Deer on the highway

Hillbilly · Dec 8, 2001

This is a major problem in WVA,I hit 2 this week 4 days apart.I had just finished fixing my truck back and the same day I hit one again.We need a 2 month open season no limit , either sex.

Boondox · Dec 8, 2001

Amen, Hillbilly! How such a destructive animal can enjoy such great public relations is beyond me! I actively seek out hunters with doe permits to cull my herd.

Pete

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Bird · Dec 8, 2001

Wish we had a similar situation in our area. I probably see a deer 2 to 5 times a year. I don't really care to kill anything myself, but I do eat meat, and venison is as good as any. And if I go hunting or fishing, I couldn't care less about a "trophy"; only the meat I can eat. The only reason I haven't been a hunter now in nearly 40 years is that the meat would cost more than I can buy it for at the grocery store. But if the deer ever get as plentiful around here as you guys say they are in the northeast, I'll quit buying beef and buy ammunition./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

DFB · Dec 8, 2001

That's because some people's perception of deer is only somethin' like this.

DFB

Thomas · Dec 8, 2001

Deer haven't been much of a problem this year do to the hard winter,but the bears on the other hand /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif
got to be extra careful when out and about mostly in a oaks..yikes.

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Thomas · Dec 8, 2001

How true in what you wrote DFB.
One of many nature works of wonder.

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Bird · Dec 8, 2001

Yeah, DFB, those little pink eyed white rabbits I used to raise were very cute and cuddly, too, but they were also mighty tasty fried./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

beenthere · Dec 8, 2001

Some states in the south, as I recall being told, have a long gun season, and the limit is something like one deer per day. The managers up north have a problem with a hunter getting more than one deer per season. Maybe they want the license money, and a lot of hunters buying the licenses. I believe the herd in Wisconsin is estimated to be around 1.7 million deer. The hunters, cars, etc take around 450k each year, so it leaves a healthy number to breed (more does than bucks) and if the doe only averages one fawn, there are 600k more.
We need: more 'yotes? more hunters? more cars? more deer killed? more deer killed per hunter? something!

BWa · Dec 8, 2001

Blame it on Disney's Bambi ,,,,,,, at least the PR

Bird · Dec 9, 2001

It's been so long since I did any hunting that I don't even know what the regulations are now. The last hunting license I bought included deer tags for 4 deer (3 of which had to be antlerless - doe permits, in other words), and it didn't make any difference whether you got them all in one day or on different days.