[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Rats with hooves.

[cradle of freedom]

I have always wondered what do deer eat in the wintertime and how do they get shelter from the bad weather?

[Blue Jays]

In some suburban areas people feed them out of their hands.
There are way, way, way too many deer in the country
It is a health hazard in many counties throughout the nation.

[diplomatic_immunity]

Hit one of these infernal animals in my new Sonata last week. I was down to 10 mph at point of impact and still $1500 in damages. They don’t make them like they used to...

[HangnJudge]

I hit one broadside on my motorcycle once at ~50MPH
I flipped, ate ~20Yds of asphalt, and broke bones
I almost cut it in two, I hit it so hard

I have some serious respect for what Deer can do now...

[Hieronymus]

Better to hit a deer than to hit a moose.

[cripplecreek]

Here in Michigan its hard to tell when they’re on the move because they’re always everywhere.

LOTs of nice deer being taken in my neck of the woods. (Lots of photos)

http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2014/10/michigan_bucks_monster_deer_on.html

[gattaca]

They’re searching for food since the corn has been harvested. I’ve been involved in several deer/auto collisions. Their hair gets stuck in the front grill of the car, hard to wash off. Sounds awful, but it took me months to clean it all out.

[Autonomous User]

https://youtu.be/Z4kZ-pXe4aU

4 men 4 dead deer in a mini cooper

[angcat]

SLOW DOWN!

[niteowl77]

One of the antlered lunatics ran into the LF corner of my car one night last November, sliding across the hood, smacking his rack on the windshield and busting off the right outside mirror as he sailed off the car. Replacing the windshield and nearly every bit of the bodywork forward of the doors ended up running about six grand. Just last week, I witnessed another buck leap out into the path of an oncoming car and the damage done was remarkably similar to what I had experienced. In both cases, though, the deer remained outside of the passenger compartment, did not "roll under" the vehicle, and both vehicles were still drivable. The new cars may seem flimsy compared to a 1960's Chrysler Newport, but they have gotten the controlled collapse thing down pretty good.

Out here, the crop harvesting that is still going on stirs the deer up, and that doesn't help matters; with less cover to use, they can get pretty frantic trying to get to the next patch of timber or other sheltered place. During a hot air balloon ride(!), I witnessed for myself how far and hard a herd will run will run when they put their minds - such as they are - to it.

Mr. niteowl77

[Bratch]

[who knows what evil?]

While fleeing soviet Red Hampshire recently; we saw an amazing amount of deer carci on the sides of Pennsylvania interstates...

[heartwood]

I’ve seen roll-overs and utility poles snapped in half by drivers trying to avoid deer. Those scenarios, deer win, and air bags and seatbelts usually protect the driver.

Last year a man commuting through town was killed when two deer went through his windshield. Air bags and seatbelts couldn’t help.

Some years back, I saw the driver of a loaded gravel truck swerve to avoid a deer. The truck nearly tipped over, hit the deer anyway, and hurled it into my lane. I was pregnant at the time, and thank God, was far back enough to stop.

Body work is an inconvenience. I think my husband and I have hit deer three or four times between us.

[Zeneta]

The original 911 call.

The Guy, The Deer, The Dog, And The Bambulance. Hysterically funny

language warning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBa0blUoE8U

[Augie]

The only good deer is a dead deer.

I do what I can to keep them off the road.

[Twinkie]

We have lots of deer on our place. One day I was driving
down our long driveway. Slowed down at the foot of a hill.
A deer ran out of the woods real fast, cleared the hood of
my car in one leap, landed on the other side & kept on
running. Startled me. We’ve never hunted them; but that
day may come and I guess they’ll be surprised at us. -
When I think about it, some bit over 100 yrs. ago, there
were no roads in this area. Just a wild area. All the cars
and roads have taken them by surprise, too. - We’ve been here 30 yrs. so they know us and don’t fear us.

[SJackson]

If you’d like to be on or off this Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me. And ping me is you see articles of interest.

[TADSLOS]

They are always a road hazard in our neighborhood, especially now when rut is in high gear.

[Foundahardheadedwoman]

Never understood the compulsion to hang a deer’s head on your wall. I can understand the idea of hanging the heads of old girlfriends and ex-wives on the wall. But I understand the bag limit is very low. Unless you’re a Clinton.

[Georgia Girl 2]

The deer in our neighborhood are so tame they just graze in our next door neighbor’s corner lot and never run even when our Chihuahua makes a rush at them. Last night the Doe in question just stomped her foot and Coco screeched to a halt and backed up. The deer just went back to munching grass.