LOL, damn, what could have been.
Yep - my heart was racing as I heard them and got closer!!
I recall the time my dad and I were driving and saw a herd of deer. No guns or anything - I was maybe 12 or so. So he drives back along the road and positions me in a small pile of a few downed trees. Then goes up to drive this herd of deer towards me - just because.
Narrow strip of grass/pasture - woods on one side, fence and road on the other. I recall it felt like forever.
Then I hear the deer, and then see them. Coming right at me. I ducked under one of the logs and they just jumped right over that log pile and all around me.
Neither my dad or I were anticipating that - we figured they would run to the side of the pile! Pretty exciting for a kid! “Well - just don’t tell your mother.”