Deer Avoidance System
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I lived in Northern New Jersey which his over run with deer. Yes, New Jersey. In my experience with the many deer encounters that I have had, it is true that they are mostly active during dawn & dusk when they are on the move, and especially durring the rut in the Fall! I have seen deer bolt right in front of me when they could've simply stayed put. I don't know what it is that makes them do that. I wouldn't call them dumb but there is some triggering mechanism built into them that throws caution to the wind and they just want to bolt. I agree with others in that you need to have a good idea that when you are in an area that holds deer you've got to have your wits about you and pay attention. For me that means going slower than I usually would just in case I have to hit the brakes hard or make an evasive move. But if they decide to jump out in front of you I don't think loud pipes or high pitched deer frequency devices that we affix to our bikes are really going to save us IMO.
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Jack Klarich
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I think any animal when spooked becomes unpredictable. I have seen Deer, cows horses and sheep on the roads in Minnesota Thank God I never hit one:s
I think jack has it on that one most animals go into scatter mode when spooked they will run in any direction the easiest direction to go is usually on to the road
I have been close to hitting roe deer on occasions about 100 yards from my front door in the Autumn they move on to the hill at first light as i am going to work so i always go slow for the first 1/4 mile and if 1 jumps over the whins to cross the road i sit and wait till the rest of the family are safely over the road usually a doe and 2 fawns sometimes a young doe will stay with mum for an extra year so the family group is 4
Brian
I have been close to hitting roe deer on occasions about 100 yards from my front door in the Autumn they move on to the hill at first light as i am going to work so i always go slow for the first 1/4 mile and if 1 jumps over the whins to cross the road i sit and wait till the rest of the family are safely over the road usually a doe and 2 fawns sometimes a young doe will stay with mum for an extra year so the family group is 4
Brian
what are "whins" Brian? I am guessing it's a fence or something. BTW, my spellcheck underlined the word whins so even my spellchecker doesn't know what it is!
Webbtron
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And DUCK!
On that trip to Kansas with Wannaride about 15 turkeys came out of the didch and went straight across and stopped in the other lane. I know both of us were thinking turkeys aren't know for flying high. But we were able to slow down pretty good, guess those Harleys sounded like an old gobbler:s