deer season

[Ranger16]

Many people mistakenly think that those deer whistles scare deer away when all they do is simply get their attention. Much like whistling or yelling at a running deer. It will stop to see what the noise was, giving you a nice target. However, that can be a double edged sword. Sometimes you get their attention in the middle of the highway as they are crossing in front of you and they stop to read your license plate. In those instances, you'd be better off without them.

 

[mmissile]

Almost got one about 800ft. from my house last night. I was doing 50 in a 50, on one of our less used local roads. It was a BIG buck[6-8 pointer]. He was in the tall brush by the ditch, with soy-bean fields on both sides of the road. He just hopped onto my lane, and was moving real slow. I've never hit the brakes on my dually, that hard before. I missed him by about 2 feet. The whole time, I was thinking... AAA won't believe this. Three vehicles crashed, and none my fault...this year! The buck just trotted into the field behind our home.

 

[Bladecutter]

Almost got one about 800ft. from my house last night. I was doing 50 in a 50, on one of our less used local roads. It was a BIG buck[6-8 pointer]. He was in the tall brush by the ditch, with soy-bean fields on both sides of the road. He just hopped onto my lane, and was moving real slow. I've never hit the brakes on my dually, that hard before. I missed him by about 2 feet. The whole time, I was thinking... AAA won't believe this. Three vehicles crashed, and none my fault...this year! The buck just trotted into the field behind our home.

Glad You missed!

 

[not so famous bob]

Almost got one about 800ft. from my house last night. I was doing 50 in a 50, on one of our less used local roads. It was a BIG buck[6-8 pointer]. He was in the tall brush by the ditch, with soy-bean fields on both sides of the road. He just hopped onto my lane, and was moving real slow. I've never hit the brakes on my dually, that hard before. I missed him by about 2 feet. The whole time, I was thinking... AAA won't believe this. Three vehicles crashed, and none my fault...this year! The buck just trotted into the field behind our home.

I hit one on an overpass about 3/4 mile from my house once , just left hair in the headlight trim. was digging a trench for my underground elec service this past spring, dogs were raising cain, I finally looked up to see what their barking at, it was a buck standing out in the street about 50 - 60 ft away , watching me dig. Oklahoma , used to stand for the land of the redman, now stands for the land of turnpikes. but we do have free drivers license for people over 65 !!

 

[khryslerkid]

I had an insurance adjuster tell me to say "the deer ran into me" and not to say "I hit the deer".

Like the deer would have witnesses. It supposably can make a difference in some cases?

 

[Don selleck]

I had an insurance adjuster tell me to say "the deer ran into me" and not to say "I hit the deer".

Like the deer would have witnesses. It supposedly can make a difference in some cases?

That's pretty much what happened to my wife

 

[67440chrg]

I live out in the county. There are two deer along side the road dead within 1/8 mile of my house. One is up wind its not good. It seems the roads are busier this fall there is road kill of all types up and down our road. I told my neighbor he had the makings of flat opossum stew in front of his house. He didnt think it was funny.

 

[mmissile]

Our Huskies were going nuts, and this one just decided to walk into the yard.........

eat our pear tree........

then take a nap......

It obviously knew it was safe.

 

[Budnicks]

I just got back from going to town a couple hrs ago,
I saw 3 deer crossing the road, in 5 miles...
Thankfully it's only 35 mph, most still drive 45+ BUT;
most people here are aware of the abundance of deer in the area,
but still a couple get hit every day...

Funny thing was, I almost got hit by a deer,
a young fawn ran out right in front of my truck,
{I saw him coming out of the brush, usually there's more than 1}
he just slid to a stop, when I was already stopped to turn on the main drag,
it's mother was on the side of the road stomping her front feet,
like she was pissed at the fawn for going across the street...

Coming home I saw 2 dead deer on the shoulders too...

You'd think they'd figure out cars are like a predator ?,
to stay away or aware of them or be weary at-least !!
they get scared by leaves ratting ?,
spooked by little things, but not an engine rumbling or road noise ?

Seems they'd learn, they learn to take scraps & who's nice etc.
but don't get it a car/truck or road crossing is bad/dangerous ?

I got my eyes on the sides of the road like radar,
I know they are there, I know they will leap out too,
it's just a matter of "when, NOT if", they will jump out...

 

[NJRR]

Our Huskies were going nuts, and this one just decided to walk into the yard.........

eat our pear tree........

then take a nap......

It obviously knew it was safe.

This is what you need the sling shot and 1/4" steel ball bearings for !!!!!

 

[polywideblock]

do you guys have Jaffa's ? if so just put them in the freezer. same affect as a ball bearing but smash into a million pieces if they hit something hard ( like your car or a window )

 

[mmissile]

This is what you need the sling shot and 1/4" steel ball bearings for !!!!!

They come thru at night and eat everything tasty. I have to fence around small evergreens in the winter. I don't mind them eating stuff. It's cool to have them around. We feed them during the winter, and sometimes we'll have 8-10 of them around after dark. We watched a doe and her twins, for over a year.

 

[NJRR]

They come thru at night and eat everything tasty. I have to fence around small evergreens in the winter. I don't mind them eating stuff. It's cool to have them around. We feed them during the winter, and sometimes we'll have 8-10 of them around after dark. We watched a doe and her twins, for over a year.

I hate them. They **** all over the place and carry deer ticks with Lyme disease, which is not fun to get.

 

[PlagueOfBadgers]

I will take a deer any day of the week. Yea it sucks hitting them, the car gets damaged but you go home. In my 28 years of being an emergency responder in NJ, I have only been called to one fatal accident because of the deer going through a windshield, it was an elderly couple driving on the interstate 65+ MPH.
What scares me are the moose, you can't see them and the upper body mass is so high when you hit them they land on the hood and windshield of the car every time.

 

[SteveSS]

Okay I love my family more than anything but...my sister started a foundation called "Wild Forever" They take in orphaned animals. I understand it hard to shoot the fawn that's standing next to it's road kill mother. She raises them and releases them. Deer, antelope. foxes and other small animals. The part that bugs me is these deer cost a ton of money and they are going to be shot next season. They are too close and not scared of humans. If you had a bucket of feed a whole herd of deer will be following you.

She once had a wild Tom turkey. It would fly up on the roof and watch TV outside the window in their master bedroom. He was a hoot to watch as he put on a show with the puffed up chest and rounded tail feathers.

I know we all love our pets but some of these animals are going to me a meal for some coyotes. She is going to get into heaven way before me!

 

[SteveSS]

Okay, here's my famous run in with local wildlife. My son and his school buddy were about 11 years old. We went on a day trip skiing into Summit County. The down hill into Denver was a welcome relief after the snow and traffic of up high. The lifts all close at the same time so the traffic is terrible.

So we all on an icy steep decline as I see a herd of elk begin to cross the 6 lane highway right to left. I lay on the horn and the lead bull decides to turn around and go back. The road was slippery and before noted. It looked like Bambi on ice with it's legs splayed but it just made i, and the herd turned back. I was so thankful because I had children in the car and the car gods let me through this one instance.

 

[Don selleck]

its totaled over 10 grand to fix it, crazy doesnt look like much damage. i guess air bags and plastic pieces

are pricey

 

[mmissile]

Buy it back, and fix it yourself. I don't see anything difficult to fix.

 

[BeeKool]

Labor is the largest % of cost

 

[ws23jrt]

I've heard hundreds of stories about hitting deer and have hit four in my driving career.
The latest one was with my 09 srt challenger when it had 600miles on it.
It was morning and daylight. The deer jumped out of a deep ditch to cross the road. I hit the brakes and lost maybe half of my speed (50mph or so). The deer stopped and changed direction back to the ditch.
Too late. It cost $7500 to fix my car and the deer did worse.

This case is a good example of what not to do in the split second one has to play with.

DO NOT swerve. -- In this case a deep ditch is on one side and oncomming traffic is on the other. The deer did what they do--the unexpected--.
Just hit the brakes to scrub speed to keep the damage low.