Weird deer behavior?

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Interesting story shawn and creepy! Spoke with a hunter today who also told me the deer is probably fed and treated as a pet since this seems to be a popular camp area at Laurel lake.
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Once when I was at Spring Lake (Mineral King) I passed a camp with four women and one asked if I had seen a deer carrying a bra. What!? The deer apparently had carried away all their bras hanging in a tree to dry.
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jmherrell wrote:Once when I was at Spring Lake (Mineral King) I passed a camp with four women and one asked if I had seen a deer carrying a bra. What!? The deer apparently had carried away all their bras hanging in a tree to dry.
Deer..... Sure;)
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I guess I failed to mention the relevance of Spring Lake to the story is that there are many stories of deer absconding with gear and clothes there.
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I've seen the salt seeking deer of Pinto and Spring Lakes near Mineral King. They were licking salty camp gear at Pinto and lapping up urine at Spring. I've also seen a doe at Rae Lake in the Red Mountain Basin who preferred to nibble the browse that I urinated on.
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