So true, danger lurks around every corner so be careful out there! Deer are very unpredictable, the strange thing is I had 2 run out in front me entering my home town a number of years ago! It was the last place I expected to come across deer! I heard a rustle from the bushes and all of a sudden 2 full size deer leapt right in front of me but thankfully I was going slow at the time as I had just completed 120 miles and I managed to avoid them!
I wasn't so lucky as I neared home though, believe it or not I was 100 yards from entering my driveway when a kid on a mountain bike appeared between 2 parked cars and we collided head on!!! I was lying in the middle of the road dazed and all I could see was the kid running down the hill without a thought for me or his bike...thankfully we were both fine and my bike survived with just a buckled front wheel
Given the choice of hitting a kids mountain bike or a fully grown deer I know what my preference is