Cooler weather...must be aware of these

[stevej37]

They can easily jump to clear a car, but sometimes they misjudge.

#DeerLeapsOverCar
Fall has arrived,🍁with that comes the infamous increase of 🦌crossings. Watch here as Tpr. Anderson encounters a small herd & uses quick braking to avoid contact.

Reminder: If deer cross your path - apply controlled braking; steer straight; don’t swerve. pic.twitter.com/5NtQ6KBe5o

— MSP Fifth District (@MspSouthwestMI) September 22, 2022

[Crowbob]

On Tuesday last I missed hitting a BLACK BEAR at 45 MPH by inches! Fortunately, the wimpy little beep of a horn in the Samurai scared the beast enough to cause him to hesitate as I swerved into the oncoming lane.

Because this happened within a mile of my house, I started looking around the yard as I mowed and lo and behold! two piles of bear scat!

[LWJ]

^^^I had a close call with Momma Bear and two cubs on Sunday. Sort of remote single track on my Dirtbike. Couldn’t stop thinking about getting mauled until I was nicely away.

Back to the deer. Brake, don’t swerve. A swerve and loss of control almost killed me and some buddies years ago.

[Crowbob]

I swerved. Saved my life. But it was controlled by virtue of my autocross experience.

[masraum]

We have deer here, and I see them on the side of the road occasionally. I'm rarely out driving after dark, at least now when it gets dark late.

It is cooler. Our morning temps have been 72-75º, but this morning we were 59º. Woo hoo!

[Nickshu]

If you don't watch Charlie Berens you should.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Crowbob

On Tuesday last I missed hitting a BLACK BEAR at 45 MPH by inches! Fortunately, the wimpy little beep of a horn in the Samurai scared the beast enough to cause him to hesitate as I swerved into the oncoming lane.

Because this happened within a mile of my house, I started looking around the yard as I mowed and lo and behold! two piles of bear scat!

Yikes! That's trouble that I don't need.

Originally Posted by LWJ

^^^I had a close call with Momma Bear and two cubs on Sunday. Sort of remote single track on my Dirtbike. Couldn’t stop thinking about getting mauled until I was nicely away.

Back to the deer. Brake, don’t swerve. A swerve and loss of control almost killed me and some buddies years ago.

My dad worked with a guy years ago. He was driving home one night and hit something. His car was totalled. A highway patrol came along and asked what happened. The guy told the HP "I hit a dog." The HP was incredulous because of the damage to the car. The HP asked the guy "where's the dog." The guy pointed into the bush at the side of the road, "it went over there." The cop walks over to where the guy pointed. Then pulls his gun and backs up away from where "the dog" went. THat's when he tells the guy, "you didn't hit a dog. You hit a bear."

[Crowbob]

Had I hit that BEAR there is no question all three of us would have been totaled, me the BEAR and Samurai.

I threaded the needle one time when a flock of deer decided to loiter on the highway at night. They weren't standing still but rather calmly walking across the road. I chose my spot, floored it and braced for impact. There was no deer in the headlights look. It was panicked deer in the side-windows look. I pulled over, shaking, and rested my hands on my two kids' sleeping heads and cried.

[LWJ]

Crow on

Good for you in the autocross skills!

My buddy who crashed us was sorely lacking skills and we lucked out with only a broken neck- from which another buddy recovered.

Deer scare the crap out of me. I always look around with high caution in suspect areas when it is getting darkish.

[911 Rod]

When you see a deer anywhere near the road stop the car.
Lots of times people are driving by and admiring the pretty deer in the ditch.
As you drive by, boom, they jump onto the road.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Crowbob

Had I hit that BEAR there is no question all three of us would have been totaled, me the BEAR and Samurai.

I threaded the needle one time when a flock of deer decided to loiter on the highway at night. They weren't standing still but rather calmly walking across the road. I chose my spot, floored it and braced for impact. There was no deer in the headlights look. It was panicked deer in the side-windows look. I pulled over, shaking, and rested my hands on my two kids' sleeping heads and cried.

Glad you dodged the bullets in those various stories.

Now that that's out of the way, your second story felt like something out of Days of Thunder (except for the kids and crying - totally understandable)

[GG Allin]

That one that jumped over the car has some serious skills.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GG Allin

That one that jumped over the car has some serious skills.

They aren't all that good or lucky. I've seen another video recently where one car follows another car down the road right about the time that a mob of deer crosses the road, and one lands on the trunk of the car in the lead. I think another runs into the side of the car or something.

[Seahawk]

When the rut is on, the deer are like the old PJ O'Rourke quote around here: "It's like giving whiskey and cars keys to teenage boys."

I slow way down n the wooded sections of the road

[Sooner or later]

Video of deer busting through Lawton bus windshield

. https://youtu.be/dHhqPslu7lM

[stevej37]

^^^
Yeah...she handled that well. Calm and smartly.

[KFC911]

Deer are thick here, and unlike decades ago are on the move 24x7x365... I see 'em all the time (and on cams). I've never seen a black bear here, but they have been spotted and are not unheard of anymore. All the critters here have changed their locations and habits in recent decades.

I had two run right across the road in front of my F150 about 5 years ago.... at 60 mph, I just puckered . Another on just about ran in front of the 911.... heard the sport muffler and veered away... again at 60+. Be careful out there!

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