A buck can be REALLY big. I was riding the bus to work one day a few years ago when I worked adjacent to the Santa Monica mountains, looked out the window and DANG. There was a big old buck, at least a ton, hanging out on the steep hillside. Wow.
You may have been a little too close for comfort. We like nature, but nature does not always like US...lol...:)
Exactly! I walked away slowly. I did not want to mess with him.