For someone who does not like harming animals, I just killed my second

deer within the year. Lord, I hate driving home from the ranch at night. What a horrible feeling, not only hitting and killing the deer but the shock and vulnerability of driving in and of itself. A creepy, creepy feeling.

don't want it to go to waste you know...Anyways I hope you didn't get hurt :)

For the problem of deer, you might try deer whistlers. Less than $10 and very effective.

I was in the car with my parents one night when we hit a deer. Within 10 seconds someone had stopped, asked if we wanted the deer, dragged it off the road, and set about dressing it. Two other people stopped right after, but they were too late.

Part of the police-report procedure for such accidents is claiming or renouncing one's right to the carcass.

if you tried that, you could be arrested for poaching.

went up in the air and I veered off the road to avoid having it come back down on my windshield. (I know of a person who was killed that way.) Needless to say, I kept on driving. Although, I have been told that you are suppose to report the accident to Texas Parks and Wildlife. I don't want meat that badly.

There are some (hyper sonic? sub sonic?) things you can put on yoru car that deer (and other critters) can hear that humans can't. They are small and unobtrusive and alert the critters of your arrival so that they dont' get frozen in the headlights.

I think if you googled "deer alert" you could find a source.

Maybe you should slow down?

deer jumped in front of the car. This time I was going the speed limit (65) on a major highway and believe you me if you go slower than the posted speed you will get blown off the road.

The only deer I ever hit was on a city street (not in the country where I live) when dogs chased it out of the hills onto the street. It's probably the only time I was ever going the speed limit on that particular street. (25mph) The deer survived to continue its frantic dash away from the dogs. My car of the moment foreverafter had a whistle from a slightly bent hood.

being a good guy/gal can do to prevent harming defenseless animals.

I see it where I live. More and more land being fenced off for vineyards. The critters hit the streets, sometimes literally. People up here complain about the mountain lions and bear getting their pets, the deer eating their gardens. Well, duh. They've been fenced out of their territory. What do you expect them to do for food?

especially in a hard winter.

Deer Alert
Deer Alert SystemSummary: Warns Deer, Moose, Pets, and Other Animals of Your Approaching Vehicle From Up To 1,500 Feet Away

How It Works: When the vehicle is started, Deer Alert senses the voltage increase from the vehicles alternator turning on and automatically activates the ultrasonic sound after approximately 5 seconds. When the vehicle is turned off, Deer Alert again senses the voltage change and shuts off automatically. Deer Alerts ultrasonic sound is on whenever the vehicle is running.

Deer Alerts sound alternates between sonic and ultrasonic tones. The sonic tones alert larger animals such as deer and elk and the ultrasonic tones alert smaller animals such as pets.

Features:

* Emits both audible and ultrasonic sound to alert a wide range of animals
* Helps prevent injuries and costly damage from vehicle collisions with animals
* Warns animals from up to 1,500 feet away.
* Unlike wind activated devices, Deer Alert helps prevent vehicle collisions with animals at any speed.
* Deer Alert will not clog with dirt, debris, or grime which make many other animal warning devices inoperable.
http://www.gizmocity.com/deeralert.html

Looks good to me. Perhaps it's the wind-actuated models that don't work so well.

pnorman

I and many others have them and we have all hit deer with them on our cars.

I grew up in the South and my dad and uncles all love to hunt (we even have Deer Barbecue at Thanksgiving), but still, hitting a deer would creep me out. One jumped in front of the car in front of me once, but didn't get hit. <shudder>

damaged. This really is the second time in less than a year. This deer must have been standing in the middle of the raod. I di not see it at all.

some years ago, the car in front of me hit a gopher (or, to be precise, a Richardson ground squirrel). We were going 120 km/hr so it was a little hard to react quickly. However, I could see that poor thing sort of flopping around. So, I swerved to hit it and put it out of it's misery. Was not a pleasant experience. I then pulled over to make sure it was dead. It still bothers me, second guessing myself on whether it was hurt or just stunned from the initial impact.

Now, having driven through Banff National Park many many times, before they put up animal fences on the highway, deer/elk/wapiti would appear suddenly in the dark. And, good lord, they were huge. I ended up in the ditch several times trying to avoid them. Not so much because I didn't want to kill them, more like I didn't want them to KILL me, being in a small car and all.

very, very dangerous.

I was driving home a couple of months ago, and a deer literally flew, cartwheeling, in front of my car. A car in the other(oncomming) lane had hit her, and she went airborn in front of me. I pulled over and called the police on my cell, then the girl that hit the deer pulled up behind me, shaking and close to tears. We walked back up the street to find the poor thing, and she was laying there, trying to raise her head, flipping her tail, obviously still trying to get away. The police got there about 3 minutes later. I hadn't seen the girl hit the deer, so I was asked to leave because the road had no shoulders and my truck was half in the road, and traffic was increasing. I was scrambling to get in my truck, but wasn't fast enough. I heard the shot as I got in.

to build 200 thousand dollar homes. She was part of a herd that lived on the property of the factory I've worked in for 29 years. When they sold the land to developers, I called my union to find out what happens to deer. I was assured that they were going to be just fine. Horse shit.

because those who have them are seldom able to make the land make enough to pay all the expenses of taxes and insurance. We are continuing to fight for our land by marketing it in every way possible. I shudder to see the day that our ranch becomes part of some land developer's scheme. Right now we are too far out of the scope of suburbia for that to happen, but in the next generation, who knows?

scary driving accident thing. Still trying to decompress over this one.

Sometimes it just doesn't matter how careful you are, or how many precautions you take. :hug:

thing I could have done about it. Thanks for your hug. It felt good.

little squirrel a few months ago and still feel bad. It is just the worst feeling to kill an innocent animal.

road only a few miles before the deer and was kind of congratulating myself on this right before I hit the deer.

moment you feel good about saving an animal....

I am so sorry. I know you are feeling terrible.

Doing 70 in the fast lane, I looked out into the median and saw a deer running toward my car (!!!). She ran into the side and knocked me into the slow lane. I looked in the rear view mirror as she did three complete end-over-end flips and got up shakily and ran off. Whoa. My steering was 90 degrees out of alignment. Luckily, my little plastic Fiero bounced back, and there was no mark.

Then on Hwy.9 near Dawsonville, a possum on the night road tore the spoiler off my car. I may have been going a little fast.

be very resilient because it has some real damage, again.

North Georgia, bout halfway between Atlanta and Chatanooga, TN.

Your car is made of real *METAL*. That's a good thing. Mine was made of plastic. A Fiero is just rubber panels on a little go-cart chassis.

I saw a dead doe on the side of the road when I was driving down from Calhoun to Woodstock on I-75. I felt so sad for that poor deer.

we get em here on the toll roads...I've seen cars wipe out trying to miss them.

Sorry :hug:

because two recently built toll roads cut right through the canyons where they run.

There isn't much you can do unless you get familiar with areas they use as crossings...deer are creatures of habit, so if you saw one in this location, odds are they USE that area to cross..and slow it down going through there

Be as careful as can be! Many times when an animal gets hit it goes through the windshield. Put deer whistles on your car if you can.