8. What Was That?
Ben
You know, it’s amazing the things that come back to you when you think you’re about to die.
In this case, staring at the massive buck that stood in the middle of the road, it was my Wilderness Survival merit badge.
One of the main requirements involved describing in detail how to protect myself from insects, reptiles, and bears while surviving in the wild. Given that I was something of an overachiever when it came to merit badge attempts, and that I really, really had this thing about not being eaten alive by a wild animal when I was little, I studied up on how to avoid pretty much every animal in North America.
Including deer.
Generally docile, deer will only usually attack if they believe you are a threat to them. If they think you are boxing them in, or migh
