I really can't comprehend some people.

[arthurking83]

I don't think it was silly at all.

Afterall, had been taking a photo of me, I'd also have boofed him having seen that he'd mounting such a great Nikon lens on a Canon body!

The deer was obviously a Nikon fanboi too!

[Mark L]

Wish he was taking a photo of an elephant!

[arthurking83]

.. or a rhino!

[jim]

Did he get the shot?

[Erin]

Deer usually are docile - but I still wouldn't get all up in the face of one until I knew for sure it was happy with me being there.

[Allie]

I think it was a risky thing to do and he was lucky nothing worse happened but the comment he made about the deer and vegetarianism meant he was blaming the deer for his own actions and I found that ridiculous .... and I am not a vegetarian!

[Speedway]

Deer like kangaroos in the bush are wild animals and need to be treated as such especially bucks as they can be agressive. I have stopped and photographed a lot of roos but am always wary of bucks and don't approach too closely. too many people see these animals in reserves and people patting them then forget there is a huge difference between tame and wild animals and they sometimes get hurt.
Cheers
Keith.

[Steve Axford]

Patting kangaroos is dodgy as they don't like being touched on the head. They think it's aggression and react accordingly. It's always smart to know your animal, but sometimes you get taught a lesson - like this guy did. No big deal really.

[enduro]

Unfortunately, the animal would have been "put down" if it did any harm to the idiot.

People just don't know how to respect wildlife, they just think every creature is there to be at peace with them like in a Disney movie.

[ameerat42]

Like Bambi and butterflies

[Dylan & Marianne]

There are some people that are just lunatics all the time
There are more people who usually have their head screwed on but for some reason or another, adrenaline gets a hold and you start doing things you wouldn't usually (often without considering the future ramifications ) - I don't think for instance that these guys anticipated this episode having this outcome.
There are many people who just never take a risk - if you are one of these people, then that's all fine but if everyone was like this, this world would be rather robotic wouldn't it?
Ad docile as these cows look, I probably shouldn't have been in a fenced off paddock with them for instance........

[mongo]

It is a wild animal after all. Mongo has actually been in places where other similar idiots have been attacked by wild animals by getting too close with their camera as if they were just domestic pets !! In one particular case in NZ, a tourist got out onto the rocks where very large wild seals were sun baking (despite Mongo's strong warning to move back and not get so close) but he didn't - the seal literally attacked him. It was only that he cr****d in his pants and managed to outrun the seal that it did not manage to bite him. Mongo thinks he is still running...........dorks !

[I @ M]

Ad docile as these cows look, I probably shouldn't have been in a fenced off paddock with them for instance........

But --- were you encroaching upon their "personal space" with a very wide angle lens or hanging back sensibly with a more appropriate focal length?

[Dylan & Marianne]

Andrew , lets just say, not as close as those hoons in the video were doing ;P (oh and I rehearsed my ability to jump the fence quickly too lol)