Very Bad Pic of a Most Exciting Encounter

I have never been hissed at by a deer. It's very startling when it's close at hand and the hisser is completely hidden by jewelweed which it was probably eating. I backpedaled several feet. Rocky stood his ground. Piki Dog stood on his hind legs and barked ferociously. All of us were trying to see what hissed. In the meantime the deer had wandered around the back of the neighbor's dog pen and was watching us.

The Rest of the Story. Turns out the doe had given birth only a couple of days before and the fawn was hidden in there when she hissed at me. She brought it out to show my neighbor Nancy why she had to eat the vegetables in Nancy's garden.

[Annie-Sue]

one for the diary! but not the calendar ;-)

[BeckyJo]

I didn’t know deer hissed, what an experience!

[narayani]

Ditto what Becky said!

[Caryn]

@narayani @beckyk365 @anniesue Turned out the doe had given birth a day or so before this and the fawn was hidden in there.

[narayani]

@meotzi awww! Did you get to see the fawn?

[Caryn]

@narayani No. It must have been right around that area but it could've been lying in the overgrowth right beside me and neither I nor the dogs would have known it.