Woman trampled by deer in SoWal

[Smiling JOe]

Sorry to read this story. It may be a first in South Walton, but it doesn't sound uncommon. I bet you can find some interesting deer attacks by googling videos for "deer attack." I know of at least one, where a hunter got his @ss kicked all over the place by a buck. However, he was wearing doe scent to attract the deer to see what would happen. (Curiosity killed the cat.)

 

[InletBchDweller]

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I hope she is ok.

 

[ShallowsNole]

Deer are startled easily, and when startled, tend to do all the wrong things. I was told, many years too late, that if you see deer on the side of the highway, do NOT change your speed. If you take your foot off the accelerator and begin braking, the change in the engine noise will startle them and they will run out into the road. This actually happened to me many years ago on 331 just south of DeFuniak - I saw a deer, deer looks at me, I come to a virtual stop in the road, and the deer runs INTO my car, slides across the hood, rolls off and limps off into the woods. Meanwhile, I'm left with dents.

 

[Matt J]

Could it have just been a freak accident? Maybe the deer were running thru the woods and she was in the wrong place at the wrong time?

 

[Alicia Leonard]

Could it have just been a freak accident? Maybe the deer were running thru the woods and she was in the wrong place at the wrong time?

Usually, deer will run away, unless confused and startled. I would guess either it was a wrong place, wrong time issue or something was chasing them.

 

[scooterbug44]

I'm thinking it was more a case of a woman where the deer were running then a deliberate attack.

I've never known several unprovoked deer to attack at once - if it was a moose or something I'd totally understand - they're MEAN!.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Maybe it is a sign from God that we need to stop invading nature with our developments.

 

[scooterbug44]

Another theory - could she have been wearing a musky perfume that upset them?

 

[Alicia Leonard]

Maybe it is a sign from God that we need to stop invading nature with our developments.

That's what my dad said.

 

[Santiago]

Usually, deer will run away, unless confused and startled. I would guess either it was a wrong place, wrong time issue or something was chasing them.

I think this certainly "bucks" the trend of deer running away when confused.