it does does sound like fiction to me. but in a not so related story....
a friend of mine in HS had a "pet bambi" for a while. the lil basturd must have lost his mom when he was young. so he started hanging out at their dairy. well the POS started runnin' with the 3 mutts they had. the bambi eventually became a buck. but the idiot acted like a dog. he would NEVER jump over a fence, but crawl under it like a dog, would run around with the dogs and stuff chasing balls and not. and would sit when the dogs where ordered to sit. he wouldnt let you get close enough to touch him but he was pretty much tame and always around the dairy. funny stuff.
well rifle season opens and the lil basturd goes a missing. end of story.