Don't underestimate deer, Joe. We regularly lose 4x6 fence posts
to the vermin. They generate huge force when vaulting a fence, or
when the young'uns nearly vault the fence.

Sorry to be non-PC, but as a native Californian who now lives
in the East, where the bear population is growing and becoming
an increasing menace in the hills, I might have named the
bugger 'Darwin' and helped him on his way to the bottom of the
gorge.