Without stupidity, there would be no horror genre.

Plus - he had his antlers. He could have gored the kid. Also, the buck was weirdly un-afraid. Not a good sign.

Also, the buck was weirdly un-afraid. Not a good sign.

This.

Also, the buck was weirdly un-afraid. Not a good sign.

I kind of took that as a sign that it had encountered neither people nor wildlife-hunting zombies before. I think if anything other than human beings were zombifiable, we'd have seen evidence before now.

My thought on the "not a good sign" was more along the lines of rabies or whatever else normal thing/disease that makes a wild animal act out of character. Like the time that fox was sneaking up on me while I was sawing in the snow.

But that's my reaction to comments here. Seeing the deer pause calmly reminds me of the deer here in NJ, who don't give a flying f*** about humans. Both our populations are rubbing elbows so much that their fear has been reduced to almost a 10 foot radius.

I don't know about more rural areas. Maybe it was a Watchung buck.

Without stupidity, there would be no horror genre

true. TRUE.

I agree with all of you. I looked at the buck's rack and I told Beau, I would never let my child near that animal. it is lethal if it decided to charge. Good points all about the hooves as well.

But you know what? This is right in line with the quality of decision-making in the graphic novel. I had to set the graphic novel down after being about 2/3rds of the way in the series (last year) because this group of people seem lacking in basic decision-making skills. The risks they take make me crazy.

My first reaction was wtf Shane and Rick? Neither one of you know wild deer aren't for petting?

I was flabbergasted too. This is not a petting zoo, people!

And surely they need the food!

I yelled at the guy when he wasted the bottled water too.

Dana,

ME TOO. I was so appalled at that, like the character did me physical damage.

BTW, was it in Natter that someone linked to an article about deer eating meat? Of course that also crossed my mind during that scene.

Yeah, I was all "WTF? That deer would have smelled human and bolted!" That's deer-huntin' country there. Urban deer are like WTFever, humans, eh. But there in backcountry Georgia? An 8 point buck is old enough to know to fear the scent of human. I grew up with deer hunters, even went on a few as a kid, and they are easily spooked when they live in a hunting area.

I was expecting a walker to be stalking the deer, and to get Carl. NOT a shot. I WAS wondering about the cost/benefit ratio of shooting the deer. Meat vs. walker alert.

And Theresa, I gotta disagree with you on the Shane/Rick love. I mean, he was sighting him with his gun last season, and tried to rape his wife. Plus, Ed was a sack of shit who deserved his face beat in, but....dude. No.

Nope, I'm not loving Shane. Also, his smart plan to just take off? Safety in numbers, dude. Who's gonna watch your back when you're asleep or twist your ankle. Stop whipping out your dick to measure it. It's survival time.

Also, the guy that got his arm cut last night was just wearing a bandage? It was spurting like an arterial bleed.

Yeah, I was like, who sewed that up? It looked arterial, definitely, and the artery would have needed to be stitched or cauterized. They don't have a medic with them.

I was not loving Lori last season, but the dressing down she gave the group made my respect for her go up a notch.

And I love Andrea. I like Dale, but that BS with the gun. No one fussed about the black lady (I liked her; I wish she hadn't decided to suicide) choosing to stay, and Andrea wasn't going all ape-shit. if I had a gun in the Zombpocalypse and some dude decided to take it from me for my "own good" and I was sleeping in his trailer...well, he'd wake up to find my hands on his balls, squeezing one night, friend or not.