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RE: Close encounter of the deer kind



It is deer hunting season here in Wisconsin where deer are a huge population
problem.  I have read that there are more deer in this region now than
before the it was settled!!.

We have killed off all of their natural enemies and limited the numbers that
can be taken by hunters until now the only things that limit the population
are cars.

They have hinted at doe only seasons (the only real way to slow  growth is
to limit the doe population)  but the hunters are so interested in getting
that big buck that it hasn't been able to happen.

So until then I don't ride at night and I try to only go fast when when I
have good visibility on both sides of the road.

I have had a couple of close encounters and I don't intend to eat raw
vennison while riding.




- ------Original Message------
From: Tai Day <tai.day@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: September 19, 2000 3:26:41 PM GMT
Subject: RE: Close encounter of the deer kind


It has to be deer season. I was riding around West Marin on Sunday, scouting
out a route for an Oct ST/RS ride. Stopped in the town of Tomales for a
coffe and a bun. Erik, the Prince of Darkness, was seated on the patio. He
had a huge hole in his fairing just below the hand grips. Apparently, he was
riding his Blackbird slowly along the Nicasio reservoir and a deer flew out
in front of him. The deer's hind quarter hit Erik's right leg and bike. He
was able to stay up and running.

Seems like everytime I here about accidents and mishaps, I get a chance at
them myself. On my way home a deer flew out in front of me and oncoming
traffic. I was thankful for the hefty brakes on my RS.  Geez, this was just
past noon.

Ride safe, Tai

At 07:53 AM 9/19/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Glad (for your sake) you didn't hit him. It does seem like deer hunting
>season should be starting any day now. Of course if you hit 'em with the 45
>Kimber there won't be much venison left.
>
>Remember my old buddy Ken Adams? He bought a new VF1000F in '84. He came
>into the bar at Kirkwood one day all shook up from a close encounter of the
>deer kind. When he went to wash his bike the next day we found deer hair
>stuck into his rear turn signal lens.
>
>xox brm
>
> > ----------
> > From:         Jan and Don Draper[SMTP:ddraper@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent:         Tuesday, September 19, 2000 7:44 AM
> > To:   ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc:   donny; DRAPER, Mo
> > Subject:      Close encounter of the deer kind
> >
> > Yesterday at about 6:45pm I was riding down Hwy 9 through
> > some canyons doing around 60 when all of a sudden a deer
> > flew past the front of my bike, right-to-left.


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