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vluvski
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Yes, in some states. You have to have either the police or a forest ranger check it out, though, and you might have to have a hunting license.
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threej_lc
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My three cents:
- Keep in mind what was stated above: Is your car one that can handle a full-collision with the deer?
- I’d consider a broken leg and the life of the dear about fair trade. Although a fully shattered leg might be a bit different.
- Swerving is stupid anytime unless your life depends on it. Just hit the breaks.
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KathleenElsie
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The meat has a very strong taste due to the adrenaline flow. So the meat is mostly useless.
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CarolAnnSFO
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Here’s a link to a story and photos of a car-moose collision. God must have really been smiling on the driver that day; she survived with a broken hand as her worst injury.
(The link is to the “urban legends” web page, but this is one of the “true” ones. Everyone who lives where I live has seen photos just like this in the local papers. The drivers aren’t always so lucky.)
snopes.com/photos/accident/moose.asp
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(The link is to the “urban legends” web page, but this is one of the “true” ones. Everyone who lives where I live has seen photos just like this in the local papers. The drivers aren’t always so lucky.)
snopes.com/photos/accident/moose.asp
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Brad
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Hitting the deer is not always the right choice. The deer could come through the windshield and kill.
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Beebs
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Don’t swerve. Don’t break.
I have breaked once for squirrel only to have it try run back right into my tire. Had I just kept at same speed I would have passed him before he got spooked into turning around.
Oh that was not the worst of it.
The back half of him was flatten and the front half was still running
Hold it That’s still not the worst of it.
It ran across to the sidewalk on the other side of the street right dragging its flatten backside in front of some elementary school children who were standing on the side walk. :bigyikes:
I have breaked once for squirrel only to have it try run back right into my tire. Had I just kept at same speed I would have passed him before he got spooked into turning around.
Oh that was not the worst of it.
The back half of him was flatten and the front half was still running
Hold it That’s still not the worst of it.
It ran across to the sidewalk on the other side of the street right dragging its flatten backside in front of some elementary school children who were standing on the side walk. :bigyikes:
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Brad
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Depends on the situation. You have to be aware of your surroundings, be alert, and not be driving over the speed limit.
If there is room to swerve without going into opposing traffic or into a tree then that is the better option.
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Brad
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Actually, breaking is the best option. That is why driving under the speed limit during night and dusk in high deer areas is appropriate.
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BLB_Oregon
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The best advice I’ve seen is to turn down the speed when you believe there is a heightened danger of hitting large wildlife… just as you do after school, when you know there are kids on bikes out.
Professional drivers advise us to habitually expect the unexpected. Studiously look ahead and think ahead. Always have in your mind what you’re going to do if you come upon a dog, a moose, a child, a stalled semi, or an accident that is taking up both sides of the road. This habit is particularly important when you are coming around a blind corner or if your ability to see oncoming dangers is diminished.
For animals small enough to have some capacity to dodge, stay on your present course and slow down as much as you can without losing control of your vehicle. Stay out of the ditches and do not second-guess your driving based on whether they later show poor Darwinian fitness.
We don’t have to remind you to always wear your seatbelts, but also don’t forget that large objects need to be secured or transported outside the passenger compartment. You don’t want to come out of an accident unscathed except for that 2-gallon can of paint that nailed you in the head.
Professional drivers advise us to habitually expect the unexpected. Studiously look ahead and think ahead. Always have in your mind what you’re going to do if you come upon a dog, a moose, a child, a stalled semi, or an accident that is taking up both sides of the road. This habit is particularly important when you are coming around a blind corner or if your ability to see oncoming dangers is diminished.
For animals small enough to have some capacity to dodge, stay on your present course and slow down as much as you can without losing control of your vehicle. Stay out of the ditches and do not second-guess your driving based on whether they later show poor Darwinian fitness.
We don’t have to remind you to always wear your seatbelts, but also don’t forget that large objects need to be secured or transported outside the passenger compartment. You don’t want to come out of an accident unscathed except for that 2-gallon can of paint that nailed you in the head.
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Beebs
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Actually you have the right answer. Driving slow, so that when you hit there will be less damage.
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Courtneyjo
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Driving slower when large animals could be nearby is the best approach. I used to know a man who was widowed when the car he was driving hit a cow and his wife who was in the passenger seat was decapitated. Tragic but true.
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deb1
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A while back I read a newspaper story in which a woman was killed because a very large buck came through her window shield.
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sententia
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Anything is good as sausage, or barbque. I know how to dress out cattle, sheep, pigs, it would be fun to do so on a deer. I guess I’ll have to wait until my bow-hunting cousins take me with. Sigh. I don’t think that will EVERY happen!
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puzzleannie
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if it is deer season and you have a license, trooper can tag your deer (if it is legal sex and size) and you can keep it, but that is your deer for the year. In our rural Ohio county, troopers called a volunteer who dressed and froze the deer for use by county hot meal programs. We called it Roast Beast. There were more car-deer collisions than car-car collisions in that county each year. Our kids were taught in driver training to avoid hitting any large object, including a deer, and how to avoid colliding. Our town had several small lakes and ponds and marsh areas, and another traffic problem on the highway was car-turtle collisions this time of year when turtles are crawling to their winter homes.
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Benedictus
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I hit a deer once. That was an interesting experience.
I agree that it is vitally important that inexperienced drivers know what to do when a deer appears ahead of them. Swerving is a real bad idea most of the time. Locking up the brakes is bad too.
I agree that it is vitally important that inexperienced drivers know what to do when a deer appears ahead of them. Swerving is a real bad idea most of the time. Locking up the brakes is bad too.
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Krasnaya_Kometa
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I think that’s illegal, and for good reason. There’s always a chance that you ruptured an organ and caused a toxic chemical to soak into the meat of the deer.
Also, the meat will become very tough, since the deer probably goes through a lot of pain before it actually dies. Hunters are always careful to not let the deer even know it was hit, because the last thing you want is for it to have its muscles tensed up when it dies.
I’m a new driver myself, so I must give my many thanks to the poster who started this thread.
What about hitting the brakes? Is slamming the brakes dangerous too? I know it won’t likely prevent the collision but it will reduce damages a little.
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Lillith
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Krasnaya Kometa:
Well…thank you. I think it important! What I have learned since starting this thread, which began when an orthopedic doctor told a patient I was x-raying to “plow Bambi down” next time is:I think that’s illegal, and for good reason. There’s always a chance that you ruptured an organ and caused a toxic chemical to soak into the meat of the deer.
Also, the meat will become very tough, since the deer probably goes through a lot of pain before it actually dies. Hunters are always careful to not let the deer even know it was hit, because the last thing you want is for it to have its muscles tensed up when it dies.
I’m a new driver myself, so I must give my many thanks to the poster who started this thread.
What about hitting the brakes? Is slamming the brakes dangerous too? I know it won’t likely prevent the collision but it will reduce damages a little.
- Be preventative…slow down at twilight when deer or Moose are most active…I don’t have moose in my area, but having a moose in the area changes everything…I have learned.
- Do not ever swerve for most animals keep straight ahead…you will either swerve into possible oncoming traffic or oncoming tree…
- If there are Mooses or humongo deer in your neck of the woods…what I gather is that you should drive especially careful…and some are saying swerve because there are instances where folks have been killed as they come through the windshield…and so swerve and brake…and pray I suppose
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Peace-bwu
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Hmmm… interesting. So when a deer is hit by a car the adrenaline in their body makes the meat taste different? There are places in Ohio and Delaware with waiting lists for people with liscenses who want the fresh roadkill deer. I have never heard that the adrenaline makes the deer taste different. Intersting thought. You learn something new every day!
My Brother IL., a liscensed hunter in Ohio killed two deer with his truck in one season and was allowed to keep both of them. He also raises cattle so had pleanty of experience in butchering and storing meat. I had a few venison steaks from that, and I dont remember it tasting any different.
I always thought America should be eating deer and Buffalo- Bison and Wild turkey, rather than cows, they are better for the land and apparently healthier. Yes I guess I’m a bit odd. Deer and Bison are yummy, and so is wild turkey, and fresh fish! It’s more humane to the animals too, they have a better life before they become food! My dad took me hunting when I was 2 yrs old for squirrel, I bawled my eyes out when he began skinning it in front of me, I’ve never been hunting since, but luckily we have some hunters in the family so I get to partake of their spoils every now and then! My dad’s an avid fisherman now, but he is a catch and release kinda guy now. He also has not been huting since that fatefull day when he scarred me for life! He still feels bad about that, LOL !
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Peace-bwu
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Well, that sums it up nicely.
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Island_Oak
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Hmmm…“road-kill caserole.” I bet that’s a close culinary cousin of the “train wreck special” we used to get from the school cafeteria in H.S.
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