Young buck

This was shot in our back yard this morning. On my way home from a lake row at dusk, there was a family of four crossing the road near the lake. They're everywhere [you don't want them to be]. There were two human deaths this week from a single-vehicle auto accident when the driver swerved to avoid a deer. If only Santa would take them *all*!

[Michelle]

Stunning shot of such a beautiful creature. :)

[Tari]

too bad the natural world and the civilized world have to clash like that ~ but this is a wonderful shot, and right in your own backyard!

[Howard Steele]

great shot ,sad news about the road crossing incidents

[Joyce Wells]

Beautiful animal and photo!

[Rick Schies]

I always worry about what the other driver will do shgould a deer run out. Scarey.

[Michael Elliott]

When you say it was shot in backyard you mean photographed and not really shot right? Haha. Beautiful animal and excellent capture.

[MaryBeth Dailey]

at first I thought you meant "Shot" with a gun. Glad it was not. But...it is a dilemma that if their population rises, they endanger ours. Sad about the fatal accidents. One day, I saw one get hit by a school bus. Sad.

[Thom Mitchell]

@shellbelle @sparkleplenty1 They are kind of elegant looking. But the droppings in our yard and garden? Not so beautiful or elegant.

@digitalrn Absolutely right, Rick! There are lots of potential unknowns...

@michaelelliott @espyetta Yeah, I thought about that ambiguity in word choice!