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The Buck Stops Here

Travis Hurst was setting up a bonfire in Shawnee, Okla., when a deer came out of the woods and walked up to the group. A Facebook video shows what happened next: “He gets closer and closer and we’re thinking, ‘Well, we might feed him or something’,” Hurst said. Instead, the buck charged at him. “He stabs my legs and stabs my arms and everything,” said Hurst. After about five minutes, the deer walked back into the woods. Capt. Wade Farrar of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife said the deer was likely hand-raised, thus not afraid of humans, and that deer are in rut right now and looking for a fight. “He’s going to try to act like a big bad deer and if he thinks we are a threat,” Farrar said, “then he’s going to treat us just like he would a big buck out in the woods.” The Department of Wildlife went to find the deer and tranquilize it so it could be relocated to a safe area away from people. (MS/KFOR Oklahoma City) ...Thankfully, his friend had the presence of mind to keep recording video instead of helping his friend.