Officials warn visitors against treating the deer like pets. Oh deer, it's that dangerous time of year. Deer are naturally shy and leery of dangerous situations, so they’re unlikely to approach if they sense people are nearby. To avoid a negative encounter, don't approach them or try to alter their behavior. Unlike other deer, reindeer are especially attracted to salty human urine. For these reasons, feeding deer in winter is generally not accepted as a good management practice. Lorraine Sommerfeld. Daffodils I think generally the only reason one would attack you is if you separated a doe from its fawn and the deer attacked to protect its baby. [10] The Inupiat people of Alaska take advantage of this by using human urine as bait for pitfall traps. From everything I've seen and heard, a doe is likely more dangerous than a buck. Deer in general are quite skittish, and bucks usually more so than the doe. Over 200 visitors to Nara Park were injured by deer in 2018, with more than 60% of cases occurring while feeding them deer fodder. A pet deer will, bit by bit, relinquish some of its profoundly wild instincts as it is tamed. Answer: It can be distressing to see an injured deer on your property, in a field, on the side of the road or even in traffic. The deer nudges me as it would another deer in the grazing area. November is the rut for mule deer and that is what makes this hunt special; the ability to find buck mule deer moving about all day. Deer often feel safe in pursuing a snack on plants at the end of driveways or lining a sidewalk. An animal that is imprinted (using the word loosely) on humans will allow a person into its most intimate, personal space, and will allow very familiar physical contact. This is the rut, when male deer set about bagging themselves a harem of hinds. 6. Each and every shed hunting season, many die-hard hunters dedicate a lot of their spare time (including week nights, weekends, and even lunch breaks) to traveling the woods and looking for shed antlers. (In Conclusion) The nature of a moose is not aggressive and while they live peacefully, they can be dangerous and even deadly if you are not careful. By Craig Stowers, California Department of Fish and Game senior wildlife biologist December 7, 2011. The best way to approach this is to stay calm and collected while thinking and scouting the environment for things to help you defend yourself or create a cover. The ranch is 42,000 acres of prime mule deer country consisting of 6 miles of hay fields on one end and timbered breaks and rolling grasslands on the other. Special to The Globe and Mail . The U.S. Department of Transportation estimates that white-tailed deer kill around 130 … The Department of Lands and Forestry generally discourages feeding deer except in special circumstances, and then it must be done properly if our efforts are to actually be of overall benefit to the deer.