Meant to add, according to the ‘calculator’ at that site, they predict about 1,000 car/deer accidents at the peak of the rut...in my county alone!
It’s wild out there! I never drive at night Fall through Winter. I have Beau drive and we take ‘The Big Truck,’ the F350 Ford which has survived three deer and a steer hits so far. ;)
It’s been a number of years, but my astronomy club has used a quarry in Green county aa a dark sky site for setting up our telescopes. I used to drive up there
and it was nothing but farmland, woods, and country roads. This time of year we would see a LOT of dear. I’ve been lucky not to hit any.