Craziest deer experience I’ve ever had while driving involved very heavy fog. It got so bad I was barely inching along, could hardly even see the traffic light I’d just gone under. I was considering rolling the driver’s side window down and sticking my head out to see the yellow line so I could keep moving, afraid I’d be rear ended if I stopped. Looked over at the driver’s side window to do that and a big buck was right there. Hit the brakes, stopped and was surrounded by a large herd of deer, all peering in the car. Just kept looking in. It was the strangest thing. I sat there for what felt like five minutes, all the while worrying that some fool was going to come piling into me.
Sounds like Idaho elk herds in fog during the late 1950’s and early 1960’s.