I remember driving home this trip with blood leaking out of the back of my white SWB Pajero 4WD. Also bloody hand prints on it. Best of all I looked like a monster out of the elephant man ... My face all puffed up, my eyes swollen and leaking, very sore. I sometimes get nasty allergic reactions to deer and antelope. A real elephant man erect. I carry allergy pills now as soon as I feel the burn ... even a drop of blood on my hand I can feel it burning and the itch starts. Eyes are the worst.

Doesn't always happen. Maybe touching a bucks glands on its legs is one cause.

One of the worst reactions was an impala in Zimbabwe.

Allergy pills eg Zirtec, make me sleepy. Often need a snooze afterwards. Fixes the effects on the eyes too. Can clean themselves when closed.