Oh Deer!

They drew first blood...

The "This is Getting Ugly" Department:

An attack doe was killed on the SIU campus this week, bringing a new level of violence to the human-ungulate encounters in Carbondale.

A deer that threatened a jogger and injured a Southern Illinois University police officer was shot by the officer and later euthanized, marking the first deadly clash in a series of run-ins between the animals and humans on the campus.

One can only expect the whitetails to retaliate with an escalating arms race. This will not end well.