There are too many of them. They’re dumb. I’ve encountered a few of them smart enough to avoid eating the front of a car, but not many. I have had 5 cars smashed by them bolting out in front of me.
My favorite one was when I drove to the top of a mountain road, one bolted out in front of me. I wasn’t going fast enough to do any real damage to the car, but because I was at the top of the mountain it launched the fucker like it was tossed off a cliff. While I was sitting there in shock that it happened, not moving at all, BAM! One ran into my fucking door as hard as it could. While I was baffled by that and in total disbelief, BAM! Another runs right into my parked car at full speed.
The one I hit survived, one of the two that slammed into my parked car must have broken its neck. It died right there on the side of the road.
My car was covered in dust from the coal mines, and a perfect image of a deer that looked like a painting was there on my dented door. Tongue hanging out, stupid look on its face. I wish we had cameras in our pockets back then.
I know they can’t help it, but damn I stay anxious when driving. They’re everywhere. I hit one a few weeks ago, turn around and popped one on the nose over the weekend.
People used to hunt here and it wasn’t this bad. Not many people hunt here anymore and the farmers massacre the coyotes
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
they’re often aggressively over populated (due to lack of predator animals, wolves i believe) as a result they tend to be culled by hunters who do it for sport/meat, and it keeps their population in check.
They often eat a lot of plants and other vegetation. So can destroy and damage gardens, be a general nuisance, and as a result of over population, can cause significant damage to an eco system. (as well as get in the way of road vehicles, which tends to be a bigger problem in rural areas) it’s dangerous
I’m no hunter or avid outdoorsman though, so if someone has some additional insight, nows your time to speak.
DogWater@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Nah you pretty much nailed it.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
ah yeah, another good one.
Railing5132@lemmy.world 4 months ago
And aggressively stupid.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Don’t forget disease as well, the amount of sick deer now is at crazy levels.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
yeah, that would check out.