One thing that really surprised us about Vancouver Island is the number of deer around. You see them everywhere – at the roadside, along hiking trails, on the golf course, even in front yards right in the middle of Victoria. There is a family of at least a half dozen deer that live along the golf course just below our condo and we saw them almost every day.
The local deer are very calm, as well, and they don’t spook easily. You can walk very close to them and look them in the eye and they might look back but then just resume eating their grass or leaves. They aren’t easily spooked by the golf carts, either. Perhaps they have become accustomed to living in close proximity to people but we had never before seen such fearless deer.
