Posted on 11/19/2014 7:36:43 AM PST by Brother Cracker
Until recently I had to drive 19 miles down a road through woods to work. I have seen deer and bears on the road as well as numerous smaller critturs like coyotes and possums. The speed limit is 55 but I never drove faster than 40. That is the maximum speed I would care to be driving when I hit a deer. Years ago I commuted weekly at night to Atlanta on a motorcycle and the highway between Columbus and I85 was always occasion for prayer. There were often deer on the sides of the road and in the road, dead and alive.
Driving down Rt. 6 out of Cumberland Co. VA after a kill less hunt, at about 1900 hrs I was doing about 60 mph in my Ford EXP. As I approached the top of the hill I saw a doe in my lane. I immediately hit the brakes thinking I would slow down enough to pass it on the shoulder of the road. I was surprised as my lights showed a herd of deer in my path. I pulled back onto the road and hit the doe at about 20 mph. She went up on the hood and hit the windshield slightly cracking it.
I stopped the car to check the damage, and to see if I could salvage the doe. The left headlight, grill and radiator were toast.
So, now to the deer. I couldn't believe it. The deer took off. There wasn't much blood, and it was dark, so tracking would have been difficult.
A few words of caution: If you see deer signs, heed them. The early morning hours before sunrise can be very dangerous. Generally, deer are over populated in many states.
End of story: I was lucky a state trooper came by, and he got a tow truck for me.
5.56mm
I just missed a deer/auto collision on my regular route into town a couple of weeks ago. One guy had stopped to field-dress the deer in the ditch and was screwing up traffic.
Sorry...couldn't help myself.
How many points did it have? 130 . .150...170...Boone and Crockett 200? You could have just missed a trophy class buck!
Two weeks ago, headed home just after dark (the day after DST ended), I had two(!) moose run across the road just in front of me. I saw the first one fairly well because it was about 50 yards in front of me, and the headlights lit it up pretty well; it was lucky that I had slowed down, because another ran onto the road right behind the first just as I came up to the point where it had crossed, and I caught the movement out of the corner of my eye and was able to swerve around it.
Neither one bit my sister though.
A bad eye deer ?
LOL! I bet that picture started with the phrase, “Hey Vern! Check THIS out!”
We’re surrounded by woods and the deer have arrived. They’re all over the place and really have no fear. We just finish covering about 2 dozen arborvitae which seem to be their favorite meal. Last year, while sitting in my kitchen , I looked up and there was a lone deer standing on my front step eating a yew. Absolutely fearless and he just kept coming back looking for more.
Be careful of your pets also. The deer are having mating season right now so they are acting differently. My friend is a veterinarian and he told me that a dog was gored by a deer two weeks ago because the dog was in the deer’s (mating) territory. The dog is ok.
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No kidding,I totaled my car last month by hitting a deer.I’ve dodged dozens of them in the past,no missing that one.
I call BS.
(no fan of the Smart car, but that was an impact into concrete barriers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnI-LiKCtuE
You’re right, of course. But still a funny image :)
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