Posted on 11/20/2015 9:37:18 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Wow.
Glad you survived!
Lol..well that is a way of stating it. One must remember that in colonial times, much of this country was covered by forests/prairies. With human settlement farm lands replaced so much forests, thus providing foods for the deer (even after harvest). And with advancing suburbs and the ensuing lush landscaping, foods/shelter are now readily available year round.But with the absence of year round hunting, the disappearance of many predators (bears/wolves/coyotes/cougars, etc), the abundance of year round food...they have become too numerous, too much of a hazard/danger.
I have a 3000W amp/quad stereo/subwoofer on my bike and play Rob Zombie full blast after dark.
Scares the crap out of them.
Never had any luck with those deer whistles.
The passive ones that work with wind flow are worthless
The electric ones may be helpful
While fleeing soviet Red Hampshire recently; we saw an amazing amount of deer carci on the sides of Pennsylvania interstates...
“I have always wondered what do deer eat in the wintertime and how do they get shelter from the bad weather?”
In my personal experience, they will eat a Pontiac Grand Prix, a Ford Bronco II, and a Ford Mustang.
I’ve seen roll-overs and utility poles snapped in half by drivers trying to avoid deer. Those scenarios, deer win, and air bags and seatbelts usually protect the driver.
Last year a man commuting through town was killed when two deer went through his windshield. Air bags and seatbelts couldn’t help.
Some years back, I saw the driver of a loaded gravel truck swerve to avoid a deer. The truck nearly tipped over, hit the deer anyway, and hurled it into my lane. I was pregnant at the time, and thank God, was far back enough to stop.
Body work is an inconvenience. I think my husband and I have hit deer three or four times between us.
WE started seeing them about 15 years ago. Have lived in this neighborhood nearly all my life and have not seen any before that. Last year there were quite a few of them that would come into our yard and eat our vegetables. There are woods across the street with a brook so that attracts them.
I grew up in central PA and learned to drive always looking out for them. Never hit one but came close on a motorcycle once. Came extremely close to hitting a huge elk crashing down a steep wooded bank in Yellowstone.
They're just gimmicks and don't really work. When you think about it, most accidents occur when the deer is running out of the woods or gully or culvert and into the line of traffic.......
There's just as much chance of them hearing the whistling sound as your car engine.........
The original 911 call.
The Guy, The Deer, The Dog, And The Bambulance. Hysterically funny
language warning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBa0blUoE8U
I have never seen the oak trees produce acorns in the enormous numbers that they have this year; and I don’t think it’s just that I’m noticing, and hadn’t before. I’m in the Maryland suburbs of DC, and we’ve also had the loveliest fall foliage that I ever remember here.
I had a similar experience in the early 80s in an Army helicopter over Ft. Chaffee AR. The number of deer in the maneuver area was amazing. I was telling my wife about it when we were driving by there a couple of months ago. Today, I think AR Wildlife manages hunts on the fort since it's not as active as it was back then.
I lived in an area like that. The kids would ride their bikes through the neighborhood and shoot the deer with paintballs.
HAHAHA! ....I can just see that too!
I actually had just one deer damage my car.....it was a button buck that jumped off the side hill onto the hood. The guys went bake and finished him off as he wouldn’t have survived.
You should see what a full size wild hog does to a car at 40+mph.
We have lots of deer on our place. One day I was driving
down our long driveway. Slowed down at the foot of a hill.
A deer ran out of the woods real fast, cleared the hood of
my car in one leap, landed on the other side & kept on
running. Startled me. We’ve never hunted them; but that
day may come and I guess they’ll be surprised at us. -
When I think about it, some bit over 100 yrs. ago, there
were no roads in this area. Just a wild area. All the cars
and roads have taken them by surprise, too. - We’ve been here 30 yrs. so they know us and don’t fear us.
You ought to see what a big Angus cow can do to the front of a one-ton dually.
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