Yeah I got that too... its such an obvious Photoshop that its hilarious

It was only one of a series of pictures taken of the encounter so I really don't think it was Photoshopped.

The rear hoof is in the grass.  What kind of shadowing should it be casting?  I showed my 13yr old son the series of pictures because he's cynical and well versed at Photoshop too and he thought the same thing about that one picture but then saw the other pictrures in the series and had second thoughts.  I see a lot of nature pictures that look unreal but know for a fact they're real.  People are just so used to fake pictures these days that they now instantly dismiss the real stuff.

Judging by how the dog and deer were interacting in the pictures, I have no reason at all to doubt the authenticity.  I've walked right up to deer up North (Northern MI that is) myself.  But who knows, people up there have a lot of time on their hands.  Maybe they spend it on Photoshop

When My Uncle Ray sent me these pics in an annoying FW: I looked through them and thought that they were all fake. They still look fake to me, but I can't prove it. Hopefully more people will chime in on this and voice opinion.

If this is fake, they did a hell of a job on it.  The lighting on that Deer is EXACTLY what is on the other subjects in the photo. 

You aren't out in nature much, are you?  The deer is standing in grass...which would come up over its hooves the way you see it in this photo.  No shadow?  Why would it have a shadow?  Nothing in this photo, other than the man's arm and the deer's leg (shadow cast by dog) has a shadow.

I've lived in the country my whole life, and there is no reason to believe this didn't happen.  Hell, I almost walked into a deer standing by my house one morning.  I said "excuse me" to it, and it finally ran away.  

The Deer may also live on a farm.  It's not uncommon for deer to become social and almost domesticated.  They are very curious and usually quite docile.

They look fake to me. Its just a simple opinion. I respect anyone who thinks they are real cause I can't prove that they are fake.

I totally respect that opinion... when I first got these pics I thought they were fakes, and not just fakes, rediculous fakes. I might just be getting really cynical with all the fauxtography out there these days... I don't know.

The man and dogs look like they belong in the frame, but the Deer seems off. I would need verification to believe its a real and not fauxtography.