Aww! How cute. Those pictures remind me of Bucky. Bucky was a big buck who lived up at our cottage, and would eat out of my hand and try to eat my hair all the time.

That deer is a buck/male. I can see where the antlers are going to be growing in.

Karen, do all deers carry ticks?
Yes, all wild deer have ticks. Just about all wild animals have ticks, especially wood dwelling animals.

Even pet ones?
Depends on where they are housed. And if the owners clean them or not/groom the ticks off of them. If it is a deer farm and the deer pens are in the woods, they can very easily get it.