Occurred on May 6, 2017 / Plainfield, Indiana, USA
Info from Licensor: "My two buddies, Corey and Leon, and myself were on a turkey hunt on private land. As the sun came up, two young whitetail bucks approached our turkey decoys. (This is not uncommon.) What happened next however, was extremely unusual. One of the bucks directly approached us, and literally started licking Leon's fingers as he held his phone to film the deer. The buck interacted with Leon for several minutes, while eating maple leaves and generally being completely unconcerned. He then attempts to eat some of the fake leaves off of Leon's camo clothing. He then approached me, where I was able to pet the deer on the forehead, scratch behind his ears, and touch his small velvet antlers that were just starting to grow. After interacting with me for several minutes, he moved over to Corey, and actually licked Corey's shotgun barrel. After a few more minutes of this the deer moved off. We were all incredulous at this encounter. I've been hunting for 30 years and have never seen anything like that."
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