I was hiking Gooch Gap to Woody Gap in GA this weekend and suddenly a buck started following us. He even got in between me and a group of scouts, completely unafraid. After about 2mi some hikers came SOBO and were aware of his back story. Apparently he was a rescue and release and had a collar on at one time. Hopefully he lives a long life along the trail. I shot some video that I'll link to later. It's up on FB now if you want to look for "Joe Polk."