RE: Deer adopted me!
You said you are in the middle of the woods,so I think there is one of two possibilites.
The first possibility is the mother was killed or it was separated from its mother,and someone took care of it for a time. This could cause it to not fear humans. It is unusual for a deer thatyoung to not be with its mother. Sometimes the motherwill chase off their youngduring the rut, but they usually group back up after the rut. It is not unusual for a deer to remain with its mother for two years.
The second possibility is that it could have rabies. Before a rabid animal becomes agressive, they quite often become very friendly. Beware if you see a friendlybadger, skunk, racoon,fox or coyote. I know of a farmer who thought a cow of hiswas choking on something. He had his hand in the back of its throat trying to remove what the cow was choking on. He finally called out a vet, and it was determined the cow had rabies.