Deer alerts

[Siamese]

I no longer ride at night.  Way too many deer here in Muskegon, Michigan and surrounding area.  If I go for a one hour ride at night, I'll always encounter at least two or three small herds. 

[dguzzi]

Damn mammals.

[Texas Turnip]

A number of years ago on a deer thread here on WildGuzzi a rider said he had one jump between the windshield and him. No, he wasn't from texas lol.

Tex

[wirespokes]

I knew a guy who often rode looking down at a map or the GPS. Drove the rest of us crazy. One time he ran off the road into the ditch a ways. On another instance (see a pattern here?) he swears he heard a swish and looked off to the side seeing a deer flying through the air on his left. He's sure the swish was its hooves grazing the sport windscreen. Pretty lucky guy for someone who generated an awful lot of bad Karma.

[GeorgiaGuzzi]

I ride or drive almost daily on a stretch of road that is inundated with deer. I roll right on by. As long as they’re not spooked they stay in place. Remember their flight reaction is hard wired to “run”
The two times I’ve hit deer they were at a dead run due to some reason or another. The first time I was in an old company truck made with real metal, nothing left of the deer and just some fur on the bumper. The second time I was in my Pontiac with loud exhaust and a whining supercharger. Almost totaled the car.
I had a buddy who got t-boned by a deer while riding his bike at speed. Broke his leg, but the bike was okay. Talented deer to head butt a moving target!

[travelingbyguzzi]

Karl Werth told me the Ohio Highway Patrol did a study with half of their cruisers equipped with deer whistles and half not. Less strikes on the deer whistle equipped cars.
He had deer whistles on his T-3 and never hit a deer in 400K miles.
This does not mean that I am a believer. I believe in good brakes and situational awareness.