FROM THE ARCHIVES, A DEER FAMILY AT BIG MEADOWS, SKYLINE DRIVE, VIRGINIA

I found this sweety at Big Meadows several years ago.  We were walking along one of the narrow trails across the meadow, and some slight movement caused me to glance to my left.  I quickly took a couple of photos and then moved on.  Later we saw mother grazing with baby next to mum.   

Gregg and I discovered this area when we signed up for a photographic group one weekend a few years ago, and stayed at the lodge nearby. We've been coming back ever since.
We didn't expect to see any deer as they generally don't start coming down on the meadow until later on in the day and it was still early in the afternoon.
They are used to humans here as they are well protected, it being part of the National Park Service.  I adhere to the 'keep at least 25 feet away' rule, and moved away from the baby as it was a bit of a shock to come across it.
It was time to go and we felt we had been given a very special gift this day.
We met a lady, another photographer, who asked us if we had seen any. This was before our first sighting. She told me that the mothers sometime leave their fawns not too far from the trail.