Deer occasionally suffer from temporary injuries that heal over time, and often recover completely from more severe ones that might completely incapacitate a human. If you are concerned, try to get a video of the deer that is limping and then contact your nearest wildlife rescue centre. They will then assess what might be best to do for the deer.

Overabundant deer hurt humans, too. Each year, deer-vehicle collisions kill roughly 150 Americans and injure some 10,000 more. In suburbia, deer cause millions of dollars’ worth of damage to gardens and ornamental shrubs.

Those seemingly harmless creatures can actually turn into a threat. That’s especially true when sensing danger. Even when left unprovoked, bucks can stomp you, causing serious injuries like brain damage. And, in some cases, they might stomp someone to death!