nature in action: fake deer!

Wallowa lake park has some frighteningly tame mule deer.  Technically they are wild, but you would never know it, they approach you the second you sit down at a picnic table.  The deer stay in the park, mostly because people feed them, there are no predators, and no hunting pressure.  The occasional encounter with a tourist,s lap dog is a small price to pay for what amounts to a gated deer retirement village.  It is well worth the drive up to the lake just see them.  The park doesn’t recommend approaching wildlife, and feeding them will get you a fine but if you want close-up  pictures of  some huge deer then this is your place.

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