DES MOINES, Wash. -- At the Des Moines Yacht Club, there's a boat for a buck.

A deer has staked his claim right in the middle of the 101 dinghies and power boats.

Margaret Moreau spotted the young buck tucked beside a sail boat.

"I've been calling him Spike, 'cause he has spikes," Moreau said.

She's also been calling for help for four weeks. Police won't let her open the back gate as they don't want a deer on Marine View Drive.

Wildlife agents won't let her shepherd Spike out the front, as they don't want her to scare the deer.

"He'll go away," she said she was told. "He's eating all that long grass. When he runs out, he'll go away."

The best that Moreau can figure is the deer lives at Saltwater State Park. She thinks it walked along the shoreline, jumped or swam across this creek, and ended up in her parking lot.

The Yacht Club members have their own theories.

"Maybe he was fed before," said Walter Lata. "Maybe he's looking for a handout -- you can never tell."

Moreau says he hasn't fed the deer in three weeks but she did fill a water bowl.

She seems to know his every move, and she's proud to show him off.

"Oh, the little kids love it," Moreau said. "But no one bothers him. They all drive in, watch him a while and leave."

Wildlife agents say Spike will leave when he's ready. Until then, Margaret's stuck with the buck.