I play my music with that extra bass. Not blasting to annoy residence. but enough for the deer to hear me coming. Seems to help, as we have deer that will take shelter on your front porch.
Honking seems to work. I tried this last weekend because i work nights and now live on a road that is very popular for deer and as soon as i turned on this road, i saw 2 massive deer. I hit one about 3 weeks ago, just got headlight and bumper fixed and i saw them. I was prepared to so this time I went slower than usual (15mph) and honked my horn, they ran off...so i went the rest of the way, about 4 miles to the house and i kept randomly honking. Im definitely more hyper aware since hitting one.
At night, watch for eyes. Deer retinas reflecting light from your headlights will look bluish white. Also, watch for ravines when driving. Deer coming out of wooded ravines is common. Also, drivers steer their vehicles where they are looking (makes sense, right?). If a deer is walking across the road and you fix your eyes on it, you may just drift into the deer without knowing you're doing it. Instead-- with your foot off the gas and slowing down or even while braking--look at the open space in your lane where you need to go to get around the back end of the deer. Don't stare at the deer to do this and DON'T leave your lane. Another thing: if a deer is running in the ditch, don't try to stay even with them to check their mph, or get a better look at them, or whatever. Instead, slow down and let them get ahead of you. You want space between you and the deer, because you don't know what they're going to do next. Sometimes, they'll turn almost 90 degrees and come "flying" out of the ditch and onto the road. One last thought: at night, the headlights from oncoming traffic will make it almost impossible for you to see a deer in your lane. Slowing down could help.
*Form distinction gained by broad accent lights or lightbars helps too..pinpoimts of light arent very distinguishable until close enough to be seen spreading laterally/vertically..deer also broadside predator threats, and discern speed/range by footfalls.. Apparant motion & sound are primary alert senses, not the visual image as we see it..car coming in is also higher form, so centers in visual field, doesn't appear to "drop" as approaches..just seems to get bigger ..not transit field of view. Deer see with a wide-angle view, like a fish eye lens sort of "slows" apparent motion (across greater distance) our narrow vision sees a rapid crossing of our field of view. Deer see motion like a motion detector really well, but the further out it is, the harder it is to discern..closer, it is exaggerated.. Deer see information more than image, and hear in 3D better than we see..they hear like a pool shark, echo-locative abilities and spacial targeting are amazing ..they can meander to a point of a soumd heard from 1000 feet away..and they are very analytical with their senses
You'd think, since I live in white-tail country (the NY Catskills) I would have heard about honking the horn. But this is the first I've known about it. I'll sure use it from now on!
Riding a motorcycle has made me hyper aware of stuff like this. Great tips. especially about if there is one, there is probably more, especially in spring with the fawns and fall with the rut.
Ranch King on the front and horn use. Don’t run highway (quite) tires. Never swerve to miss it. Recognize that in the dark their eyes are meant to gather light and headlights will literally blind them.
I have a new phobia now, deer. And not just at night but I have a fear/concern that it could happen in daylight. A few weeks ago, omw from work, a deer jumped out and of course I hit it. Was only going about 30-35 on a 55 mph street. All of a sudden a deer pops out I swerved, tap brakes, whatever I could and I don't know what saved my vehicle from being ruined totally beyond repair but I got lucky I know I did. Damaged my headlight assembly and big hole in bumper, plus damage to passenger door...just got that fixed and now I'm just freaked out. And it's Spring time here and I'm doing research to try to prevent this. Thank you for the video.
I hit a deer in the early morning hours in a major metropolitan area, where I commuted for seven years straight and never saw a deer. Two of them jump right out in the street in front of me. I slammed on the brakes and locked them up (this car didn’t have antilock brakes), but one of the deer actually hit me in the front corner panel, bounced off and ran away. My car door would only open about a foot, for me to get out. I thought there would be a dead deer lying there along the road, but it was gone. Here’s a funny story: My brother’s boss hit so many deer with his minivan (I think it was four or five at the time), he nicknamed the minivan, “The Deer Slayer!” 😂🤣
My fiance just ran over a baby deer and called me sobbing. She had seen the mother, slowed down, thought she was in the clear but the baby bolted in front of the vehicle out from the undergrowth. Sending her this video and telling her she did right by nor swerving
Here’s another tip: when you see one, there’s usually more of them around, so don’t think it’s just one deer that you missed hitting. With their sense of hearing and eyesight, I don’t understand why they’re so stupid as to get hit by a huge vehicle. They must be dumber than opossums. I mean, I can hear a car coming from over 100 yards behind me, just from the noise from the friction of the tires on the pavement. Deers should too.
My question is do you have to call police no matter how much damage has been caused? In my situation I've hit a deer and it disappeared to the side of the road. It happened so fast I continued down the road by a few hundred feet. I checked out my truck for damages and it only dented my bumper but nothing else. Im an auto tech so im familiar with vehicles so I felt confident that my truck was fine other than the bumper.
Friday night I hit a deer. I had seen the multiple of them but could not brake to 0 quick enough. Destroyed my driver side and even poked a hole in the sideway of my new tires..
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I play my music with that extra bass. Not blasting to annoy residence. but enough for the deer to hear me coming. Seems to help, as we have deer that will take shelter on your front porch.
Honking seems to work. I tried this last weekend because i work nights and now live on a road that is very popular for deer and as soon as i turned on this road, i saw 2 massive deer. I hit one about 3 weeks ago, just got headlight and bumper fixed and i saw them. I was prepared to so this time I went slower than usual (15mph) and honked my horn, they ran off...so i went the rest of the way, about 4 miles to the house and i kept randomly honking. Im definitely more hyper aware since hitting one.
At night, watch for eyes. Deer retinas reflecting light from your headlights will look bluish white. Also, watch for ravines when driving. Deer coming out of wooded ravines is common. Also, drivers steer their vehicles where they are looking (makes sense, right?). If a deer is walking across the road and you fix your eyes on it, you may just drift into the deer without knowing you're doing it. Instead-- with your foot off the gas and slowing down or even while braking--look at the open space in your lane where you need to go to get around the back end of the deer. Don't stare at the deer to do this and DON'T leave your lane. Another thing: if a deer is running in the ditch, don't try to stay even with them to check their mph, or get a better look at them, or whatever. Instead, slow down and let them get ahead of you. You want space between you and the deer, because you don't know what they're going to do next. Sometimes, they'll turn almost 90 degrees and come "flying" out of the ditch and onto the road. One last thought: at night, the headlights from oncoming traffic will make it almost impossible for you to see a deer in your lane. Slowing down could help.
I made that mistake once. The deer was standing on the side of the road not moving then at the last minute it ran into the road and hit my car
*Form distinction gained by broad accent lights or lightbars helps too..pinpoimts of light arent very distinguishable until close enough to be seen spreading laterally/vertically..deer also broadside predator threats, and discern speed/range by footfalls..
Apparant motion & sound are primary alert senses, not the visual image as we see it..car coming in is also higher form, so centers in visual field, doesn't appear to "drop" as approaches..just seems to get bigger ..not transit field of view.
Deer see with a wide-angle view, like a fish eye lens sort of "slows" apparent motion (across greater distance) our narrow vision sees a rapid crossing of our field of view. Deer see motion like a motion detector really well, but the further out it is, the harder it is to discern..closer, it is exaggerated..
Deer see information more than image, and hear in 3D better than we see..they hear like a pool shark, echo-locative abilities and spacial targeting are amazing ..they can meander to a point of a soumd heard from 1000 feet away..and they are very analytical with their senses
You'd think, since I live in white-tail country (the NY Catskills) I would have heard about honking the horn. But this is the first I've known about it. I'll sure use it from now on!
Riding a motorcycle has made me hyper aware of stuff like this. Great tips. especially about if there is one, there is probably more, especially in spring with the fawns and fall with the rut.
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Ranch King on the front and horn use. Don’t run highway (quite) tires.
Never swerve to miss it.
Recognize that in the dark their eyes are meant to gather light and headlights will literally blind them.
I have a new phobia now, deer. And not just at night but I have a fear/concern that it could happen in daylight. A few weeks ago, omw from work, a deer jumped out and of course I hit it. Was only going about 30-35 on a 55 mph street. All of a sudden a deer pops out I swerved, tap brakes, whatever I could and I don't know what saved my vehicle from being ruined totally beyond repair but I got lucky I know I did. Damaged my headlight assembly and big hole in bumper, plus damage to passenger door...just got that fixed and now I'm just freaked out. And it's Spring time here and I'm doing research to try to prevent this. Thank you for the video.
I hit a deer in the early morning hours in a major metropolitan area, where I commuted for seven years straight and never saw a deer. Two of them jump right out in the street in front of me. I slammed on the brakes and locked them up (this car didn’t have antilock brakes), but one of the deer actually hit me in the front corner panel, bounced off and ran away. My car door would only open about a foot, for me to get out. I thought there would be a dead deer lying there along the road, but it was gone.
Here’s a funny story: My brother’s boss hit so many deer with his minivan (I think it was four or five at the time), he nicknamed the minivan, “The Deer Slayer!” 😂🤣
You are correct!! I found many times blowing the horn helps!
It really does help, personal experience!
My fiance just ran over a baby deer and called me sobbing. She had seen the mother, slowed down, thought she was in the clear but the baby bolted in front of the vehicle out from the undergrowth.
Sending her this video and telling her she did right by nor swerving
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Cool 😎 I do all of this!
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Here’s another tip: when you see one, there’s usually more of them around, so don’t think it’s just one deer that you missed hitting.
With their sense of hearing and eyesight, I don’t understand why they’re so stupid as to get hit by a huge vehicle. They must be dumber than opossums. I mean, I can hear a car coming from over 100 yards behind me, just from the noise from the friction of the tires on the pavement. Deers should too.
Thanks. This was one of our tips in the video also.
Yes. The video said that.
My question is do you have to call police no matter how much damage has been caused? In my situation I've hit a deer and it disappeared to the side of the road. It happened so fast I continued down the road by a few hundred feet. I checked out my truck for damages and it only dented my bumper but nothing else. Im an auto tech so im familiar with vehicles so I felt confident that my truck was fine other than the bumper.
Good question? Would love to know as well
Friday night I hit a deer. I had seen the multiple of them but could not brake to 0 quick enough. Destroyed my driver side and even poked a hole in the sideway of my new tires..
Deer baiting stations also cause deer to cross roads to get to apples and corn put out to attract deer!
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Honk randomly in known spots