try to make a loud noise and make an aggressive move towards the animal. this will usually cause them to back down a bit so you can escape.
the reason i had always been told not to try to turn and run from a horse that paws at you is that there is a good chance that it will hit you in the back of the head. deer may not be s o different from horses after all, besides being twice as strong and 3 times as evil, because the second i turned to run, it hit me right in the back of the head and knocked me down. â now, 