Too many freaking deer
 

We're on the road tonight, heading into Indianapolis doing about 75. All of the sudden my headlights illuminate a freaking deer standing on the interstate. No time to brake, I just swerved HARD into to the other lane (I knew it was clear). Tires skid and for half an instant, I wasn't sure I was going to be able to control the vehicle.

I have to say everything went perfectly. If I had to do that 100 times, I'm pretty sure I'd plow the deer or lose control a few times.

It looked huge, but no one saw if it was a buck or a doe. I only got a good look about half way up its back haunches.

Drove for the next 40 miles barely daring to blink, and flashing my brights a couple times a minute.

Saw another deer laying on the side of road, basically cut in half.

Seems like we need to have an extended deer season to thin the herd a bit, before they thin us.

Our neighborhood is crawling with them, Mr. cdcox. I live in a neighborhood that has pretty big lots and tons of wooded areas. A couple of nights ago, I was driving home in the dark and came upon a large doe standing in my street. I drove right up to her and she just stood there ... like a friggin' cow or something. Didn't move. Didn't run. Didn't leap for safety. Eventually just wandered off a little and I was able to drive around her. Crazy ass deer.

FAX

I feed deer corn off of my back deck everyday. I have about 10 or so right now that come in for breakfast and dinner:D. They are bringing the fawns out now so that means there will be 6 or so more mouths to feed.

Then it will be time for the 30-06 and some very tender baby deer steaks.

Last week, a doe came into the back lawn and started eating birdseed out of our bird feeder. I stepped out on the back deck and explained that the birdseed was for birds and that you are a deer - not a bird. The deer just kept eating birdseed and looked at me like I was an idiot.

Sometimes, I wish they still made Fruitwheats.

FAX

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One of my neighbors kills at least one of the bucks every year. He has killed two 12 point bucks who were less than two years old.

What kind of pants was he wearing?

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Driving back from El Dorado, AR last fall on highway 82 about 2am, Bob Dole lost count of the deer standing around on the shoulder at 120. It was insane.

I do my part and shoot a couple every year. unfortunately, deer that live in areas like Fax's neighborhood get used to people and are more likely to just hang around the streets.
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Swerving to avoid a deer is stupid. Even if you knew the other lane was clear . You could have killed yourself by losing control going 75.

Thats when night vision and a silenced weapon comes in handy.

I do have a few that come up to my back yard but my dog just chases them off, I don't like them and I don't want them in my yard.

It's a common scene around here too...see 'em splatted on the side of the road all of the time. I have been lucky a few times but I am usually very alert to watch for these lil' bastards. A few weeks ago I went into work at 5am and wasnt really awake yet. As I drove 70mph down the highway half asleep I didn't notice the doe standing on the shoulder of the road till I was almost past her...if she had decided to leap in front of me I would have rammed her. Gotta' pay attention.

Late last fall Motorcycle Drag Racing Buddy and I were in his Blazer headed back to C-Town on “Petrolia Road” when we came up on a huge buck in full rut, antlers cleaned, neck puffed up, standing in the middle of the road. As we approached it turned and dropped it’s head like it was going to charge us. MDR Buddy kept yelling, “Try it!” but pulled up to a stop in the middle of the road just a few feet from Mr. Buck. Mr. Buck then gave us a look like, “That’s what I thought” and sauntered the off road as if he had just proven his ownership of it.

Don't you mean Petrolia "Drive as fast as your vehicle will go" Road

No, that’s a bad plan any more. The pavement sucks and it’s crawling with deer.

Most states have horrible deer management programs. They need to allow does to be taken daily in certain counties. It really becomes extremely hazardous during harvest.

I live about 200 yards from Shawnee Mission Park. This area has the highest concentration of deer in the U.S. They've finally decided to come in with sharp-shooters to cull the herd. There were times last winter when I had 20 deer in my yard.

Probably so. It was all instinct.

That's chronic wasting waiting to happen.

It took months and months to finally allow culling the herd. There was strong opposition to killing Bambi, but those who opposed it just don't see the problem on a day-to-day basis like those of us who live near the park. The meat is going to be distributed to local food pantries, so it will be used and not wasted.

It's People season.

I'm not sure if you were doing that in order to see a crossing deer, or in an effort to scare them.... But you can blind a deer like that, and it will simply freeze and stare at you in the middle of the road. You're better off turning off your lights and honking the horn if you see a deer... Normally you don't have time to do anything though...

And they have extended deer season in quite a few states. They've created a second doe only season in early January. You can get as many additional doe tags as you want for about $10 a piece.

On the way to work a deer ran out in front of my car on 291

stupid animals

Someone tell Obama to let people stretch their unemployment checks with deer steak. Then they'd have more money for beer and car payments.

At least when a disease comes through in the next couple of years, all of those deer that congregate at your food site will swap enough spit to all catch the black death....



I do my part and then some every year. I love hunting deer. Big ones, small ones, does, bucks, oddities, ones with a limp, buckasaurus....all of them.

Hit that deer.

Here's a picture of the car my 17 yo daughter was driving 2 weeks ago. She swerved to miss a deer and took out a forest.

She had minor bumps and bruises and walked away but it could have easily gone the other way.

I've mentioned before, driving from Manhattan, NY, to St. Louis we passed practically more deer than cars. A good twenty or so carcasses on the side of the road, another 4-5 in the road, including one we had to straddle as we came over a rise and it was lying in the middle of the lane. Not an easy feat to straddle a deer carcass in a Lotus Elise.

My insurance agent when I lived in Texas always recommended hitting the deer.

You hit the deer and damage your car . . . act of God (you had no control over the deer's actions) - No raise in your rates.

You swerve to miss the deer and wind up hitting the guardrail and damage your car . . . failure to maintain control of your vehicle - Raise in rates.

WOW

That looks bad. Thank God she's ok.

Wow, glad she is alright. Never swerve to miss a deer! Funny, I make venison cabbage rolls last night. Who knew?

Damn. :eek: Glad she's OK.

**** dude. Glad she's OK. I bet she was petrified.

Hitting them isn't all that cool either. Injury from impact can occur. I've also heard of people getting a bad case of death from the antlers coming through the windshield.

Last year in Scott City it happened to a young guy that was recently married and his wife had just had a baby.

Optimally. You want to get the car shut down before you hit them, then comes a controlled miss. Then ditch. If you head towards the ditch, don't try to jerk it back on the road, you'll flip. Last option is the deer.

Pretty much you're ****ed either way.
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They are thick down here too, luckily they are just slightly larger than a dog..

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My daughter hit a deer last Super Bowl nite .. it totaled the front-end of her car .. just having libality on it im out the costs of fixing the car .. I know u'll say you should have more insurance on her car .. but it is a 94 chevy .. it had low milage but not really worthly of full coverage .. that said, I think the State should have libality insurance on their deer .. thru hunting licences and motor vechile tagging that would cover the costs of deer accidents .. BOOG ....

I'd like to mount twin 30 cals. on my hood and a snow plow to the front bumper of my car. I'd blast 'em and just keep on truckin'!!