I know one neighbor that has these festooned all over his minivan and has hit at least half a dozen deer in the last couple years, that I know about. Nobody else that I’m familiar with has this terrible of a track record . But then again, I’ve driven with him and he doesn’t look farther down the road than the end of his hood.
The trick to avoiding deer is to never look at the deer you can see; it’s the ones on the other side of the road that are trying to get over to the visible ones that you have to worry about.
Looking ahead, and recognizing when deer are out (usually around twilight hours), and slowing down are the things you can do to most easily avoid them.
But try telling some people to slow down and you’ll get shot or otherwise ran over.
I know one neighbor that has these festooned all over his minivan and has hit at least half a dozen deer in the last couple years, that I know about. Nobody else that I’m familiar with has this terrible of a track record . But then again, I’ve driven with him and he doesn’t look farther down the road than the end of his hood.
The trick to avoiding deer is to never look at the deer you can see; it’s the ones on the other side of the road that are trying to get over to the visible ones that you have to worry about.
Looking ahead, and recognizing when deer are out (usually around twilight hours), and slowing down are the things you can do to most easily avoid them.
But try telling some people to slow down and you’ll get shot or otherwise ran over.
Absolutely slow down for that hour around twilight, and especially as you come to necks between bush on either side of road since they’ll cross there.
No shame in slowing down at the high odds times of day and when it’s icy.
or when it’s icy. or poor visibility.
or or any other reason you think “hey, maybe I should slow down.”