First...Yes. I thought the deer was small as well. It was considerably smaller than the other 4 that were off to the right. I thought it was too large to be a fawn but to small to be a yearling. Then I thought maybe breeding was a bit earlier this year. No it was not lower than the deck as there is only about a 4 inch lip there to the ground.
second....Yep there were boats out in Wolfeboro Bay. I thought it funny as someone mentioned in another post that would be boats out cheating on the ice line catching Salmon.....