Deer hunting

[Todd4State]

Last night I almost hit a deer (buck) that ran out in front of me, and needless to say it scared me. And from working at the hospital with people that have been nearly killed and have been seriously injured by deer, rightfully so.

These deer live in a thicket right off of the road. And they are always out there.

Now, I understand why the law doesn't allow people to go around shooting deer off of the side of the road. There isn't much sport in that, and you could shoot someone, etc.

That said, if deer pose a really legit safety hazard to people, I think that within reason, someone should go out and kill these deer, before they kill someone else- like me. I think the wildlife service should designate some hunters that do such a service. The meat from the deer could be given to homeless shelters.

I would go out and shoot these deer myself, but with my luck, the police would probably catch me, and I wouldn't have a leg to stand on.

 

[Todd4State]

Last night I almost hit a deer (buck) that ran out in front of me, and needless to say it scared me. And from working at the hospital with people that have been nearly killed and have been seriously injured by deer, rightfully so.

These deer live in a thicket right off of the road. And they are always out there.

Now, I understand why the law doesn't allow people to go around shooting deer off of the side of the road. There isn't much sport in that, and you could shoot someone, etc.

That said, if deer pose a really legit safety hazard to people, I think that within reason, someone should go out and kill these deer, before they kill someone else- like me. I think the wildlife service should designate some hunters that do such a service. The meat from the deer could be given to homeless shelters.

I would go out and shoot these deer myself, but with my luck, the police would probably catch me, and I wouldn't have a leg to stand on.

 

[Original48]

He was standing still on the side of the road and she slowed down in case he ran across and he just charged her. He wasn't trying to cross the road..he had a plan or was just pissed. Tore up her car pretty good.

 

[Sarc Dawg]

Half a mile maybe from campus- damn thing ran between my car and the car in front of me-maybe20'in front of me. Almost **** my pants- just got the damn thing back from the shop after gettinghit while stoppedat a light.

I'll usually see about 4-5 coming home from games at night on 45.

 

[thatsbaseball]

nm

 

[missouridawg]

We used to make bets on the over/under of the number of deer seen between Starkville and Philly... It was easily 15 on average, every trip.

 

[RocketCityDawg]

I no longer drive back to Huntsville after night games. So far I've been lucky, just a couple of close calls, but there are a bunch of deer in the hills of NE MS and NW AL.

 

[vhdawg]

....now granted, it was the Kentucky game, and we were 30 minutes from home, but still....

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

They love the rye grass.

 

[PBRME]

Last summerthey had spotlight hunts to thin out the herd around Arkabutla. You had to be with the game warden and no meat could be collected. They were dumped in a pit and buried. I hada friend that got to go to a couple and said they killed 15-20 on the 2 nights he went.

 

[captaindawg]

the area around Burnside was always filled with them.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

It will show up sooner or later. Thats why they did that at Arkabutla. They thought there might be a threat of chronic wasting there so they thinned them out.

 

[tossedoff]

if a deer runs out in front of you, don't swerve. More harm is usually done by trying to miss the deer and hitting something else.

 

[Cohendawg]

And to take it one step further, the only animal you should swerve to miss is a hog. I'm sure you can imagine why.

 

[Temple of the Dawg]

about 2:00 in the morning. We were cruising up 25 (back in the old two lane days) going about 80 or so. We came around a bend and a doe sprang out of the woods running across the road. The girl who was driving didn't even have time to even touch the brakes. We hit the *** end of the deer and she pissed all over the car. It was like we had hit a barrel full of yellow koolaid. It splattered all over the hood & windshield. I managed to turn around to see what happened to the deer. I was expecting to see a doe lying in the road with its guts splattered everywhere, but to my amazement, she ran off into the woods. When we got home, I was equally shocked that there was no damage to the car at all other than it reeking of deer piss.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

we nearly died about 5 times from deer in the road going from Oxford to Starkville late that night. They were all over the road around Houston.

 

[State82]

No meat?? That is wanton waste! I agree the herd needs thinning, but to bury it all? That is plain stupidity. I love venison any way you cook it, and I don't even deer hunt. I take anything my buddies kill during the season that they don't need and have it processed. I will beg for them to kill one they would normally pass up just to let me have it . Hell, donate it to charity, but don't just waste good venison like that.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

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[TilloDawg]

during hoops season.......

 

[fishwater99]

http://deerwhistle.com/

 

[coach66]

That's a great idea, go figure.

 

[kired]

I drove about 45 minutes up the Trace back to Tupeloafter the game - it's the quickest way home from my in-laws who had been babysitting. From past experience, I didn't even attempt to count. Had to of been in that 20-30 range.

But for whatever reason the deer out on the Trace rarely run out on the road. I've traveled that road at night lots of time, seen hundreds of deer, but rarely had one run out in front of me. I can only remember one or two near misses. Guess they feel pretty safe there.</p>

 

[DerHntr]

for example, a buddy of mine who is a state grade lives in Columbia, MO and he is one of the guys who is allowed to bow hunt anywhere in town. had to take a class and get a license for it. they can keep the meat or donate it to certain processors who grind it up for the local charities.

this guy will literally be sitting in a tree stand with people's back yards close by. he says it is a lot of fun and he gets multiple extra tags that he normally wouldn't get.

i've been trying to get the city here to start a program so that i don't have to drive out of town to hunt anymore.

 

[jakldawg]

in Cincy through the county parks commission. There are way more deer than you would think could live in an urban area. There's lots of wrecks, the trees get browse lines on them, that kind of thing. You have to qualify to be certified, it's bowhunting only and only for a few days out of the year in certain parks. All the meat gets donated to the homeless shelter