Deer killed by automobiles

[Whietail424]

I live in upper East Tenn. We are seeing more and more deer being hit by automobiles this Spring. Is anyone else having this bi issue? And why it it?

 

[Geewhiz]

What is your hypothesis? More deer? Crazier drivers? Right of way needs trimmed?

 

[EastHumboldt]

Do deer migrate there? Did something change to re-route their normal patterns of movement?

There used to be a stretch of two lane in N central Washington where it was a major truck route and there was a cut through a hill that was a wildly popular salt/mineral lick. The mule deer bodies would stack up like cordwood. You’d drive through that cut and there’d be 15-20 dead deer. I don’t know if it’s like that anymore.

 

[Weldor]

In Texas they call them mile markers.

 

[IDVortex]

I live in upper East Tenn. We are seeing more and more deer being hit by automobiles this Spring. Is anyone else having this bi issue? And why it it?

Did the road department use salt or dr-icer for the first time in the area over winter?

 

[Akexis972]

Maybe they are more active because of the search for food?

 

[Muledeerfanatic]

More and more traffic here in western Wyoming has killed way more deer than ever

 

[TSAMP]

It's those damn EVs! Sneaking up on everybody including these poor deer.

 

[huntsman22]

I got 4 at one time, a few years ago on my way home from a LR shoot in Montana. Now I have a cowcatcher bumper......

 

[RS_Non-Res]

I my area Dept Wildlife says deer die by three causes, legal hunting, poaching, and roadkill. and the rates are about the same. (None die from old age.)

 

[loganwayne]

I dont know how hard you were hit with Helene but I'm across the state line in NC and the deer have shifted and moved to find feed and cover now. Also is there more traffic on the roads in that area since i-40 was shut down? I know it's open one lane again but any oversized loads still getting redirected.

 

[Predator_SD]

The result of people living in their own worl. Meaning trying to drive vehicles while updating their facebook status or watching Youtube videos.

Attentive, defensive driving as in spotting a deer off to the side of the road then anticipating the possibility the deer might end up in front of your vehicle is a foreign concept for most nowadays.

 

[cuerro viejo]

Tough Country Apache bumper

 

[HuntHarder]

I my area Dept Wildlife says deer die by three causes, legal hunting, poaching, and roadkill. and the rates are about the same. (None die from old age.)

Crazy that you have no predators there....

 

[RockAndSage]

I my area Dept Wildlife says deer die by three causes, legal hunting, poaching, and roadkill. and the rates are about the same. (None die from old age.)

Or by 4-legged predation, disease, or winter kills, apparently?

 

[nphunter]

Way more deer are dying in Eastern Oregon from cars than hunters, I really wish they would implement game fences like Wyoming. I would much rather my tax money go to that then buying needles for junkies!

 

[NRA4LIFE]

Do deer migrate there? Did something change to re-route their normal patterns of movement?

There used to be a stretch of two lane in N central Washington where it was a major truck route and there was a cut through a hill that was a wildly popular salt/mineral lick. The mule deer bodies would stack up like cordwood. You’d drive through that cut and there’d be 15-20 dead deer. I don’t know if it’s like that anymore.

There are signs around Winthrop, Mazama and Twisp that keep a running total of the deer hit in the year. They are on HY 20. And the numbers often are staggering.