The deer are stupid, kind of like goats which I consider running target practice. Deer get into the run mode and nothing deters them, especially in rutting season and during the time change season or any other season just for drill. I'm thinking about eliminating a lot of them in my field just to throw some lead around and keep the guns lubricated. Trouble is then the dogs get into them and stink for weeks, I'd have to go collect them and get rid of the bodies somehow. I could kill maybe 50 a year if I just kept the 300 Savage 99 or the 870 with slugs by the door. Two of them were running past my yard this morning, but not fast enough not to kill. If I kept my 1911 Colt 45 with me in the car I could kill them as I drive down the road too. Little buggers.
Not that I have an issue with them or anything, they carry limes disease too. I guess I'm feeling hateful.
Dave
Gosh almighty Dave you do experience and express my own take and scope on this. Deer are just over ground wood mice and will turn around after leaping clear of you and leap right back into car or truck or ugh motorcycle. Dogs sure do love to rub up close to decay deer flesh, sweet as that smell is to me now.
I was getting impression roo's tended to avoid traffic paths but I've almost been hit by deer a number of times while I'd relaxed my guard because of line of cars in both directions but damn deer just zipped right through them obvious as tossed bouncing medicine balls. I got tired of stabbing half dead animals I come across or hit myself so now carry a .380 everywhere and only recently learned so does my ride buddy.
Just wait till ya see/hear/feel what I've got in store for them next year or so.
Ugh I talked with a ATV mechanic today about adapting their independent front suspension for a reverse trike to be able to mount cattle grill crash cage and dispersing weapons. The only thing that locals have found to clear path ahead is VERY LOUD sirens as deer just knock off the cute little whistles no one but no one in deer areas bothers to replace. I'm thinking of locamotive like whistles in handle bars or air horns, but mostly about 120 db Cougar screams with hunting pack howls in between... Really.
One story a fella told me on a BMW, he'd slowed to 20ish mph pass through a cluster of them, then as they passed behind him and he speeded up he was almost knocked over and out of the saddle by one in the chest. When he got home fur was only found on the back side of wind screen. The damn deer had leaped after him. I had this happen a couple times real close, like deer head passing my mirror which made me reflex in terror on throttle to trip out bike the other way to see only horns the next leap before I got ahead of them. Once was on '69 Bonnieville about a mile before getting to Wes's place.
I'm so scared of side impacts now I go in upper 80's at night on state hwys before I feel less scared than slower. I don't know if I can continue the hobby at times.
Here's one I showed wife but in my heart of hearts wanted to choke it before it grew up. Mother leaped out at car so I tried to hit her but this one was too slow to keep up and got knocked under car but unfortunately didn't hurt it.
