Bud
It is what it is.
bud,
you can't eat those horns.
:d
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bud,
you can't eat those horns.
Bud,
You can't eat those horns.
Unless one drives a junker, they would want insurance coverage and so they would report hitting a deer.
Now about those 6 deer on your property, are any of them wall hangers???
About the first comment, my brother's car is named "Deerslayer". Enough said. There's one big buck my hunter has been after for years. Elusive SOB though...
Mac,
By the time a whitetail buck gets to be 3 years old, he has had quite an education by hunters. The odds of him dying of old age increase with every year. During the fall they become nocturnal as they road a wide area looking for does that will stand.
Catching him sneaking into his bedding area early in the morning is most likely your best chance to see him.
I had been in a tree stand for over 2 hours once before I saw the tips of antlers sticking up above brown brush. When he finally stood up and walked away I couldn't stop shaking. Classic buck fever. Biggest whitetail deer I've ever seen.
That's why it is called "hunting".
Back in the day of the large camp rosters, you had the advantage of the neighboring camps / crews moving the deer daily during hunting season. The idea of finding 20~25 guys to do a single day of coordinated chases (or anything) just boggles the mind in today's world. Perhaps we have forgotten something.
When I first started deer hunting here in S. Illinois, we used to drive during the middle day. Sometimes it produced, sometimes it didn't, but it sure was a good way to walk off breakfast.
I agree that deer are mighty tasty, and I'm OK with hunting- tho I'm a gun owner, I do not hunt myself.
The deer population has virtually exploded, we all pretty much agree on that.
Here's a story of how one state has handled their deer population... Along with other wildlife as well, I'm certain.
In more heavily developed areas, some of the deer/vehicle collision issue stems from disappearing habitat.
Wildlife populations increase, but are squeezed into diminishing habitat, as human populations also increase in the same neighborhood. In some places, probably you know that the remaining wildlife habitat resembles -or is referred to as- "corridors". Up in central New Jersey, which is heavily populated and suburban, but formerly semi-rural, along I-78, the wildlife "corridors" have been preserved and kept contiguous by one simple, tho seemingly genius device- overpasses JUST for the wildlife. Seriously, there are multiple major overpasses with NO road- only trees, and brush all gown up on them- to give the deer (and other critters) a way thru their corridor of cover. As you may suspect, you don't see too many deer or animal carcasses along this stretch of interstate. In this way, the DOT takes some of the responsibility for keeping the roads safe.
Obviously, this may not be viable in all areas, but in semi-urban, suburban and/or semi rural areas where there is known to be a growing animal population, but habitat is diminished or rapidly disappearing, and traffic is constant and heavy? In my mind, this is a simple way to maintain habitat corridors, and keep folks and deer safe from collisions with one another. I applaud New Jersey for their forward thinking on this increasingly aggravating - not to mention dangerous- issue.
Now, you and I, both live in PA. Let's consider how this approach would be applied to the Keystone State. Our Game Commission is supported by license fees and mineral extraction taxes from game commission lands. The PA Game Commission is under constant heavy pressure to increase herd size by the folks that buy licenses. PennDOT is responsible for our highways and is funded by our fuel taxes and Federal funds. Someone at PennDOT might care are about the deer issue, relative to carcass removal, but I doubt that deer-car or MC impacts are a big issue relative to maintenance. You, I and our insurance companies might care, but we aren't a funded part of the government and no agency is targeted with reducing deer-vehicle impacts.