One of the stupidest critters on the planet, too! A business associate of mine was riding his motorcycle with his wife one fine day during the rut season a few years ago. A buck leap from a roadside hill and landed on the back of his wife. She was so banged up, she spent about a month in the hospital and never fully recovered. I kid you not!
They will literally just pop out from the woods onto the highways like they don’t have a care in the world. And if you hit one of them, they will attack you when they are injured.