A Wal-Mart shopper in central Minnesota wrestled a deer to the ground and held it down until the animal could be set free, authorities said Wednesday.

The pet-aisle mayhem occurred around 7.30pm on Tuesday at the Wal-Mart super store in Wadena, Minnesota, reported the Star Tribune.

A photo of the man, Tom Grasswick, pinning the deer down and covering its eyes in an effort to keep it from resisting, was later shared to Facebook by Stephanie Koljonen, and has received a lot of media attention

A photo of the man, Tom Grasswick, pinning the deer down and covering its eyes in an effort to keep it from resisting, was later shared to Facebook by Stephanie Koljonen, and has received a lot of media attention.

However, Koljonen and police were quick to point out that neither the deer nor any of its human rescuers were hurt in the commotion.

She said: 'We were shopping for dog dishes, and we were hearing something falling and a lady screaming.'

The pet-aisle mayhem occurred around 7.30pm on Tuesday at the Wal-Mart super store in Wadena, Minnesota (pictured)

Then, she explained, the saw the deer sliding around on the smooth floor and Grasswick quickly pinning the animal against a bag of dog food.

'I figured I was bigger than the deer, so I'd win that wrestling match,' Grasswick told WDAY-TV. The doe whisperer is from a nearby town called Deer Creek, which is only fitting.

He said that the deer came in through the motion-activated garden door and just 'walked down the aisle.'