On the move now, deer can be a danger to motorists

The Kansas City Star ^ | November 12, 2015 | David Boyce

[TADSLOS]

They are always a road hazard in our neighborhood, especially now when rut is in high gear.

[Foundahardheadedwoman]

We have a lake and dam run by the Fed and each year during hunting season the deer head to the park where there is no hunting. Not unusual for the deer to wait by the dozens on the side of the road for traffic to pass so they can cross.

Sold a late model car to a guy and 2 weeks later he came back in and there was not a straight piece of bodywork on the car. It was totaled but due to the unibody the impact spread all over the car and no one was hurt. I liked hunting season it was good for the car business.

[Foundahardheadedwoman]

Never understood the compulsion to hang a deer’s head on your wall. I can understand the idea of hanging the heads of old girlfriends and ex-wives on the wall. But I understand the bag limit is very low. Unless you’re a Clinton.

[Georgia Girl 2]

The deer in our neighborhood are so tame they just graze in our next door neighbor’s corner lot and never run even when our Chihuahua makes a rush at them. Last night the Doe in question just stomped her foot and Coco screeched to a halt and backed up. The deer just went back to munching grass.

[Foundahardheadedwoman]

Look for a hard winter.

[Jamestown1630]

Is that a ‘sign’, like the stripes on wooly bears?

[nixonsnose]

they wear a fur coat all the time...

[Foundahardheadedwoman]

‘Is that a ‘sign’, like the stripes on wooly bears?’

Stripes on a wooly worm. Same idea with a long history of accuracy, meaning I made it up this afternoon. Look out for a cold one.

[Jamestown1630]

Here in Maryland we call them Woolly Bears. The Hagerstown Almanack used to run a contest:

http://www.almanack.com/woolly-bear-contest

I found an interesting article, though; ecologists have a theory called ‘predator satiation’:

http://northernwoodlands.org/articles/article/woods-whys-acorns-weather