Curious Young Buck Headbutts Putter as Golfer Sinks Putt at Michigan Golf Course

A couple of golfers in Michigan were recently enjoying a round of fall golf at a golf course in Oakland County, when their round was suddenly interrupted by a curious “spectator” on the grounds.

The now-viral video was shared on Facebook by golf professional Jason Michael Dudzinski, who filmed a young whitetail buck wander onto the green and walk right up to his fiancée Katie Nolff while she lined up her final putt of the day at Indian Springs Metropark in White Lake, Michgan.

In the video, you can see the deer approaches cautiously at first, but seems to warm up to Nolff after she says hello to the young critter. She lets it smell her hand for a moment before bringing her attention back to the little knee-knocking putt she had left, and drains it. Even with the deer butting into her putter in the middle of her stroke!

According to Fox 2 Detroit, Dudzinski and Nolff told Storyful they believe the deer was the spirit of Nolff’s late father stopping by to wish the couple well after celebrating their upcoming nuptials with friends and family earlier in the day.

OutdoorHub Editor: Keenan Crow

Keenan Crow is an outdoor writer who graduated from Central Michigan University with a degree in journalism and creative writing. He has been writing for OutdoorHub for nearly five years, but anybody he is close with will tell you he has been telling hunting stories for far longer. He uses his experiences outdoors to write about things he loves - bow hunting, fishing, upland hunting, shed hunting, turkey hunting, waterfowl hunting, dog training, shotguns, ATVs and the outdoor lifestyle he lives in his home state of Michigan. Outside of hunting/fishing, he also loves to cook - especially with wild game - play golf and go on hikes with his yellow lab, Stella.