We get deer at our place too. They are very skittish though. They wander up and down the lawn, mostly at night, munching on the grass. We also get raccoons. They come trodding in under the bird feeder and gobble all the seed we put out for the ground feeding birds. This past summer we had a family of five visit. I'd lay on my stomach and watch them--only inches away--through the sliding glass door. My three kitties flanked me and didn't know what to do. We've also had porcupines, skunks, oppossums, pheasants, owls, falcons, hawks, and turkeys. I love living here.