Synopsis

Joe Hutto's approach to research defies convention: he spent seven years endeavoring to become, in essence, a wild mule deer. Deer typically flee from human presence, yet these remarkably intelligent creatures surprisingly accept this stranger as one of their own. Accepted by the herd's leader, he walks amongst them, even receiving grooming from them, and can lie in the presence of a pregnant doe, conversing with her unborn fawns. By crossing the divide between species, Hutto gains a profound in