Re: [ST] Stupid Vermin Deer

["STeve Duncan" <xhippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I hear ya Rod, come on down to Texas, the freakin Deer capital of the world. 
  I have literally seen more "deer eyes" on the side of the road, at night 
in the Hill Country that stars in the sky, and it's a damned big sky in the 
Hill Country.

Luckily, in all these years I ain't hit a deer, nor had one hit me, but I've 
come damned close on more times than I can count.  Stupid fukin deer, I 
hate'em!!  They are worse than a stupid squirrel, but much more dangerous, 
squirrels, I just run over  :))

As far as my suggestion to "outrun" the deer, that was in jest, but what the 
hell else ya gonna do?  Stop riding?  Not me.  And as for those that think 
more lights is the answer?  Wrong.  Lights just seem to attract the vermin.  
Loud pipes seem to make them skiddish and jump around, deer whistles are a 
joke and may be counterproductive.  .44 mag's do seem to do the trick, but 
you gotta be real handy, not something to attempt at speed.



happy trails y'all,

Steve
   Duncan
Dallas
   Tejas





>From: "Rod Brown" <rodneybrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>
>If you ever ride in Central PA, dead dear along the road are everywhere.
>When I was on the Concours Owners Group list these guys talked about adding
>banks of lights to there Connies so they could fly through the night at
>100mph+ and "not outrun their lights."   Yeah, right!  When you run up here
>in the evening or early in the morning, you're rolling dice cause Bambi
>don't give a s----, he and the harem are crossin' that road come hell or
>high water.  Just about every long term resident around here has their car
>versus deer tales.   I constantly scan the woods on both sides of the road
>when riding up here.  I even avoid certain roads when it is starting to get
>dark.  If you ride long enough they are gonna get ya.  Last year alone, two
>guys I ride with tangled with Bambi.  One totaled a Ducati 916 and now has
>pins in his hand, the other had to low side his BMW R1100S into the guard
>rail - luckily no damage to the rider.  Guess it's just part of the sport.
>Rod



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