D’oh!
There’s nothing more peaceful than seeing a herd of grazing deer. It can be heartwarming to see a baby doe sleeping near its mother. It can be devastating to accidentally stepping on a dozing deer and waking it up. If it has antlers, you might get a good puncturing before it dashes off.
Thankfully, this person stopped in the nick of time before stepping on a sleeping baby deer. While out in the woods, the OP almost didn’t notice the deer, and the deer was too far gone to take notice of the human. We hope this wasn’t the beginning of a horrible, horrible Disney animation from the 1940s…