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Columbian black-tailed deer appreciate the pathways humans have constructed as much as the bears do, so you’ll probably see their signs along the trail as well. You’re apt to see does and fawns along the way, and if you are lucky, a buck or two. Every buck has been hunted since the first year of their life, so they’re justifiably wary of humans. Noises around your camp at night are much more likely to be made by a deer than a bear. Deer are attracted to camp food, especially anything salty, and they also have been known to chew on anything that is sweat-soaked, such as clothing, pack straps, and boots. While setting up camp in Grizzly Meadows after the hot and sweaty climb from the China Gulch Trailhead, I removed my soaking-wet T-shirt and set it out on some bushes to dry. A short time later a deer wandered into camp and started chewing away on my shirt. When the deer finally finished, the T-shirt had a pattern of holes resembling a slice of Swiss cheese. Don’t feed the deer—they become horrible pests once they’ve become habituated to getting food from humans. Don’t approach or try to pet one either—despite our Bambi-inspired feelings, they are potentially dangerous, and they carry ticks and lice. Still, a doe and her twin fawns drinking out of a fog-shrouded stream at dawn is a most memorable sight. Mountain lions, the deer’s only predator (besides humans), are very scarce in the Klamath Mountains.