I had a buck from my buck's yard escape. Several days later neighbours found him in their vineyard up on the hill a km or two away. They chased him towards my direction. That evening I found him lying down back in this yard. Shut the gate.

Another time lost two-thirds of my herd when a flood undercut a fence. About half wandered back into an opened paddock. Some pushed, encouraged to entered the V shaped traps I built on the gates. Very hard to push deer. Easier to encourage them in a direction. They are not tame. Shot all the rest during day or spotlight. Butchered them and into the freezers. Last one taken a year later. I gained a buck when a wild buck jumped into the does' paddock where there was no male. I don't mind wild deer around but my vineyard neighbours might.

Funny the wild deer. NEVER have seen them nearby. This wild buck able to jump 7 foot fences. And once a red deer track in the sand at my bunny hunting block.