• daannii@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Illinoisian here

    I used to enjoy hiking a lot when I was younger. I’d just go wherever. Private property. Sometimes reservations or parks but just wherever.

    And I would occasionally come across some deer. Majestic animals. Also the bucks are huge.

    I mean. I don’t think people realize how big these animals are. Pure muscle.

    They aren’t as big as a horse but not that much smaller. Like a little smaller than caribou.

    I was always scared of the bucks.

    In the winter (mating season and hunting season), they do get pretty territorial. And I had heard of urban legend stories that they would attack women on their period. Idk if that’s true but if one of them took a run at you, yeah they would fuck you up. Impale you. Stomp you.

    They got cute faces but just avoid them. Especially in the winter.

    It’s like our version of a smaller moose.

    Idk if this statistics includes attacks only or car accidents.

    They certainly cause a lot of fatal car accidents in the rural areas too.

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    4 days ago

    They’re not kidding about the hogs. They’re not just road hazards, they will fuck you up in person and they’re tough as fuck. They’re invasive, and in Texas you can pay to hunt them from a helicopter.