DEER HIT-a preventable accident??

I don't know nuthin' about nuthin'. . .

I believe you mistaken here. I believe they can sometimes, help. Notice the italics there. . .

Now just where did you hear that? I think you made that up on the spur of the moment. Mounted backwards, they should not make, oh wait a minute, I know! When you mount them backwards, they give off the scent of a doe in heat. But only during the rut of course. My mistake. . .

I've seen some tall tails on this forum. I've seen some hilarious stories on this forum. But this one has the definite odor of bull poop!

 

If you hit a deer in a co. truck tell safety the deer hit you, by simple wording it becomes the deers fault.

 

NO !!!

Deer feed at relatively the same place, at the same time, every night.
They know the sound of cars and trucks.

When they hear the sound reverberating off the treeline, they panic and run from the "booger".
Not TO the trees, but FROM the trees.

Those "deer calls" cause them to run out in the road out of fear.

 

Dang suicidal horned rodents!

 

I believe the deer whistles do work. I had them on the company truck and they always seemed to bend their ears back in annoyance when I went by (them on side of road). And once I saw a silouhette up ahead in the dark but not enough time to slow down enough and I knew this was going to be a bloody contact as I got closer. But the $8 whistles did their job and scared the deer off the roadway. I blew the horn to reinforce the deer's fear of the road as well.

On a side note, saw a beautiful moose near the road in Colorado mountains high steppin in the snow, blew the horn as well to reinforce fear of the road so this magnificent animal has a chance at a longer life.

 

Amen brother, rats with antlers I say.

 

Better to get hit by a deer than to get hit by a moose, methinks.

 

Yup... or these guys.



And they are extremely hard to see at night.

 

Wgen startled, deer will run to their last safe haven. That could be on the other side of the road from were they currently are.

All these Deer alert systems are crap and a waste of money unless you are just trying to scare the deer off the road. I have never ever hit a deer that was standing on the road.

Our company has installed a system on alot of the trucks that makes a constant chirping sound as you go down the road. The #### things seem to call the deer out acording to othe drivers that have them. Also deer strikes are up with these installed.

The best defense I have found is to slow down during peak times which are early morning hours or just before and after dark. This is when deer are mostly on the move to find food or bedding. Another is to turn down or off any extra lighting in the cab. Cover up them bright lights on your CB or if it has a dimmer then turn them way down, Same with anything else that lets off a brighter light in the cab such as GPSs etc. Dim your dash lights way down also. Your eyes will adjust to the dark and you will actually see more of the ditch and field edges as you go down the road.

But slowing down during peak times is always your best bet, get your seat up off the floor and open your eyes and all will be good.

 

There ya go. By reading the posts I didn't think you were a driver and I was right. Only a driver knows what is preventable or not. And a deer is not.