once you stood up and let him know what you were, if the deer continued in your direction, start letting the arrows fly. if the animal hasnt changed direction or stopped by the time it was 5 yards from you and youve sunk a couple arrows in its forhead and neck, start to imagine yourself as sammy sosa and your bow is your bat. it cracks me up to hear these guys say they might run or they arnt sure if they would shoot and especially AKdoug' s story about the guy being mauled but still managed to kill the bear with a knife. if an animal of that magnitude gets within knife range of you and isnt bleeding yet, god help you if you dont have a backup plan! if you try and run, any animal in the woods is going to catch you. here is my approach on the above situation and any situation similar, ie.. deer/bear/coyote/snapping turtle/moose/elk/, gun/bow season, private property/public property, california/alaska/ohio/texas

if im hunting an animal and i see it in the woods im hunitng, im obviously going to kill it, thats the reason im hunting. if i see an animal that im not hunting, i will make my presence known, if the animal motions towards me in an aggressive manner i will give it one more chance with a yell or throw a stick or rock or soemthing jump in the air, wave my hands over my head. if the animal still doesnt get the hint, i will then proceed to empty my chamber/clip/quiver into the animals head/chest/neck until the animal changes its mind and does an about face or falls dead in front of me. i dont care what the rules and regs are, i dont care if the animal isnt in season, etc. what matters is that ill be able to walk into a court house to pay whatever fine i need to without a sucking chest wound or antler fragments lodged in my spine.