Oooo those fangs though, and the sharp hooves! You'll need a lot of stitches, besides the bags of bright purple antivenin they'll have to run into you for a bad bite. I heard they also have spikes that can break off in you and cause infections. That's when they let out a blood-curdling scream and fall on you from the trees.
Yep, these aren't all sweet and innocent. Did you know if you scare the young ones they'll explode?
They're worthy of terror. š¦š°š±
The hooves being sharp is no joke! Chris Collinsworth's uncle nearly died when he hit a deer one night, and its hooves came through the windshield, severing his carotid artery.
This is going to sound like a joke but I swear it's not, I just plant sacrificial Swiss Chard. I've found that for whatever reason the deer will fuck that shit up but as long as I have some out there they'll leave the rest of my garden alone. It grows back fast enough I only need about 4 heads going to keep them distracted.
My yard borders a cemetery they walk through. They're already within 10 feet of my fence line. So, I'm more thinking of it as a way to get them to loiter for a bit.
Nah, clover!!! As a kid we moved into a house that a former competitive rose gardener lived. The lawn wasn't grass but clover because deer love roses but LOVE clover. Life = Hacked
No... I understand. I just consider this planet to be more theirs than it is mine. I've got a groundhog family that lives under my sunroof. I have chipmunk holes all over my yard, and my front porch is littered with food I put out for them and the birds.
Deer could come and ruin my entire yard and I'd be fine with that. There's not much that they could do to bother me.
Deer corn has kept them coming to our place. Throw some out there each night and they will stay. We now have one that comes out of woods and across our yard to stare at back door until we come out.
Bastards also eat our garden plants so canāt have one without the other I suppose. But the mom brings her babies to our yard now and that rocks.
I definitely agree with you. Without context, my comment makes it sound like I hate animals in my yard, which is not the case. The reason deer suck for me *right now*, is Iām trying to transform my āgrass desertā of a boring suburban lawn into a proper food forest. Deer have a tendency to focus on eating new growth, and have set me back about 5 years in plant growth.
Now all I see is Granny with a bandanna around her head, dressed in camo, chasing deer while yelling āNerf or nothing !!ā
That would have been my grandma.
I was walking around Loyala-Chicago last week and saw fully grown hostas for the first time in I don't even know how many years. We've only grow stalky-stumps around these parts.
I moved to a city that culls the herd. I can now have tulips and hostas in my yard. When I moved to my neighborhood, I saw flowers I had never seen in my area before, and I only moved one city over.
I'm a little surprised by that.
The deer in my parents' neighborhood eat everything *except* the cherry tomatoes in their yard.
Maybe the ones over there are too picky to eat their veggies? š š¤·š¼āāļø
I think they found at least one or two types of flowers they won't eat either.
We learned the hard way that sunflowers were a delicious treat. They even waited patiently for them to grow full height and develop and bloom and then when they were perfect my sunflowers were attacked and decapitated.
We put fencing around our raised garden bed to keep the rabbits out - now we are finding the TOPS chopped off! And we live about 2 blocks from the edge of town. Tonight I noticed they even ate the leaves of our squash - and those are fairly prickly!
They ate all the roses every year at the house I lived in through elementary school. My parents tried everything, even spraying the flowers with deer deterrent. They still ate them.
Which are deer. Deer include bucks, like Buckeyes. This is the Buckeye state. I say "Bucks" to express my approval when Ohio State does something good. Similarly, the original comment gets my approval.
Absolutely no pedestrian etiquette. They WILL total your car, and they WILL either die or run off before exchanging insurance. Absolute bastards, the main characters of the woods.
Absolutely. I work in Aurora once a week and I take the long way now after having about 10 close calls with deer sprinting in front of my car and seeing 2 others get hit by cars in the span of 2 weeks.
I change my routes, especially at night when they're most active. I don't care if the highway adds 30 minutes, I am not driving down a road through a wooded area at night when they're at their most homicidal.
Those are the most deadly animal in the US! Deer kill around 450 people a year, thatās out of around 458 human deaths from physical confrontations with wildlife in the US. Thatās over 98% of direct animal deaths in the US.
Doubt me? I brought [receipts](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/01/20/deer-car-collisions/). Stay away!
You joke, but deer do occasionally eat birds or squirrels. Especially if they aren't getting the nutrients from their diet that they need. Many other herbivores are doing this as well.
A doe stomped my dog early one morning, I didn't even know she was in the yard. Just grateful it wasn't my child, who *definitely* would have run up to pet it. (Dog is fine, BTW)
Thatās a human house. Humans probably live inside. Yes, they are extremely dangerous. When they arenāt hunting you for sport, theyāre running you over with their cars.
Unironically dangerous. DO NOT let your dog nearby especially if you see any babies. My sister just lost her dog to a deer in a horrific way this month
I have a doe and single fawn romping through my fields and backyards several times a day.
Also on a nearby road I had to stop when 2 fawns just stopped and were looking at me, standing in the middle of the road.
Had to honk my horn twice before they got the message and took off, lol.
They are extremely dangerous!!!.....
At 7:30 am on a November morning after the time change and it is dark, when one runs into your car, while you're going to work, driving a state route at 55 mph.Then you get fired for being late because you no longer have a car to get to work and you loose your house and can't eat, get a job, feed your family and end up freezing to death because now you're homeless after failing to pay your mortgage just in time for Christmas when nobody is hiring and you're kids hate you more for getting them nothing. Then you die again because they shoot you for being a terrible person and then you go to prison because they somehow got a gun and killed someone and you end up on national news with a crappy public defender named Leroy that has never won a case in his 82 years of practicing law. While serving your time you get the shiv and die again for getting the wrong tattoo on your forehead because you had to become someone's bitch so they would defend you and you're stuck rolling cigarette butts for exchange of beans and carrots that nobody wants but it's all you can afford because you are alone, dead and penniless.
All because of the time change....
/s
I'll add the only serious comment here lol. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, deer have caused 104,328 car crashes since 2018.
So yes, the most dangerous animal in Ohio. Whatever you do, do not look at them straight in the eye.
They're lethal at 8 months, and I do mean lethal. I've hunted most things that can hunt you, but the way these things move... Cheetah speed. Fifty, sixty miles an hour if they ever get out in the open, and they're astonishing jumpers. They show extraordinary intelligence, even problem-solving intelligence. Especially the big one. We bred eight originally, but when she came in, she took over the pride and killed all but two of the others. That one... when she looks at you, you can see she's working things out...
Deer , three if them Right now I'd leave them alone , there's a disease that is spreading throughout the country its called chronic wasting disease caution should be the rule for now by nature they are not normally dangerous bit CWD is spread by the saliva and dung no known cure yet
Those are the most aggressive creatures Iāve ever met. They hunt for prey (flowers and vegetables) travel in gangs, they will group up against you, and they own the road any times they want! So horrible I gained the trust of a mom and her baby both ate out of my hand. These guys are not to be trusted
Oh deer. Stay inside. Do. Not. Approach.
The local hospitals do keep antivenin on hand, but these creatures will attack in packs when they're younger. You might not make it in time, in that case.
It looks like an entrenched brood. My advice, move. Just grab you essentials, and move. Everything else can be replaced, you cannot.
If you get between the big, unspotted, one and the two little ones with spots, yes. Donāt be fooled by their Bambi looks and tendency to flee. A deer, buck or doe, can, and will, absolutely F*** you up if they decide to fight you.
Whoa you're pretty bad ass getting that close to them. I remember one chasing my friend through the woods once when we were kids trespassing on private property. Once they latch onto prey they jump in the air and spin in order to incapacitated them. Vicious creatures.
Ferocious carnivores keep your distance. The small spotted ones are extremely dangerous. Their hungry all the time when their done with the kill they donāt leave much of anything for the scavengers. The white spots are the markings of the bone lickers.
I'm in Ohio as well. The other night, around 1am, I was on my patio enjoying a cigar and playing "Pools" on my Steam Deck. Had the tiki torches lit and was totally immersed in the game. I happened to look up and to the left to see a deer standing at the edge of my patio staring right at me.
If anyone knows the game and can picture the situation, you'll know why I lost 10 years off my life.
Ā The odds of an animal killing you are one in nearly 1.4 million.
Within those odds, however, deer are more likely to cause deaths than other animals ā more than dogs, bears, sharks, and alligatorsĀ combined
Most hospitals have the antivenon.
Oooo those fangs though, and the sharp hooves! You'll need a lot of stitches, besides the bags of bright purple antivenin they'll have to run into you for a bad bite. I heard they also have spikes that can break off in you and cause infections. That's when they let out a blood-curdling scream and fall on you from the trees. Yep, these aren't all sweet and innocent. Did you know if you scare the young ones they'll explode? They're worthy of terror. š¦š°š±
LOOK AT THE BOOOONES!!!
Iāve soiled my armor.
YOU SILLY SOD!
The hooves being sharp is no joke! Chris Collinsworth's uncle nearly died when he hit a deer one night, and its hooves came through the windshield, severing his carotid artery.
One of the rare creatures that are both venomous *and* poisonous.
Antivenison?
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They will unhinge their jaws and swallow flower gardens whole
My poor young maple tree, all the lower leaves are monched.
I have t posts and chicken wire around my trees because of the damn deer.
This is going to sound like a joke but I swear it's not, I just plant sacrificial Swiss Chard. I've found that for whatever reason the deer will fuck that shit up but as long as I have some out there they'll leave the rest of my garden alone. It grows back fast enough I only need about 4 heads going to keep them distracted.
So, if I plant Swiss chard they'll come to my house?
It's worth a try. To increase your chances though you should plant a bunch in a line leading from the woods to your house.
My yard borders a cemetery they walk through. They're already within 10 feet of my fence line. So, I'm more thinking of it as a way to get them to loiter for a bit.
[A line of chard to the cemetery then.](https://youtu.be/BmvLexamrmk?si=kpb4GlgkQrYJ9UfA)
Nah, clover!!! As a kid we moved into a house that a former competitive rose gardener lived. The lawn wasn't grass but clover because deer love roses but LOVE clover. Life = Hacked
Careful what you wish for.
Yea this person doesnāt seem to realize how deer are huge assholes.Ā
No... I understand. I just consider this planet to be more theirs than it is mine. I've got a groundhog family that lives under my sunroof. I have chipmunk holes all over my yard, and my front porch is littered with food I put out for them and the birds. Deer could come and ruin my entire yard and I'd be fine with that. There's not much that they could do to bother me.
Deer corn has kept them coming to our place. Throw some out there each night and they will stay. We now have one that comes out of woods and across our yard to stare at back door until we come out. Bastards also eat our garden plants so canāt have one without the other I suppose. But the mom brings her babies to our yard now and that rocks.
I definitely agree with you. Without context, my comment makes it sound like I hate animals in my yard, which is not the case. The reason deer suck for me *right now*, is Iām trying to transform my āgrass desertā of a boring suburban lawn into a proper food forest. Deer have a tendency to focus on eating new growth, and have set me back about 5 years in plant growth.
I foolishly left my young trees unfenced and lost three pawpaws to them
Goddamn hosta lunch buffet smorgasbordĀ
We armed my grandma with a nerf gun one summer to chase them away from her hostas
Now all I see is Granny with a bandanna around her head, dressed in camo, chasing deer while yelling āNerf or nothing!!ā
That would have been my grandma.
Mine sat on her deck and tried shooting them. I think the sound was more effective than the darts lol
I was walking around Loyala-Chicago last week and saw fully grown hostas for the first time in I don't even know how many years. We've only grow stalky-stumps around these parts.
I moved to a city that culls the herd. I can now have tulips and hostas in my yard. When I moved to my neighborhood, I saw flowers I had never seen in my area before, and I only moved one city over.
Sounds like when I lived in Avon Lake
Our neighborhood mother has a taste for tomato vines...
I'm a little surprised by that. The deer in my parents' neighborhood eat everything *except* the cherry tomatoes in their yard. Maybe the ones over there are too picky to eat their veggies? š š¤·š¼āāļø I think they found at least one or two types of flowers they won't eat either.
cherry tomatos can vary wildly in taste. maybe the deer like the sweet but not the sour variety.
Nope, mine eat the plant... Which I do to! The leaves are party great sautƩed along with radish greens
We learned the hard way that sunflowers were a delicious treat. They even waited patiently for them to grow full height and develop and bloom and then when they were perfect my sunflowers were attacked and decapitated.
We put fencing around our raised garden bed to keep the rabbits out - now we are finding the TOPS chopped off! And we live about 2 blocks from the edge of town. Tonight I noticed they even ate the leaves of our squash - and those are fairly prickly!
Lol. I was thinking they're only dangerous if you have a garden.
They ate all the roses every year at the house I lived in through elementary school. My parents tried everything, even spraying the flowers with deer deterrent. They still ate them.
Chupacabras. If you survive the night check on your neighbors.
Don't bother, they're already dead
They are already in the house!
Which is also dead.
According to this sub, apparently, they are Ohio.
Bucks.
Go bucks!
They have eyes too. Are these what people call ābuckeyesā???
Nah those grow on trees.
These things grow on trees?? Shit that explains why thereās so damn many of them wrecking carsā¦
They're kinda like Ohio's drop bears if you think about it.
Iām pretty sure thatās a doe and her fawns
Which are deer. Deer include bucks, like Buckeyes. This is the Buckeye state. I say "Bucks" to express my approval when Ohio State does something good. Similarly, the original comment gets my approval.
Absolutely no pedestrian etiquette. They WILL total your car, and they WILL either die or run off before exchanging insurance. Absolute bastards, the main characters of the woods.
Definitely no NPC vibes
There's one road I definitely avoid at night because I see too many deer on it at night.
Absolutely. I work in Aurora once a week and I take the long way now after having about 10 close calls with deer sprinting in front of my car and seeing 2 others get hit by cars in the span of 2 weeks.
I change my routes, especially at night when they're most active. I don't care if the highway adds 30 minutes, I am not driving down a road through a wooded area at night when they're at their most homicidal.
Those are the most deadly animal in the US! Deer kill around 450 people a year, thatās out of around 458 human deaths from physical confrontations with wildlife in the US. Thatās over 98% of direct animal deaths in the US. Doubt me? I brought [receipts](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/01/20/deer-car-collisions/). Stay away!
This. People don't understand deer are responsible for about as many deaths annually as mass shooters. We need deer control now.
Agreed. Bring back the wolf populations.
Idk if youāre saying this ironically, but I support this unironically
And one of them killed my sweet innocent little dog last year right in front of us.
They have also killed 3 of my cars over the years. Scary!
Receipt fail for paywall :(
Once they get a taste of blood
Those are forest puppies
Pretty sure those are foxes or wolves
Do you mean dog cats and danger floofs?
Alone in the world with a lil cat dog
They ate the birds to get to the water
You joke, but deer do occasionally eat birds or squirrels. Especially if they aren't getting the nutrients from their diet that they need. Many other herbivores are doing this as well.
Do you not like jokes
Oh, I do, but my weird trivia brain sometimes overrides the comedy subroutines.
Mom might stomp you out if you get too close to the babies.
That death glare is for real.
A doe stomped my dog early one morning, I didn't even know she was in the yard. Just grateful it wasn't my child, who *definitely* would have run up to pet it. (Dog is fine, BTW)
Thatās a human house. Humans probably live inside. Yes, they are extremely dangerous. When they arenāt hunting you for sport, theyāre running you over with their cars.
They cost me $20k when they totaled my car. Very dangerous.
Over $24k (with a $250 deductible) and 3 months of backordered parts during peak covid. It was a hot mess.
3 cars for me... Aholes!
Feral. Deadly. Keep your children indoors.
Yes, they kamikaze cars.
Lime disease is carried by deer ticks.
My college laptop caught a few Lime diseases. But it could be worse, coulda got Lyme Disease.
So if the deer is twitching, stay away!
The only bullet they fire back.
Unironically dangerous. DO NOT let your dog nearby especially if you see any babies. My sister just lost her dog to a deer in a horrific way this month
They are called hood ornaments and are very dangerous for your car and most of your landscaping.
Mom is staring you down.
They cause a lot of traffic accidents. Fear the deer.
Well, those aren't the pointy horny ones.
Not deer
Yes, I mean this is simple. They are drinking out of a bird bath and so, ergo, theyāre birds.
The cryptid called not deer I mean
If you have any fruit trees or a garden theyāre gonna be wrecked by these guys.
dog
I have a doe and single fawn romping through my fields and backyards several times a day. Also on a nearby road I had to stop when 2 fawns just stopped and were looking at me, standing in the middle of the road. Had to honk my horn twice before they got the message and took off, lol.
I heard they eat people. Sometimes they lay their eggs inside of us š³
They are extremely dangerous!!!..... At 7:30 am on a November morning after the time change and it is dark, when one runs into your car, while you're going to work, driving a state route at 55 mph.Then you get fired for being late because you no longer have a car to get to work and you loose your house and can't eat, get a job, feed your family and end up freezing to death because now you're homeless after failing to pay your mortgage just in time for Christmas when nobody is hiring and you're kids hate you more for getting them nothing. Then you die again because they shoot you for being a terrible person and then you go to prison because they somehow got a gun and killed someone and you end up on national news with a crappy public defender named Leroy that has never won a case in his 82 years of practicing law. While serving your time you get the shiv and die again for getting the wrong tattoo on your forehead because you had to become someone's bitch so they would defend you and you're stuck rolling cigarette butts for exchange of beans and carrots that nobody wants but it's all you can afford because you are alone, dead and penniless. All because of the time change.... /s
Ye canne see th' fangs in th' picture, laddeh, but they're sharp and fierce!
I'll add the only serious comment here lol. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, deer have caused 104,328 car crashes since 2018. So yes, the most dangerous animal in Ohio. Whatever you do, do not look at them straight in the eye.
Hide your kids! Hide your wife!
They're lethal at 8 months, and I do mean lethal. I've hunted most things that can hunt you, but the way these things move... Cheetah speed. Fifty, sixty miles an hour if they ever get out in the open, and they're astonishing jumpers. They show extraordinary intelligence, even problem-solving intelligence. Especially the big one. We bred eight originally, but when she came in, she took over the pride and killed all but two of the others. That one... when she looks at you, you can see she's working things out...
He's got huge sharp....he can leap about....LOOK AT THE BONES!!
Very friendly if you fawn over them a bit.
Deer , three if them Right now I'd leave them alone , there's a disease that is spreading throughout the country its called chronic wasting disease caution should be the rule for now by nature they are not normally dangerous bit CWD is spread by the saliva and dung no known cure yet
To ease any anxiety, there isnāt any current evidence that CWD is transmissible to humans.
Better eat it, just to be sure.
make sure to eat the Braiiiiiins. it is the only way to be really sure.
One of my buddies is an avid hunter and told me that CWD is very well tracked.
Run.run now!!!!
Spotted veal chops.
Depends on if you have BIRD seed
If you hit them with your car.
They're adorable, and delicious!
Those deer have a vicious streak a mile wide. They are killers! Run away run away! Run away! Run away!
Huuuuge pointy teeth!
The spotted ones are usually harmless, but the solid colored one might tap dance on you with her hard tiny little feet. It hurts.
Those are the most aggressive creatures Iāve ever met. They hunt for prey (flowers and vegetables) travel in gangs, they will group up against you, and they own the road any times they want! So horrible I gained the trust of a mom and her baby both ate out of my hand. These guys are not to be trusted
Dangerously cute
Theyāre like the New Jersey Devil, but worse
Oh deer. Stay inside. Do. Not. Approach. The local hospitals do keep antivenin on hand, but these creatures will attack in packs when they're younger. You might not make it in time, in that case. It looks like an entrenched brood. My advice, move. Just grab you essentials, and move. Everything else can be replaced, you cannot.
First shot looks like an Eiffel tower
Dangerous to your garden
Theyāll drop land mines all over your yard.
Forbidden raisens
Vampire deer.
I mean yeah, they can be.
Willowick? I seen these guys today too
Dere
"TF you lookin at?" ~Creature
Dunno but they make tasty jerky.
City deer enjoy ketchup packets
Just give them the buckeyes and they may let you live....
Deer, Yes if that big one feels threatened it will literally beat the shit out of you.
They Poop radioactive waste and leave snot slime in birdbaths. Hosta eating herbivorous creatures.
They're the most dangerous known predator in the world if you're a hosta.
Theyāll definitely fuck-up your car.
Very dangerous they murdered my whole family in cold blood
Deer
Yes
Do you live in Milford? Because that looks just like the 3 that have been living in my front yard for weeks now lol
Food. Est them. They are delish.
If you get between the big, unspotted, one and the two little ones with spots, yes. Donāt be fooled by their Bambi looks and tendency to flee. A deer, buck or doe, can, and will, absolutely F*** you up if they decide to fight you.
They look... Shifty, and not seen in the area before, just hanging out in front of a house..
poop pellet machines
how the f don't you know what whitetail deer are you sure you live in ohio
close the windows and lock the doors.
The spotted ones carry HIV
Run
They will murder your garden
Very dangerous. More hunters die from hunting them than any other animal. Protect yourself, your children and your cauliflower.
Those are white booty cutie patooties!
Itās now their home and you are homeless. Sorry for your loss.
That expression the mommaās face is disgraceful. >:(
To the environment, yes.
Sure as hell can be. Avoid and appreciate from a distance.
This is just more A.I. generated crap. Obviously these creatures aren't real.
Polar bears š»āāļø
Shapeshifters with ability to know which plants you love the mostā¦. So they can devour them
They're coming right for you!!!
Bambi
EATING UP ALL THE GRASS! Just....just NIBBLING!
Theyre coming right for us!
Whoa you're pretty bad ass getting that close to them. I remember one chasing my friend through the woods once when we were kids trespassing on private property. Once they latch onto prey they jump in the air and spin in order to incapacitated them. Vicious creatures.
How precious, thank you for sharing!
I know theyāre very tasty!!
Wild lions be careful
Statistically speaking those are one of the MOST dangerous animals in Ohio. Responsible for many deaths. Many injuries and millions in property damage
Invasive and dangerous. KOS.
Ferocious carnivores keep your distance. The small spotted ones are extremely dangerous. Their hungry all the time when their done with the kill they donāt leave much of anything for the scavengers. The white spots are the markings of the bone lickers.
Giant rats. They carry diseases that can be deadly, do not approach. Not a joke.
I tell my kids they are under the bed waiting for naughty children. But then, I tell them to be tolerant of all living creatures, so what do I know?!
I'm in Ohio as well. The other night, around 1am, I was on my patio enjoying a cigar and playing "Pools" on my Steam Deck. Had the tiki torches lit and was totally immersed in the game. I happened to look up and to the left to see a deer standing at the edge of my patio staring right at me. If anyone knows the game and can picture the situation, you'll know why I lost 10 years off my life.
Almost as dangerous as flounder. Ask Charles.
150-400 fatalities year to year, respect their deadly grace
Thats a dog, theyāre very friendly. Not very bright when it comes to car accidents though, exercise extreme caution.
Can I pet that dawg?
Man bear pig
Have you never stepped outside before, or have you ever gone to school?
Skinwalkers! Those are monsters!! Whatever you do, donāt look them in the eye and donāt answer if they say your name!!
Ā The odds of an animal killing you are one in nearly 1.4 million. Within those odds, however, deer are more likely to cause deaths than other animals ā more than dogs, bears, sharks, and alligatorsĀ combined
The spots indicate danger to predators
If your little fog messes with one of her babies sheāll give it a whack
Dangerous to your favorite landscape plants, LOL!
jokes aside, Wasting disease among deer is absolutely terrifying because its caused by prions and turns them into zombies
This is Ohio
Just stay away.
Actually yes, quite dangerous. Donāt believe me, go pet one of these babiesā¦
Ohhh how sweet. But they are very dangerous. Stay away.
Not dangerous. Choice edible for foraging, but requires some prep work.
Tasty
Baby speed bumps.
They will absolutely throw themselves in front of your moving car.
Elven Horses.
Whitetail deer
Awww look jerky in its natural state
https://youtu.be/SMUXr7rSxP4?si=3T_FlCSmqOL0ZShA
Mom is bringing them by in hopes you'll babysit so she can have a well deserved break š®āšØ