Hunting Deer leads to Assault by Dwarf

I'm thinking that this has something to do with faction assignments, but when I hunt a deer (or three or four) I find suddenly that when I hover over the passing coach, I now get an attack icon rather than a talk icon. Furthermore, when I head into Arbor Falls proper, that crazy shield-monger of a dwarf charges after me, beating me silly until I'm a bloody pool upon the cobblestones. I'm guessing that all 3 MOBs share a faction.

Super late in replying but nontheless you were correct in that the factions for the deer was the same as the armorsmith dwarf... woops. this has been fixed several patches ago so it shouldnt be an issue anymore.