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It is that time of year when deer are in their rut, and now they don't just walk across the road, they run!
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I'm surprised how unaware lots of drivers are when it comes to deer. I was following a car the other night (at a safe distance) and it was just getting dark out. I could see a deer walking along side the road and it darted out in front of the car. I saw it cross right in front of their headlights, not sure how they didn't hit it. I thought it was strange though, because as close of a call as it was, they never touched the brakes. I came up next to them at the stop light and it was a girl on her phone texting.
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Saw one on the PA Turnpike once, bounded across the road, was 90% there, landed on a Saturn, flew up and exploded midair. Yuck.

Deer are scary and dangerous.
 
Last statistic that I heard from Insurance companies was that 1/4 of all cars in the Northeast will meet their demise via an impact with a deer.

Since we killed off all the large predators in the area, and hunting isn't as popular as it was a few decades ago, their populations have exploded.
 
Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Saw one on the PA Turnpike once, bounded across the road, was 90% there, landed on a Saturn, flew up and exploded midair. Yuck.

Deer are scary and dangerous.


PA Turnpike westbound just after the Valley Forge/KofP exit is notorious, you can usually see them in the grass next to the highway (coming out of Valley Forge park. Occasionally they just dart

I live in a rural area, usually once a month I hear breaks and then a bang.
 
I like to ride my bike through Valley Forge. Before they let the sharp shooters thin the herd I would pass hundreds in a single field. I have minor front end damage to the minivan. I want to get it fixed, but keep thinking that as soon as I fix it- whammo, deer.

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Around here suburban deer management is also a big problem. I live in a small development that used to be all forest. Many of the people that live here have gardens and plants outside their house. Its the best place for a deer population. Its quiet, there is plenty of food, no predators (including hunters), and plenty of woodland cover. I see at least one every night just in my neighborhood. Its gotten so bad that I will even see them walking through people's yards in the middle of the day.

I have a game camera that takes night pictures set up right outside my house. They have been right outside my bedroom window many nights out of the week eating the shrubs.
 
If you see one of these rodents cross in front of you, watch for a second and third. The rodents around here are eating the Bambi lovers expensive plants, and they want "something" done. I have a nice German 177 cal pellet gun, tagging them in the butt
tends to make them go elsewhere.
 
Deer are a problem here as my nephew hit one the other day in broad daylight in his Ram pickup. It was a small one as well.

They really, really need to extend the hunting season around here to thin them out. I have heard that MS is second in the nation as far as deer population goes and it bothers me that they have as much protection as they do.

They come up on my property and eat whatever they can find, wife's plants, etc... but heaven help me if I were to shoot one! Oh....I don't hunt either.
 
My wife swerved to miss a herd of deer last month and landed the Subaru in a ditch. Repairable, but I honestly don't know how she didn't flip it.

It was followed, after a day had passed, with a kind lesson to, "never swerve out of your lane, always hit the deer if it is unavoidable".
 
Originally Posted By: ltslimjim
Originally Posted By: Loobed


http://www.ushuntingtoday.com/photos/deerimpact/accident.html



Yuck!
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+1 that is nasty !


We have quite a few deer out our way as well. I liberally use the horn to alert to my presence when approaching areas where they hang out, or when I see them in the distance. When I do this it sends them bolting from the roadside back into the field every time. At dusk, dawn and at night they get confused with the sound of the car & the headlights cast a shadow that they are scared of...which sends them bolting towards you due to their flighty nature. I find the added alert of the horn is often sufficient to cause them to run away from my vehicle.
 
Originally Posted By: SF0059
My wife swerved to miss a herd of deer last month and landed the Subaru in a ditch. Repairable, but I honestly don't know how she didn't flip it.

It was followed, after a day had passed, with a kind lesson to, "never swerve out of your lane, always hit the deer if it is unavoidable".


A great point. In driver training courses, they actually tell you to floor the vehicle. That lifts up the front of the car, so the bumper hits the deer and pushes it away from you, instead of it going through the windshield.

In the next town over a teen girl died from avoiding a deer. A car following her witnessed it. She swerved to avoid the deer, but lost control and took out two telephone poles. I'm guessing she was going at a good rate of speed to take out two poles, but swerving is what caused her to lose control.
 
Originally Posted By: mechtech2
Does the front end lift much to matter?
And how about FWD cars?
Sounds like a theorist expecting an idea to match reality.


Yeah I'm not quite sure. I think he was trying to explain that it is better to hit it like that than slam on the brakes and nosedive.

It sounds okay in theory, but 99% of people wouldn't think to do that even if it worked. First reaction is to hit the brakes or swerve. Luckily for me, I've had so many close calls with them I've learned not to swerve.
 
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