Deer hunting? In dire need of brains.

[mysteriono]

What should your stats be before you start hunting deer?
Need some brains for tanning liquid but I don't wish to have my character get instagibbed.
I'd do beavers but I have yet to see one anywhere near.
And is fencing a must to take down a deer?
Can deer kill you or do they stop at KO'd status?

Just stuff like this I kinda need to know.
Thanks for the help.

[MagicManICT]

Find some bodies of water for beavers. March hares have a brain, too. You could do like I do and find a forest with a bear and a deer fighting. Something will lose and you can butcher it for a brain.

[Glennfinnan]

10-20 humours if you know how to fight them, I'd say.
You can find beavers near rivers/lakes and they're way weaker than deers, just keep in mind that if they're in a group they may all attack you if one of them performs the "dance attack".
Fencing will make it a lot easier [thrust].

Animals don't kill, just KO.

[ramuller]

10-20 humours if you know how to fight them, I'd say.
You can find beavers near rivers/lakes and they're way weaker than deers, just keep in mind that if they're in a group they may all attack you if one of them performs the "dance attack".
Fencing will make it a lot easier [thrust].

Animals don't kill, just KO.

I thought bears could kill you if things go wrong.

[DonnEssime]

10-20 humours if you know how to fight them, I'd say.
You can find beavers near rivers/lakes and they're way weaker than deers, just keep in mind that if they're in a group they may all attack you if one of them performs the "dance attack".
Fencing will make it a lot easier [thrust].

Animals don't kill, just KO.

I thought bears could kill you if things go wrong.

bears can very easily KO you, but in salem animals will never outright KILL you (contrary to HnH, where they might)

[staxjax]

Never say never....nobody thought drowning would kill you either, but apparently in the darkness drowning = permadeath.