Watch out for deer....

[dvaprez]

In case you haven't been warned lately, the deer are everywhere. This wreck happened in the daylight hours on RT 89 in Utah. Driver is fine but it could have been bad. He's one lucky beemer. The speed limit was 65 and we doing 65.

My advice; if you come across a blind spot, slow down.

[knary]

In case you haven't been warned lately, the deer everywhere. This wreck happened in the daylight hours on RT 89 in Utah. Driver is fine but it could have been bad. He's one lucky beemer.

My advice; if you come across a blind spot, slow down.

egads
I hate deer.

http://www.conary.org/bike/assets/trip/baptism_small/52.jpg

[RocksforBrains]

I went for a ride this past Sunday morning in the mountains north of Boise. I'm heading south towards Idaho City on Hwy 21 when a large doe hops out on the road about 60-70 yards ahead. Remembering David Hough's advice that when you see one deer there are almost always more nearby, I grabbed a handful of brake (ABS is wonderful isn't it) and slowed way down. Sure as heck a second deer sprints across the road to join her buddy not 30 feet in front of me. Scared the hell out of me. I am glad I had hit the brakes!

A few minutes later, I am looking at an oncoming pickup truck when I see a deer zoom right in front of the truck. Looked like the truck missed it by literally a few feet. I was probably 200 yards from the truck when this happened, so it was hard to tell exactly how close it was to the truck, but it looked REAL close. Needless to say, I slowed down a bit after that.

BTW, this was mid morning..about 10am, and it gets light here about 6am right now. So much for a dawn and dusk issue. They appear to be a 24/7 risk!

Be careful out there!

Kurt

[SIBUD]

egads
I hate deer.

http://www.conary.org/bike/assets/trip/baptism_small/52.jpg


I don't hate them but do my best to see there are fewer around every fall.

[screwtop]

Yeah, it's not just during the rut (early-mid November) anymore that deer have become a big hazard. In MD, the insurance companies have lobbyed the DNR hard to be liberal with the bag limits (in hopes for an inverse relationship to auto/deer strikes) and they have obliged. Last I checked, you could take 4 deer per zone (16 per season) in MD. Anyway, this is what we get for encroaching on so much habitat. The critters just don't have anywhere to go.

I avoid night riding in the fall for this reason, but it's not just deer. Skunks, fox and OH-possums can ruin your day (night) too! And watch out for Marmota monax in the daytime!

[henzilla]

I thought the Ark had floated up Wednesday night...:laugh I came up on two deer at 4 PM ,even with all the rain we had,they were grazing the right of way a foot off pavement...never moved as I crept by at 15MPH. Then immediately jumped down another county road and TWO big goats came across my path where I thought they had good fencing and finally TWO cows decided it was cross the road thirty as I got even with them.

I went home!:bolt

I commute in the early AM and have seen more mid day than I used to in the AM...BEEEEE Careful

BTW I hate those two pictures!!!
Hope all was well for riders, the first bike looks bad hurt! yours looks bad too Knary!

[BradfordBenn]

Don't forget that they typically are in packs. So when you see one, there are likely a few more you do not see.

[dvaprez]

Why not mandate 8 foot high fences on all road frontage land?

[Oldhway]

Brief rant-


In this month's Rider magazine someone wrote in taking offense at the statement made by Clement Salvadori that" Deer are responsible for 1.5 million motor vehicle accidents every year." The letter writer felt that to attribute fault to the deer was wrong. deer are not "at fault" because there is no rational decision on their part. All true but the article was to call attention to road hazards, not literary style. The same letter writer then stated that calling the deer "responsible" for these accidents was "unfair" (his wording not mine). The Deer are no more able to discern fairness than they are to be responsible. I like Clem Salvadori's writing and I have seen the deer hazard here in rural eastern Connecticut first hand. Making people aware of the danger, like this thread is doing, can only save lives and if a few deer get their feelings hurt for being blamed, so be it.

End of rant.

Glad the riders in the two pictures are Ok.

[Rapid_Roy]

Luckily (?), I took most of the damage. All I have to show for it is a lump on my leg and a skewed instrument cluster.