Deer Myths...

[Yazz]

I sure hope you weren't hurt at all with the last encounter between the deer and the car.

I'm afraid those deer alert things are ineffective as well. SC State Troopers put them on all of their cars hoping to reduce the number of deer collisions. It had no effect whatsoever.

Also, the smaller the deer the more brain dead it is and thinks playing in traffic might be fun. Especially if it is a young male with just a couple of buttons on his head. Wait, this almost sounds like humans. :roflblack:

No animals or vehicles were harmed in the event. Think both the driver and I had a bit of a pucker factor going on though.

Maybe that fawn (it still had its spots) Was playing with traffic. Hope it got a spanking from Mom.

 

[Firefly]

Did I tell you Hubby and I will be ryding through bear country next year? Never felt very safe ryding down a road with signs saying "Bear Area." Will have my trusty whistle and pepper spray ready.ray:

The Forest Service has issued a BEAR WARNING in the national forests. They're urging everyone to protect themselves by using whistles and carrying pepper spray.

Campers should be alert for signs of fresh bear activity, and they should be able to tell the difference between Black Bear dung and Grizzy Bear dung.

Black Bear dung is rather small and round. Sometimes you can see fruit seeds and/or squirrel fur in it.

Grizzly Bear dung has whistles in it, and smells like pepper spray!

 

[Firefly]

A quick question. Do deer go toward the noise or away? Like if you blow the horn, does that attratct them toward you?

You can never be sure what they will do, but if I come across one or more crossing the road--- I hit my horn and proceed SLOWLY through the area they were crossing--- continuing to hit the horn.

 

[Yazz]

Let's not forget the urban (suburban) deer, either. They don't have any of the normal instincts to avoid humans, houses, yards.....or my gardens. Lack of hunting in the city makes them multiply logarithmically, and abundant food makes them produce multiple births. We've even had them do a "stare down", standing in the way in the driveway. :gaah:

Grew up in a farming valley in northern Utah. Every fall, Dad would get a hunting license, go up in the mountains behind the house and bring home meat for the next year.

Some newby feel-gooder bought a farm up against the mountain. When hunting season came, the newby put out hay in his fields for the deer. Can't hunt on private property, save the deer. Right...

He quit feeding them after hunting season and sent them on their way. Deer over population caused them to strip the mountain and go into the community looking for food. Pretty soon there were deer corrals in six feet of snow. In people's front yards. Us kids got to watch deer slowly starve to death right before our eyes all winter long.

Lets just say the newby found a better way to use his hay after that.

 

[Yazz]

Agree with most of it---- but they do tend to be more mobile during dusk. One of the most important things to remember is they almost always travel in groups of 2-5. Most of my deer hits have been where the deer actually hits ME -- not me hitting them. What happens is they dart right out and hit the corner of your car.

Believe you on all counts. Was just lucky I guess that one streaker deer was farther ahead of me.

I've had 3 hits--- par for the course in Michigan. Jackson county has the highest deer population per square mile in the US and is 30 minutes east of where I live... so we're used to them.

Haven't hit a deer yet but hit a cow. Thats another story...


The loud pipes sure can't hurt!

Think the loud pipes deter more cages than deer.

 

[Yazz]

The only thing predicable about Deer is that they're UNpredictable.
Most times the ones standing on the sides of the road are there for the mowed grass and the left over salt from the winter salting.
Also the salt that the towns use is unrefined, it's loaded with minerals that the deer are also after. There not just Stupid there also hungry.
Now when the Bucks are in the Rut, They're, blind ,deaf ,and Stupid.
The men in the audience will know about the Rut.:roflblack:

Good to know what's going on in their little pea brains. Their actions make more sense now.:roflblack:

 

[Yazz]

The Forest Service has issued a BEAR WARNING in the national forests. They're urging everyone to protect themselves by using whistles and carrying pepper spray.

Campers should be alert for signs of fresh bear activity, and they should be able to tell the difference between Black Bear dung and Grizzy Bear dung.

Black Bear dung is rather small and round. Sometimes you can see fruit seeds and/or squirrel fur in it.

Grizzly Bear dung has whistles in it, and smells like pepper spray!

If you come across a bear and can't tell if its a Black or Grizzly bear, run! Find a tree and climb it.

A Black Bear will climb the tree after you.

A Grizzly Bear will knock the tree down.:shocked:

 

[Yazz]

Have learned so much from this thread. Hope others have too.

Thanks to all for your input!:clap:

 

[musicarcade]

Deer Myths

Sounds more like deer HITHS to me!:joke:

 

[Bob Denman]

The one good thing about riding a Spyder in deer country is that it's a lot tougher to get dumped if you do manage to hit one! That having been said... Slow your butts down and be ready for the brown buggers to do just about anything right in front of you...:lecturef_smilie:
We've had three bikers killed up here in our neck of the woods this year so far from collisions with deer...

 

[retread]

I think that, i bear country, I'd add one more thing to the whistle and pepper spray...say a Redhawk, Super Blackhawk, or Desert Eagle.nojoke

john

 

[Saluda]

The first time I ever saw a set of deer whistles were on the car of an older man in NH. As he explained what they were I asked if they worked.

He said they cost .99 and he's never had a deer in front of him in over 10 years. I've been using them since, haven't had one in front of me either. Do they work ???

 

[Firefly]

The first time I ever saw a set of deer whistles were on the car of an older man in NH. As he explained what they were I asked if they worked.

He said they cost .99 and he's never had a deer in front of him in over 10 years. I've been using them since, haven't had one in front of me either. Do they work ???

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence................

 

[pjp623]

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence................

:agree: I've tried them, and they don't make a d___ bit of difference. They don't work on moose either.

 

[SpyderWolf]

The Forest Service has issued a BEAR WARNING in the national forests. They're urging everyone to protect themselves by using whistles and carrying pepper spray.

Campers should be alert for signs of fresh bear activity, and they should be able to tell the difference between Black Bear dung and Grizzy Bear dung.

Black Bear dung is rather small and round. Sometimes you can see fruit seeds and/or squirrel fur in it.

Grizzly Bear dung has whistles in it, and smells like pepper spray!

:roflblack: :roflblack: :roflblack: :roflblack:

Thanks for the laugh!

 

[Yazz]

I think that, i bear country, I'd add one more thing to the whistle and pepper spray...say a Redhawk, Super Blackhawk, or Desert Eagle.nojoke

john

Just talked with a Spyderlover who has gone through the bear country I'll be going through.

He says "Just slow down and goose your engine good. They'll get out of the way. Bears don't like loud noise. Oh yeah, pepper spray doesn't deter them."

Hmmm.. something about what Firefly said about bear dung...:shocked:

 

[Yazz]

The one good thing about riding a Spyder in deer country is that it's a lot tougher to get dumped if you do manage to hit one! That having been said... Slow your butts down and be ready for the brown buggers to do just about anything right in front of you...:lecturef_smilie:

:agree: Spyder Ryders have come out of a deer hit much better. Slow down

We've had three bikers killed up here in our neck of the woods this year so far from collisions with deer...

Love and prayers to their beloved ones.

 

[G-Man]

Best protecton in bear country is a 44mag. Firefly is right; pepper spray and whistles will probably just get you eaten.

 

[bikeguy]

Like Firefly, I've had two deer hit ME. Both got the right rear fender of my pickup and I never saw either of them. Both of them were, I'm sure, running out of the field across the road and the timing was just perfect. I've never hit a deer that I saw in front of me, although I've had a few near misses.

I agree with Yazz that all those myths are busted. As far as deer whistles, a Safety Director from GTE Wisconsin (before the merger that created Verizon) told me that they had used them in that company and that, statistically, they had fewer deer hits with them than without. Take that for what it's worth.

Personally, I worry about any loud noise whether it's pipes, horns, or whatever scaring a deer on the side of the road. They are dumb animals and when frightened are just as likely, in my experience, to run in front of me as away from me.

Cotton

 

[NancysToy]

Best protecton in bear country is a 44mag. Firefly is right; pepper spray and whistles will probably just get you eaten.

A smaller firearm will likely get you eaten, too! :yikes: Grizzlies are tough and mean!!!