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[apocalypsos]

Top ten states for auto-deer collisions -- *snickers* Ask me why I'm not the least bit surprised Pennsylvania's number one. No, wait, you shouldn't have to. Not in a state where it's not IF you've ever hit a deer, but WHEN you hit your first.

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[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

Been there; done that.

[xturtle.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised Minnesota is way down at six. We had one crash into the state capitol the other day, nearly hitting the govenor and his 12-year-old daughter.

[pervinca.livejournal.com]

Wait, a car crashed into the state capitol? Or a deer... >.

[xturtle.livejournal.com]

Oops! A deer. Sorry, I'm on cold meds, and not the brightest bulb ATM.

[pervinca.livejournal.com]

That is so bizarre. O.o

[genepool23.livejournal.com]

I got hit by a deer last year. I swerved to avoid the doe, and didn't see the Buck until his head came through the driver's side window. I probably escaped the antlers hitting my head by a shadow of an inch.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised. If there's anything I've learned driving in this state, it's how profoundly stupid deer are. Oh, you know they're dumb, but you don't know how dumb until you see some of the crap they'll pull.

[genepool23.livejournal.com]

They really are.

Everybody who doesn't live among deer think they're these majestic, soulful animals. Have one nearly kill you, and his family come round and eat your garden all the time, and you start to change your mind.

[valerie]

I'm surprised New York's not on there. In the downstate area, deer are freakin' rampant. Hell, my parents almost got killed by one once.

[cmstephens.livejournal.com]

I'm really surprised Kentucky isn't on there, but several of the states along the northern border (Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio) are. So far, I've been lucky enough not to hit one (yet), but most other people I know have hit at least one. Or, in my sister's case, came to a complete stop and had one hip-check the hood of her car...

[welfy.livejournal.com]

This is why I wish I knew how to hunt deer. Get some venison steaks and thin out the population a little.

[cyprinella]

Problem is that they're *really* dangerous in places where you get more traffic, like suburbs. And houses are too close together to allow hunting. It's a big problem. Pretty much what places with deer populations are looking at is contraception for the does. seems to be fairly effective.

And venison is so iffy to me. It's all in how you prepare it because I've had good venison nad I've had some that was just gross.

[welfy.livejournal.com]

I don't live in a very suberb-y area. Actually, I could hunt from my back yard if I wanted to...nothing but woods. :^)

Bad venison is just like any other meat, you're right. The last time my mom prepared it, she hadn't paid careful enough attention to it and it ended up being too tough.

[cyprinella]

Ah, cool. I was just mentioning it in general. It's a topic up here in the Virginian suburbs around DC because of the relatively dense population where they can't hunt down the deer population. Personally, I'd enjoy just having mountain lions reintroduced and let them eat all the moronic deer. (although I did read an article once about how the lions are workign their way east as deer populations go through the roof. The eats are too good!)

I haven't had venison in so long I can't really remember what was good or bad about it. Heh.

[rani23.livejournal.com]

HA! I am so with you. I live in PA (near Pittsburgh) and I took out TWO of the little suckers at once!!!

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Hee! I almost took out three at once! But two of them jumped out of the way, and the third just stood there doing that lovely dumb stare of theirs. So of course, I whacked him, got a big dent in my door, and broke a headlight.

[kirana-44.livejournal.com]

Wow I'm surprised Maine isn't on there. Like everyone in my family has either got a deer or a moose at somepoint. Then again, its Maine half the deer colisions probably don't get reported because most of the accidents probably happen it trucks, which survive deer, and the deer goes in the back for supper. Or I could be thinking to poorly of my fellow Mainers.

[ladysorka]

I was once in a car that managed to hit a deer precisely as the cannons went off in the recording of the 1812 Overture that was playing.

Thankfully, it didn't do any damage to the car (or the deer, it actually ran off), so it was just funny. *g*

[midnightbex.livejournal.com]

Considering I was less than six inches from hitting a buck half an hour ago in the middle of my city, I'm not surprised Illinois is at #3. While I myself have yet to hit one, I see one one the side of the road nearly daily. Stupid deer.

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

My ex is from Maine; he said that if someone hit a moose, the odds were pretty good the moose would just trudge off as though nothing had happened. The outlook for the person and their car, however, was not so good. He may have been exaggerating.

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

About the moose, that is.

[genepool23.livejournal.com]

Probably not. The buck I hit got up and trotted away, and I couldn't have been doing less than 50mph.

[milkshake-b.livejournal.com]

So far I've been lucky--several narrow misses (including one that did not involve me being in a car and was scarier than the car ones, 'cause, dude, I didn't want one of my own personal headlights put out) but no actual deer-hitting.

[glittercat13.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... Being originally from Alaska, I find it harder than I should to be concerned about deer impacts. After all, when you hit a moose, you need a tow truck. The moose may or may not walk away but you will *not* be driving any time soon.