Studies by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service document millions of people spend billions of dollars each year on trips to photograph and view wildlife. The residents of Leisure World merely need to open their door to meet a variety of birds and mammals, including our delightful white-tailed deer.Leisure World is an active adult community located on 610 acres in Silver Spring, Maryland. The community of homes and high rises is gated, thereby limiting the movement of our resident deer population. The family social structure of white-tailed deer results in the majority of females living within the home range of their mother. Most of our female deer were born and raised within Leisure World.The geographical features of Leisure World offer excellent habitat for healthy white-tailed deer - comprised of the suitable arrangement of food, water, shelter, and living space. The central feature is the 18-hole golf course on 85 acres which provides a year round supply of nutritious food.Each year we are blessed with a new generation of residents, the fawns of our white-tailed deer. Although deer prefer the company of other deer, there are periods of solitary behavior. In the autumn, a doe briefly leaves her fawns and family group to breed. The family group separates another time during the spring fawning season to bear and raise fawns. Similar to human mothers, a mother doe invests most of her time and energy in rearing her young.The greatest challenge to photograph deer in the wild is to find an undisturbed deer within camera range. Fortunately for wildlife photographers, our deer are approachable enabling up close observations. The remaining photographic challenge is to avoid buildings and roads in the background. All photographs of white-tailed deer (over 80 photographs) in The Deer of Leisure World: A Photographic Journey were taken within Leisure World. Several photographs have been recognized in the competitions of the Rossmoor Camera Club.