That was close!

Take it from a rural Wisconsinite;
You ain't gonna hit the deer you SEE,
It's the second or third deer coming from the ditch that will get you.
A month ago I saw a deer watching for a break in traffic to cross the road. I was in the line, saw her cross in my rear view mirrors.
Darwin's working on it.
 
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What kind of deer do you have there? Down here it's whitetail. When I was in ND it was I think mule deer. A weird way of running, like jumping and bounding.
 
What kind of deer do you have there? Down here it's whitetail. When I was in ND it was I think mule deer. A weird way of running, like jumping and bounding.
All whitetail here, black bear and wolf coming back. Turkey is a road kill threat. Lots of (suicidal) wild life round.
 
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One animal to watch out for in washington surprised me. Porquepine, I've seen 3 near Ft Lewis. 1 was crossing the road, another was near the road, and then I saw one out in a field. Those things are bigger in person and not something I'd want to hit.
 
Yes on not worrying about the deer you see! We always look to where they came from and not where they are going. Just the other day about 3 miles from home a small buck crossed the road going from right to left. Sure enough four more small bucks followed right behind him!

I may have mentioned this before here:
Closest I came to a deer impact was one morning before leaving for vacation by car I decided to get a quick fix on two wheels with a quick lap around the country block on my RD400. On one hilly section of road just as I crested the hill at well above the 55 speed limit I spot four or five deer (really did not have time to do accurate inventory!) just strolling across the road. We looked at each other and I thought "Nobody do anything stupid!", that included me. At least two on each side of me when I went past!
 
I totally agree with you guys. It’s like if a ball rolls into the street a kids gonna come running after it. Same with the deer. If I see 1 cross I slow way down for the others and hope I don’t get blindsided.
 
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