashing”

[u/RadicalDog → u/avree]

I enjoy the confidence redditors express at calling this obviously fake, when now an article has been linked where the couple and photographer talk more about the photobombing deer.

Take the million wedding photography sessions every year, and share the absolute most interesting one. I'm not surprised that it's something seemingly impossible.

[u/anotherwave1 → u/avree]

Exactly. The couple probably had photos taken with tame deer. The things people will do for internet points.

[u/NCSUGrad2012 → u/anotherwave1]

Poor couple probably had no idea their wedding photos would be posted all Reddit for karma. Lol

[u/paesanossbits → u/pdxscout]

I just set the rain to "shampour"

[u/saveable → u/pdxscout]

My bet is that the deer was supposed to be a part of the shoot. Eating the bouquet was probably a deer ad lib.

[u/Lindvaettr → u/pdxscout]

Idk, there are dozens of deer living in my neighborhood (connected to a woodland) and they're nice and clean

[u/Spartan2470]

Here is the source of this image. Here are six more pictures from this series. Credit to the photographer, Laurenda Bennet (of Laurenda Marie Photography), who took this in Felt East Estate in Holland Michigan on September 1, 2019.

Edit: Here are even more pictures of this.

[u/mehmed2theconqueror → u/Spartan2470]

My God please have sex with me, you are the definition of what a Redditor should be

[u/GildMyComments → u/mehmed2theconqueror]

Yea do it with this person

[u/totalmoron42069 → u/GildMyComments]

Palpatine voice....do it.

[u/CheapCrystalFarts → u/Spartan2470]

https://i.imgur.com/xM2D7Aj.jpg

Deer looks a little less .. magical?.. without all that photoshop done to its fur. Looks kinda scrappy actually lol

[u/Fantom1107 → u/Spartan2470]

I've been to a wedding at Felt Mansion before. There were no farm raised deer on the property to stage this. Beautiful venue.

[u/415PHANTOM → u/Spartan2470]

Why are all these so blurry? There’s no sharpness on any of the photos.

[u/Inner-Bread → u/415PHANTOM]

Looks like someone downloaded low res jpegs from insta. Zoomed in and couldn’t see a missed focus spot and the one of the photographer done on a iPhone looks just as blurred.

[u/tias23111]

He just got back from the stag party

[u/shahooster → u/tias23111]

The strippers didn’t leave a single leaf on those trees

[u/_michael_scarn_ → u/tias23111]

Go to bed, dad

[u/cat_blep → u/tias23111]

nice rack

[u/Warlornn]

Fun fact: Deer are the deadliest animal in America.

https://a-z-animals.com/blog/top-10-deadliest-animals-in-america/

Although, sadly, its mostly because people hit them with their car and lose control.

Aww...this got dark.

[u/thePZ → u/Warlornn]

What kind of list is this lol?

Says alligators kill ~1 person a year, ranked #9

Sharks kill ~0.5 people a year, ranked #10

Cougars have killed 27 people in the past 100 years, an average of ~0.27 people a year, ranked #8

[u/TwistBallista → u/thePZ]

Not to mention it says crocodiles are deadlier than alligators, and it doesn't include crocodiles at all

[u/kelryngrey → u/TwistBallista]

I'm not even sure the US has had an American Crocodile fatality recently. There are only about 2000 of the things in the US and they're all in South Florida.

[u/fredbrightfrog → u/TwistBallista]

Crocs are much more aggressive, but there's like 1000 times more alligators in the US than crocodiles so it's far rarer to stumble upon one.

Similar to the point above, deer aren't really that dangerous there's just a shitload of them.

[u/cinnamonface9 → u/Warlornn]

It’s kinda where you hit them. On the dark roads

[u/WineNerdAndProud → u/cinnamonface9]

Deer still getting hit by cars is proof that evolution isn't instantaneous.

[u/lutinopat → u/WineNerdAndProud]

Get your shit together deer.

[u/xSTSxZerglingOne → u/WineNerdAndProud]

Yeah it's been a little over 100 years. An evolutionary reaction to motor vehicles will probably take significantly longer than the duration roads continue to exist.

[u/unique-name-9035768 → u/cinnamonface9]

If they'd only stop jaywalking and cross at the appropriate signage, it would be less of a problem.

[u/mynameisalso → u/Warlornn]

Deer existing like they did forever. Gets hit by a metal block doing 70mph on a dark road.

And we blame the deer.

[u/Dopedandyduddette → u/Warlornn]

Yeah, it’s the deer that is deadly, not the person barreling down a backroad at 70mph lol

[u/I_Like_Quiet → u/Dopedandyduddette]

Doesn't have to be a back road. Have you never seen a dead deer on the interstate?

[u/White_Disco → u/[deleted]]

Deer have excellent low-light vision, allowing them to navigate in dimly lit environments. However, their eyes are adapted to detect motion rather than details. When headlights or other vehicle lights approach, the deer may become confused and perceive the lights as a threat or potential predator. This can cause them to freeze momentarily or panic and run, sometimes into the road. Their eyes are on the sides of their head and not forward facing like us it has nothing to do with their intelligence why they get hit more with how they haven't evolved the eyesight to understand a object bright as the sun rocketing what looks like directly twards them.

[u/nerdwine → u/[deleted]]

This is years of pent up frustration in text form. An entertaining read.

[u/I_might_be_weasel]

That is a very not wild deer.

[u/YesNoMaybe → u/I_might_be_weasel]

"aye, y'all ain't gonna eat this?"

[u/schlucks → u/I_might_be_weasel]

the deer is a paid actor

[u/urnewstepdaddy]

Oh Deer, I bet a buck that ain’t safe doe

[u/andrewharlan2 → u/urnewstepdaddy]

Dear

Deer. It was right there! ;)

[u/zamfire → u/andrewharlan2]

They stole your joke, changed their comment to have that, and didn't give you credit. That's a downvote from me dawg.

[u/BlackBladeX → u/andrewharlan2]

Ya win some, ya venison. 🤷

[u/cn0285 → u/andrewharlan2]

Take my r/angryupvote both of you, and get out

[u/valadon-valmore]

It's all fun and Instagram likes until you get Lyme disease...

[u/dumbestsmartest → u/valadon-valmore]

Forget Lyme disease. Alpha-gal is the new kid on the block of why ticks must be eradicated.

[u/RonBourbondi → u/dumbestsmartest]

Damn I could become allergic to meat?

[u/Tyr808 → u/RonBourbondi]

Yeah, you’d basically have to go vegan or die. It’s as close to a fantasy curse as we can get irl.

[u/damontoo → u/Tyr808]

Seems engineered, right? It's not but it seems like it could be.

I was just reading about a cannabis disease that's infected 90% of weed plants in California. It's not dangerous to humans, but it goes undetected until immediately before harvest where it then causes buds to shrivel so yields are substantially less, and THC content to be cut by 50%. I thought that sounded engineered too since it's like a gift from god for anti-legalization people. But the disease actually comes from hop plants in the 80's.

[u/Shnazzyone]

Pretty sure this is not accidental.

[u/Mohavor → u/Shnazzyone]

They're ILLUSIONS Michael!

[u/ShermanSinged]

Deerly beloved

[u/gothamhunter]

C'mon guys. I can't even try to suspend belief that this is a wild deer just strolling up and eating out of this person's hand. Either it's staged or that's a routinely hand fed deer. Look how clean it is.

[u/Smugal → u/gothamhunter]

For me it's the guy's face. He just isn't selling the 'omg a deer basically attacked my wife for her flowers out of nowhere' to me.

[u/larrychatfield]

That’s way more precious than the standard fare pic you’d have had

[u/Shoddy_Classroom_919]

This is a first. I have seen bridesmaids, best man, but never a best deer as part of a wedding.

[u/DNS_1]

Hope he loves those flowers. Those are expensive. (Priceless picture tho)

[u/asuddenpie → u/DNS_1]

Worth it! If I had to choose between a deer or flowers in my wedding photo, I’d definitely choose the deer. They got both!

[u/xlxxlv]

totally not staged

[u/BimSwoii → u/xlxxlv]

Definitely stagged

[u/CrudelyAnimated]

(r/deerstuff) "Door Dash drivers posed for pictures with my meal."

[u/themooseiscool]

"DJ Paul and Juicy J, 8Ball and MJG And Young Buck, we don't give a fuck, we must interrupt this wedding scene"

[u/blackteashirt]

Groom's thinking - That's a hundred bucks worth of flowers....

[u/coolgr3g]

She's a Disney princess??

[u/KobraKong]

STAGgeringly beautiful

[u/Accomplished-Judge38]

Rude couple crashing a deer's solo photoshoot

[u/Quietcomments]

Welp it’s official. You’re a Disney princess and this is the end of the movie where you guys get married and live happily ever after.

[u/Bigingreen]

We had kookaburras at our wedding. The photographers got some cool pictures too.

Then after the ceremony, my wife and I went to go get our pictures done and some of the guests had lost their food right out of their hands thanks to said kookaburras.

[u/Ouchyhurthurt]

Mmmmm. Tics.

[u/wrappedMoment879]

You're Wedding. I'm Eating.

[u/upvoatsforall → u/wrappedMoment879]

Who is wedding?

[u/wfriedma]

You’re Baratheons now. Deal with it.