Noticed this deer dead asleep in my yard at 9:00 this morning. I saw it lying under a tree and was afraid it had been hit by a car and had chosen to die there. I went outside and made clapping and whistling noises which didn’t wake it. I walked over to it and that’s when it woke up, but it didn’t move. It lay there and looked at me while I walked away. Totally unfazed by me being so close.

A little later, it got up and started eating grass and wildflowers. It looks super skinny to me, even for a deer possibly done nursing, but I’d like to be wrong. Its tail wasn't full either, pretty scraggly, but it was wagging while it was eating. I wonder what people’s best guesses are on what's going on with this deer based on just appearance alone. Makes me happy it's at least eating. Located: outside Boulder, CO

Whitetail Deer Crossing the Lawn

Whitetail Deer Feeding on the Lawn