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I think our little sika deer is in rut already.:D:D:D Pic is a little dark. Looks like an early rut!!!!!!!!!:D:D

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YOUS HAVE A PET DEER!!!!! THATS SOOO COOL!!!!! lol and i would say its well ready...

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dam bro, that is a little creepy.

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just practicing ,some day he'll get it right

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Dont worry man I only did it for the pic.:D

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Looks like one of those yapper dogs to me. Watch out for your leg! :D

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They grow up so quick,don't they?:D

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People confuse this act with mating. We see it in puppies and female dogs quite often. This is actually how animals show dominance.

If you've ever had a litter of puppies you will notice that one puppy will do this to all the other puppies to show them he isthe dominate puppy.

This little deer is showing you he is superior to you.

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Great pic but remember the bucks/males are always in rut meaning ready...rut is determined by does and does alone....like male dogs don't come into heat...they are there when the females do...

From what I understand, they make great house pets, is little buck house trained?

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Man, I hope no human ever tries to show dominance over me.

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Funky cold medina...;)

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LOL!.... Yeah......that wouldn't be a pretty picture.

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Maybe my wife is in heat then?:D He is house trained he goes in his box to do his thing. He will be going outside shortly though. If not in a year I would have to put trees in my house so he could rub his velvet off. I also dont want a scrape under the ceiling fan.:)

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I don't think that this is true. After a buck sheds his antlers he is sterile until until after he sheds the velvet from his new rack. You can see this when a late born fawn comes into heat late into the season. Like in march. Instead of attracting all bucks, shed or not, only younger bucks that still have their antlers are the ones doing the breeding of these late bloomers. In a captive situation this may be different, they may still have the urge to breed, but they'll be shooting blanks. In the wild, older bucks that have shed are not interested in breeding and they don't.

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Cool buddy!! Maybe he smells a little nooner on ya..LOL HCH

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How's the hole in your knee?

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Thats just too funny!:D:D:D

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I think that's what happens in prison... :D

You can actually house-train those???

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Greg, not only Sika's but whitetails actually house train rather well. The big thing is the urination cause everyone knows how clean deer poop is..LOL and you could collect for your stand location...LOL

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how did you get a pet deer...haha...thats great

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Now that funny right there


Tim

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i dunno but i want a lil white tail....just make sure i keep him inside durin huntin season....

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In Pa you can have deer. All you need is the proper paperwork. We have 2 sikas and 4 whitetails. We had to raise this little guy at only a few days old. His mother died a few days after giving birth. They are alot a fun to have. We are trying to teach it to walk on dog harness. It quite doesnt understand that yet.

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Great picture. Just a couple of questions on owning a deer. First, what kind of enclosure do you keep them in? Are they like dogs where they will respond to its name? What and how much do you have to feed him?

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Its cool but I don't think I would want a pet deer, I'm afraid it may alter my view about killing them...I dunno make me soft or something[:o]

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I agree. It might be neat but in the big picture it could be bad if deer became popular house pets. If the non-hunting public thinks of deer as cute, cuddly, housebroken pets itwon't get any easier for us. Not trying to start a pi*sing match but it is something to think about.

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Do you have to have a license to have a pet like that?

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I heard you can own them in PA, dont you have to have an enclosure so big per deer? And what do you pay per deer? Are buck more?

sorryabout the questions, thats great though. Could you imagine the reactions you'd get at your local park with a whitetail deer on a leash.

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You need a 10 foot fence for whitetails and 8 foot fence for sika. We have 6 deer we go through probably 300-400 lbs of feed a week. We have various food plots for them. We give them corn, sweet feed, soybean flakes, clovers, natures own, antler king, green leaves, carrots apples. Did I mention they love animal crackers. They eat alot!!!!!!!!!!

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now that would be funny....i wonder if you could teach it tricks? hmmmmmm

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Buck are more expensive. It all depends on the genetics how much you pay and from who you buy the deer from. Mine were pretty cheap. The doe was given to me. The buck we bought from a family whos dad died. The sikas I bought a pair for $600 off a preserve. That was including a white stag which is a little more. You can pay anywhere from $450-$20,000 for a fawn. Yes I said $20,000 I know a guy that gets big money for his fawns. Hes getting his bucks over 200 inches consistently. We have a lot of deer farmers in our area. Alot of them sell to preserves. I will never raise a deer to be sent to get shot.

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What do you do with the deer?

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thats awsome man

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I let Jimmy Houston come over hunting!!! No right now I just raise them for fun. Maybe it will lead to something. I just enjoy looking at deer.