Just last night I had a very near miss with a probably 8 point buck but it was in a golf cart. Iam a security guard at a very large RV park converted into a cottages condominium and was patrolling the streets in the cart at 1 AM. A whitetail was suddenly running right at me from dead ahead. He wasn’t attacking, I think, because he had his head up and I don’t think he had noticed me. He broke to the side and went by me at the last possible instant. The golf cart is not fast enough for a deer whistle to be effective.
I shot a deer in my slippers once.