We have the same type of deer as Lady Jag. I never saw a babe like in her picture. How sweet is he/she!
I see them occasionally from a distance. One morning I went out and there was a buck standing right in front of me. I was in aw seeing him so up close. A little scared of him too. I hope they don’t come back and eat my landscaping.
A buck can be REALLY big. I was riding the bus to work one day a few years ago when I worked adjacent to the Santa Monica mountains, looked out the window and DANG. There was a big old buck, at least a ton, hanging out on the steep hillside. Wow.
You may have been a little too close for comfort. We like nature, but nature does not always like US...lol...:)