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Yesterday in our local SD news -
Up in Watertown SD. Police respond to a reported burglary. Cautiously go into the house, guns drawn. Shocked to find a buck stuck in a bedroom ripping the place to pieces trying to get out. The kind of funny part is seeing the officers holding chairs to protect themselves from the crazy deer. They finally got him to rip out and open door. Chairs a blaz'in.
Crazy bastard broke through a window and into the bedroom - They are worse than 15-year-old boys in the Rut season.
So watch out, some crazed, bonered Buck might come blasting out of ANYWHERE !
@Bluesrider.df The video demonstrates exactly what happens and the speed in which it takes place. From the moment the deer is seen until impact is less than one second. Nobody can successfully avoid hitting that deer. It was this way with all 4 of our deer-vehicle collisions.
I knew it was always a game of odds, and I made it almost 10 years until this hit. I had just enough time to see what was about to happen, but not to react. I've relived it more times than I can tell you. I still wonder if I could just have grabbed a little brake, would I have been able to stay up. I was doing 45mph, full ATGATT. In terms of the circumstances, I couldn't have been more fortunate, unless I landed in a swimming pool. No one was coming the other way. There was a convenient clearing where I went off road. No trees, no poles. There was someone behind me who saw the whole thing and called 911.
Now the unfortunate thing was, the bike must have gone over my left foot. The pressure did not do much damage to the thick leather riding boot, but it ripped open a piece of skin just above my ankle that took 21 stitches to close.
That's all healed now, but my foot will never be the same. It gets sore if I'm on it too much, there are always times during the day when I limp from pain. One doctor described it as a crush injury. Just have to live with it. Hey, not only am I still walking, but I'm riding too. But probably never with the joy I once had because this hangs over me like a dark cloud. There are just too many deer, i see them on every ride. I've had 2 run out in front of me over the last month.
The bike was a beautiful 2014 Dyna Low Rider which was totaled. I replaced it with a Fat Boy 114, which is a real nice refresh.
Took this ride yesterday, a route that I can change and do a couple of different ways, about 60 miles total. Saw about 20 deer carcasses on the various roadways. Just on I83 I saw 4 from when I got on to my exit at Route 851.
I sometimes see as many as 20+ deer along the first 4 miles of our road. Not uncommon to have 5-8 of them actually in the road or on the immediate edge. We own 120 acres and you know we have too many deer when the ODNR says I will need to kill over 20 and maybe up to 30 in a year's time to lower the numbers and stop the damage.
A couple years ago a motorcyclist hit a deer carcass which was laying on the highway. It happened at night. Nobody saw the wreck but he died at the scene. The deer had been hit earlier but not removed. I remember when a hit deer was always pulled off the road. Nowadays they often get chopped into road pizza. You see a bloody area....then smears and chopped venison....ending with a deer hide and some ears.
I had a mature doe almost tackle me from the bike. She ran off a bank directly at me from the right side. I swerved instinctively and she locked up her brakes just before slamming into me. We missed by a couple feet, and I had to cough several times to restart my heart.
There was an interesting statistic on our news yesterday. They said SD has the highest number of vehicle-deer collisions in the entire US. I would have never guessed that.
We do not seem as overrun [ run over, more appropriate ] with deer as many of you describe in your states. Interesting.
On the treadmill this morning in the garage, I looked out, and a younger Buck was staring in at me.
Only thing you can do is slow down IF you see them. Thats about it. No magic. Even if you see them they could do something unpredictable.
I live in rural NC. Deer are all over the place. When I'm in the "back country" especially at night, I play music on the speakers and cover the brakes. Hoping they hear me coming and move up into the woods. Most do .. enough to mention don't. Ive had a few cross so close in front of me that I heard the clippity clop of their hooves. Some have crossed and decided they wanted to turn around and go back across the road from where they initially started. ... and forget about even thinking ANYONE can be ready for that one that just shoots out from the woods across the road. I don't care how good a rider ANYONE is .. there is simply no way to be ready for that. Got to pay special attention Oct to Jan in these parts. The boys are looking for some loving and focused on that sweet deer honey and forget about what else is going on around them. Lack of pu$$y make a man crazy !! Just have to be a little lucky I suppose. Slow down, constantly scan, cover the brakes, play music if you have it. No guarantees. Only other option is park the bike until the season is over. But around here, deer are a year round concern.
[QUOTE=Mike1956G;22150197]Hello,
On a German website there is an interesting graphic that shows how severe the impact of a wild animal collision with a vehicle actually is...
It's alarming, and the information only relates to automobiles, not motorcycles...
Yummmmmmm! German sausage! Just gotta pick out the car shrapnel.
Man, a lot of you guys live where the deer and the antelope play (sounds nice, even though I know they can be a nuisance - my son lives in western Colorado and has them on his property constantly). Beautiful there though.
From: Marion NC / Lake Norman NC / Panama City Fla
Originally Posted by ridingout
One of my coworkers was hit broadside by a deer and him and his girlfriend were killed. You don't always hit the deer, sometimes they hit you.
Thats what happened to me, minus the death part.
I was about 30 ft behind my friend and a deer tried to cross between us.
I freaking hate those wood goats!
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Just have to be a little lucky I suppose. Slow down, constantly scan, cover the brakes, play music if you have it. No guarantees. Only other option is park the bike until the season is over. But around here, deer are a year round concern. 
