Deer Danger

[mort]

<almost crushed a squirrel yesterday>

A friend of mine had better aiim:

<a href="http://www.shop.pauldowns.com/UnfortunateSquirrel.html">


Mort

 

[John David Galt]

Garrison Hilliard wrote:
> "There are more deer now in North America than there have ever been. And
> we're right in their habitat. We're living there, we're driving
> there," said wildlife officer Todd Malmsbury.

This is what happens when the animal rights nut-movement gets hunting
banned or made difficult. Too damn many useless deer.

If the states won't allow enough hunting, they need to have animal control
people kill the damn things.

 

[Bill]

John David Galt wrote:

> Garrison Hilliard wrote:
>> "There are more deer now in North America than there have ever been. And
>> we're right in their habitat. We're living there, we're driving
>> there," said wildlife officer Todd Malmsbury.
>
> This is what happens when the animal rights nut-movement gets hunting
> banned or made difficult. Too damn many useless deer.
>
> If the states won't allow enough hunting, they need to have animal control
> people kill the damn things.

Doesn't that really mean too damn many people and they should have people
control come out and kill the damn things.
Perspective, man, perspective.
Give the deer rifles during hunting season.
Bill Baka

 

[lokey]

"greggery peccary" <.@.> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Garrison Hilliard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> This is a peak time of year for deer crashes, even in heavily populated
>> areas.
>>
>
> i almost crushed a squirrel yesterday, but hitting a deer on a bike would
> be
> something...anyone ever?...naw!


Not quite, but... a couple years ago I was cycling down a country road with
a fair bit of mid-height undergrowth right out to the road side. Not 5
metres ahead of me two deer jumped out into the road, ran across, and with
that odd-looking loping gait hopped the brush on the other side.

Quite a sight. Deer is something I can never get a photo of, for obvious
reasons.

--
'Keep on riding north and west
Then circle south and east
Show me beauty
but there is no peace.' -rush

 

[Steve McDonald]

I told this story here several years ago. I did hit a deer while
riding fast and survived. It was 1 am in July and a full Moon was right
behind me. I was coming down off a moderate slope on a paved road and
was approaching a deer crossing by a creek. A sports car with a loud
engine came ripping around a corner, headed for me. Two large deer had
just started across the road from the other side and were fully focused
on getting out from in front of the car.
Blinded by the Moon, they never saw me and I crunched into the side of
one. It rolled up over the bars, wrapped around my chest and shoulders
and fell off to the right. I got my feet on the ground and skidded
about 25 feet to a stop. I never fell and just stood there, wondering
why I was alive. It felt like running into a tackling dummy. I had a
little scrape on one leg, but was otherwise unhurt.

The bike had only a few bent fixtures on the front, but nothing
that affected its mechanics. It is an extra-heavy, all-steel mountain
bike, that has a big cargo box on the back, with a total weight of about
80 lbs. I often take it out for a hill-climbing workout, as the weight
adds to the exercise.

There was deer hair all over me and the bike, but no blood. The
deer looked like it weighed about 140 lbs. and died after several
minutes. If I hadn't shown several friends the hair and taken them out
to see the body, they wouldn't have believed this. It helped that I am
a former football player, lift weights and weighed 250 lbs. at the time
(much slimmer now). A week later, I was cresting a hill at night and a
doe and fawn were grazing by the road. The fawn reacted to my bright
light in typical fashion and leaped right in front of me. I hit my
brakes hard and stopped a foot short of it. I now have a spinal braking
response, every time a deer appears ahead.
Another time, I ran over a deer carcase in the dark and went
flying. I was so strained, I couldn't ride for 3 months. Dead or
alive, they're dangerous. People who ride motorcycles in deer country
are probably at the greatest risk. This is one reason my Honda has been
permanently retired to the barn. From a deer's perspective, we are the
biggest risk.

Steve McDonald
Oregon

 

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"Judy Pride Of Aunt Millie's Diarrhea murdered his turd tamper" spewed,
sprayed, and otherwise expelled the following fecal matter:

> One more reason we need to lower speed limits. Same lives of humans
> and deer.

By the way, moron, a better use for the deer than allowing them to
become hood ornaments:

http://www.schuntersforthehungry.org/

Which, I'm proud to say, I'm affiliated with. You ever done something
for someone else, or are you too busy sitting back trying to figure out
how to budget your welfare dollar?