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[KmH]

1.5 million car/deer collisions per year in the USA

Automobile collisions with deer can impose a significant cost on the economy. In the U.S., about 1.5 million deer-vehicle collisions occur each year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Those accidents cause about 150 human deaths and $1.1 billion in property damage annually.

In some parts of the country deer populations are to large for the area and special hunts are scheduled to reduce their numbers.

At least 1 state has recently changed their laws so they now allow road kill deer to be harvested for the deer meat by people that don't have a hunting license.

 

[Derrel]

Well, consider yourself LUCKY. You're lucky you were not seriously injured in the crash, or even killed, and no I am not kidding. There are about 1 million deer/car crashes each year in the USA, and around 200 people per year are killed in deer/car crashes, with about 10,000 people injured annually. ttp://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-10-31/deer-car-accidents-rise/51019604/1

Sharks have killed like 10 people in the last 10 years. Deer have killed around 2,000 Americans.

 

[robbins.photo]

Well, consider yourself LUCKY. You're lucky you were not seriously injured in the crash, or even killed, and no I am not kidding. There are about 1 million deer/car crashes each year in the USA, and around 200 people per year are killed in deer/car crashes, with about 10,000 people injured annually. ttp://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-10-31/deer-car-accidents-rise/51019604/1

Sharks have killed like 10 people in the last 10 years. Deer have killed around 2,000 Americans.

Ok, so are you then claiming that sharks are better drivers than deer?

 

[runnah]

In Maine if you hit a deer the game wardens come in and offer you the deer. If you don't want it they will donate it to a family in need. You are also allowed to shoot a deer if you've hit it to put it out of its misery.


Moose on the other hand are a real problem. Hit one of those with your car and you could very easily be killed. A full grown moose will destroy a semi truck.

 

[Warhorse]

Oh, and if some of y'all haven't had venison steak before, it's quite delicious. It's hella lean though, so don't cook it too long.

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That's what I'm talking about!!

Looks absolutely delicious.

 

[terri35 6]

Aw, I'm sorry - hitting any unsuspecting animal is a terrible thing. :hugs:

But everyone is correct in saying be glad you're not hurt and neither is your car. They are large animals and can do a lot of damage, which makes a rotten event even worse.

Years ago, coming back from where we boarded our horses, my mom rounded a curve and a deer leapt out and she hit it. A couple of men stopped because she was beside the road crying, and they went off to find it, and it was only a short distance away and already dead. After they reassured her that it was not suffering, they asked her if she wanted it and when she wailed, "Noooo!" they proceeded to butcher it rather skillfully, then and there. She thought it was horrible at the time, but came to realize later that it had least not gone to waste rotting on the side of the road.

It happens, and is just another reason I do not like driving at night in areas where they roam.

(And yes, I brake for squirrels, too - much to my husband's annoyance. )

 

[sm4him]

1.5 million car/deer collisions per year in the USA

Automobile collisions with deer can impose a significant cost on the economy. In the U.S., about 1.5 million deer-vehicle collisions occur each year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Those accidents cause about 150 human deaths and $1.1 billion in property damage annually.

In some parts of the country deer populations are to large for the area and special hunts are scheduled to reduce their numbers.

At least 1 state has recently changed their laws so they now allow road kill deer to be harvested for the deer meat by people that don't have a hunting license.

That's been the case in Tennessee for about a decade now, I think. Not just deer but any wild animal unless it's federally protected or a non-game species.
TN: Leading the nation in Stopping Hunger with Roadkill Meals since 2001…

 

[ronlane]

1.5 million car/deer collisions per year in the USA

Automobile collisions with deer can impose a significant cost on the economy. In the U.S., about 1.5 million deer-vehicle collisions occur each year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Those accidents cause about 150 human deaths and $1.1 billion in property damage annually.

In some parts of the country deer populations are to large for the area and special hunts are scheduled to reduce their numbers.

At least 1 state has recently changed their laws so they now allow road kill deer to be harvested for the deer meat by people that don't have a hunting license.

That's been the case in Tennessee for about a decade now, I think. Not just deer but any wild animal unless it's federally protected or a non-game species.
TN: Leading the nation in Stopping Hunger with Roadkill Meals since 2001…

'Dillar on the half shell tonight at Sharon's place. mmmmmmmm. I'll see if I can get a squirrel or two on my way.

 

[Derrel]

In Maine if you hit a deer the game wardens come in and offer you the deer. If you don't want it they will donate it to a family in need. You are also allowed to shoot a deer if you've hit it to put it out of its misery.


Moose on the other hand are a real problem. Hit one of those with your car and you could very easily be killed. A full grown moose will destroy a semi truck.

Back in the 1980's a college classmate hit a moose in a Honda Civic CVCC, one of the tiniest cars ever--a car that makes the Mini Cooper look big. Result? Two broken arms, broken collar bone, and a totally ruined unrepairable CVCC. Fast forward two years...another college classmate hit a moose in Yellowstone National Park while working there in the summer. Joe was driving his big Honda motorcycle..broke his leg pretty badly, and layed on the highway for about two hours until some elderly folks came by in an RV. Both these were pre cell-phone days moose accidents, and Joe was freaking out he said as he lay there unable to do anything. Here on Highway 6 to the Oregon Coast, we have a large population of elk, which are also very large animals, and cause terrible accidents when hit at highway speeds.

I had heard that male deer (you know, with antlers!!!) can cause human fatalities when they are hit, since the deer are tossed upward, and then their antler tips puncture the windshield as the car slams into the airborne animal at 50 to 75 MPH. Apparently, the antler tips can break safety glass, since they are hard and pointy...

 

[runnah]

The problem with most large things like elk and moose is that they get flipped up and smash right into the windshield and A pillars of the car. Both are not designed to take this kind of hit so the damage is bad.

Those crazy Scandinavians actually put cars through a "Moose test".

 

[BGeise]

Don't feel bad they are dumb animals. They have no reasoning sometimes as to where they run. If we had more hunters we would have the problems with over population

 

[DarkShadow]

Good thing it was not one of those ity bitty electric car,the deers are bigger then the car. I see them cars all over and just cant help thinking sure death in an accident.

 

[runnah]

Good thing it was not one of those ity bitty electric car,the deers are bigger then the car. I see them cars all over and just cant help thinking sure death in an accident.

 

[mmaria]

oh God.. didn't expect to read and see all this...

 

[Derrel]

The problem with most large things like elk and moose is that they get flipped up and smash right into the windshield and A pillars of the car. Both are not designed to take this kind of hit so the damage is bad.

Those crazy Scandinavians actually put cars through a "Moose test".

OMG--that is MUCH,much worse that I even imagined! Wow!!!!