Getting To Be A Common Sight

[Cabin Fever]

I hate seeing all these deer hit along the road this time of year! Does laying all over! I've seen more deer hit in the past couple of weeks (fawning season) than I saw during the rut last fall!

[Paula]

I concur

[Doc]

Apparently there are some changes that occur when the fawning season arrives that causes quite a bit of deer activity. If I had to guess, I would say that last years fawns are ditched so that the doe can find a good place to give birth. That may be leaving all these deer out on their own for the first time in their lives. That could be what gets them into trouble with cars.

 

At any rate, every year, I notice the same thing you do. I really wonder sometimes if autos don't thin the population more than hunters do. There are times when it seems that the dummies aren't able to safely cross roads any better than possums.

[Lawdwaz]

I saw a dead buck on the Kensington Expressway (rt 33) last Sunday morning in the city of Buffalo. Probably just a youngster that needed to move on.

[verminater71]

I hate it as well, however that's usually a good sign that you have deer

 

I haven't seen a car hit deer in over a year

[landtracdeerhunter]

We live in and area that see multiple hits per year. I've witness some of these collisions. It hard enough when a nice buck gets slaughtered, but even worse to see a doe along the road this time of year, knowing her young will most likely die. I watch deer daily, crossing the road. Most are lucky, some are not.

[Red]

I.seen a young buck last Friday on the island on the left hand side where you come off the 198 onto the 33

[asav2013]

I'm a auto body mechanic at my fathers shop he's owned for 17 years or better and it happens all year long at alarming rates , bewtween October and March we literally had at least one person call or show up a day that had hit a deer, the insurance company's took a hurting this year for sure , 2 Turkeys this week , few raccoons, a Fox, you'd be surprised the damage these critters do to a vehicle,

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[fasteddie]

Saw several road kills along RT 104 the past couple of days .

[crappyice]

17 west was riddled with dead doe on my way to and from IthAca this past weekend.

[sits in trees]

Yea and they get stinky real quick this time of year. Our town highway dep just leaves em there for weeks.

[fasteddie]

I always thought the county or state picked up the dead deer but not so ..... it is contracted out . The contractors wait until there are enough to make the trip worth while .

[Paula]

My parents just went through PA on friday and seen a truck stacked with dead deer, they assumed they were rd kill

[NFA-ADK]

This is the time of year predators tend to go after fawns.  I wonder how much of a factor this is.  Yearlings going out on their own for the first time, good point!  =  Bad combination for deer.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

I have watched it happen. I think a big contributing factor is the new fawns not wanting to cross the roads. I have seen a doe stand on the yellow line and the fawn taking one step with its foot like it was testing the water temp of a pool. It would start, then back up, then attempt again. Mom just stood there watching. it took a good 5 minutes before the fawn got up the never to cross.