I had a close encounter with a deer! Whew.........!

Since we moved up here I have had numerous close encounters with echidnas, which are about as dangerous as a kitten unless you try to pick them up (they have very sharp spines), kangaroos and wallabies, which are totally non-hostile, and a king brown snake and a red-belly black snake, both of which are seriously deadly. The irony is that they turned up in our own back yard, while the others were in the forest where we used to walk our dogs until the little one survived a snake bite. Mind you, if any of the kangaroos had actually jumped into me it would have been a fraction questionable as to the result lol, they are at least as big as deer. At least we don't have to worry about big cats or bears. Our native bears aren't actually bears at all, are much smaller than real bears, and are rarely dangerous. Glad you survived the experience. Lash

I haven't had any encounters, but that's pretty cool to see a deer leaping in front of you. Did the deer have antlers and stuff? What did it looked like? How huge was the deer?

I live in the county and have had many encounters with wildlife. In sitting in my backyard in the swing I happened to see out of the corner of my eye something move. When I turned my head, there standing not more than a few feet away were 2 deer. One was looking at me while the other was eating grass and would look up occasionally. I did not move as I did not want to scare them and continued to watch. They eventually turned and walked away. I have seen many deer running and leaping across the fields behind my house and I love watching them. I have also had many squirrels just walk right up to where I was and have fed them corn. They do not seem to be afraid. I love watching the birds and all wild animals and find it very relaxing.

That was really close. I can feel the fear and how scared you are. I don't have any encounter recently but long ago I remember when a monkey attacked me while wondering in the zoo. That was really scary when a monkey suddenly grab the pack of chiz curls I am eating and then come another monkey and then another one and saw myself being trapped in the middle. Thanks a zoo keeper is too attentive and saw what happened. I couldn't imagine myself being dragged by monkeys up on a tree (lols) :p

No, I never encounter with wild animals cause there are no mountains or forests in my village. I like dogs and cats very much, when I go out of my house, I always looking for and admiring cute animals raise by other families. In your case, you have better be more careful when you leave your house.Er...I think your homeland must be very beautiful that wild animals can be met near your place.

I know that a deer is nice looking but not from too close. That remind me at one time when my kids were a lot younger,we were living up in the near north Manitoulin, we were walking and all of a sudden 4 deer came out of nowhere from the woods ( the mother the babies ). There were close enough to see them well but not too close to get run over on the process.

Good morning, dear chrytaltears...from DEER country! You had better, my dear friend...take my name off your visiting Bucket List! I don't mean to trivilize your encounter with the deer, BUT that type of encounter with deer is soooooo commonplace here! Daily, it is a trial just to get to work, unscathed...I only travel about two miles, at daybreak, or depending on time of the year, in the dark, and I daresay, I more than likely encounter 20+ in that short distance...and each meeting a near collision! I commute....and have done so, for the last 4+ years on my E-bike (looks very much like a motorcycle...but NO noise, as it is electrically powered)..and because it is silent, other than road noise, it is a real challenge to arrive unscathed. Last June, I had a "Knock 'em down" collision...with a doe, and my bike took the worse of the match-up! My ego was pretty bruised, too...arriving at work, covered in muck...LOL! Our biggest problem, here on the Gulf Islands...is the plethora of deer, as they have NO enemies in this environment. No natural predators...other than once in a while the occasional cougar, will arrive via a log...THEN the entire Island is on alert, tracking dogs brought in, it is tranquilized and transported OFF Island! When a cougar is here, I take my truck to work...as if they are hungry..nothing stops them! I hate the days of cougar sightings...as we have to live vicariously! Nice to hear from you, DEER (LOL)!

Whew! That was a close call, for sure. I have never had a close call like that before but my folks have told me of a story when they were just dating. They were in the car and a deer leaped from one corner of the car to the other from front to back, and just missed running into them instead. they were lucky. No accident. My mother is a huge deer lover and she never had anything against them for that either. I did almost get bit bad by a stray cat outside though. I had on a fake leather coat as it was a cool Fall day, my one old cat was out in the garden, and I was kind of protective of him and due to the fact he was very territorial and also sick at the time, I went up to them both when one of them was hissing, etc. The other cat got spooked and actually turned around quick and "bit" my arm. I think something accidentally touched his tail and he got scared but he would have really got me good if I hadn't had my coat on, the biting didn't go through the coat! Whew. I was so mad at that cat though and now I feel bad about chasing it away. :(

I have never had a close encounter with a wild animal and my! my! My! What an encounter you had. I think I would have just sat there for a while and said a prayer of thanks.