1.   Although I encountered no deer, their signs were plentiful.

2.   As more people encounter deer on the highways or as freeloaders dining on their shrubs, they are coming to view the animals as bothersome rather than beautiful.

3.   Just two days earlier, Miller said he and a logging crew encountered two deer.

4.   Visitors to this wild, rocky, mountainous region of northeastern New Hampshire do not encounter many deer.