ASHLAND, Wis. (AP) -- A state biologist understands why observers are alarmed at the site of a live deer that has an arrow stuck in its side. But he says it's probably best to leave the deer alone.

Wildlife biologist Todd Naas says some callers to his office want the Bayfield County deer tranquilized so a veterinarian can remove the arrow. But he says that's not standard procedure for the Department of Natural Resources.

Naas says if anything, the deer would be euthanized. That's because wild deer are generally so stressed by a capture that they frequently die soon after anyway.

He says a conservation warden checked out the deer from afar and says the deer seems to be coping fine. Naas says deer are tremendously resilient, and the wound on this one has probably healed around the arrowhead.