A sheriff’s deputy north of the Twin Cities pulled over a driver suspected of being drunk, but it turned out that the influence on the motorist had nothing to do with booze.

The vehicle was stop because the driver “erratically swerved for no apparent reason,” read a Facebook posting Thursday from the Chisago County Sheriff’s Office.

“Nope, definitely not intoxicated,” the posting continued, “just their pet fawn misbehaving/ jumping around.”

As the fawn kept its big brown eyes fixed on the deputy, the Sheriff’s Office reported that the driver agreed to move the fawn to her crate.

In a follow-up comment, the Sheriff’s Office wrote that the fawn “even had a collar. Everything checked out.”

Yes, Minnesotans can keep deer as pets, a state official said.

Owners of pet deer “need to meet all the same requirements as any other herd owner, including registration, official ID, inspections, records, and [chronic wasting disease] testing,” said Erin Crider, spokeswoman for the Minnesota Board of Animal Health.

As of November 2022, Minnesota is among 17 states that allow deer as pets, according to the widely cited World Population Review, but Alabama and Arkansas say the deer had to have been captured by hand before July 2012.