Likelihood of hitting deer
 

WV is ranked #1 (1 deer collision for every 48 drivers)

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Cool data. I'm surprised GA isn't ranked higher - just in my office of ~140 people I know of at least 6 people who have hit a deer in the last couple of years. I see them all the time driving in the area or riding in the mountains. Saw a dead one laying on the yellow line that was bleeding out buckets on Tue morning on my way to work. I guess it's just N GA where they are common vs. S GA.

I feel like I have jinxed myself just by looking at the map

I still have nightmares about the deer that charged my car. :lol:

Every night, I look across the street at the field and see about 100 deer. They cross the road constantly.

Hope the hunters thin the crap out of the herds this year.

I've got a band of 6 that I see every morning at the end of our street (several vacant lots just before the main subdivision artery)

They're getting tamer every day. Use to run when I topped the hill...now they stay in the road right up till I get about 10ft away from them. I wonder if they're gonna get bad enough to make me start honking :lol:

I believe the WV stats. On the way to Summit Point in the fall, it's not uncommon to see >20 deer on the 7 mile stretch of rural road between the track and the highway.

One every 48 hours?

They need to check out Alberta and Manitoba, I'm guessing the numbers are closer to 5-6/day, during peak seasons.

Hitting a dear is nothing. You guys should see the mess when someone hits a moose, which happens a lot around here. It is rare that anyone survives it. Usually cuts the top of the car off, along with the top half of everyone in the vehicle.

I had a friend in college... lived in NH or something... went home and came back with a new car... Hit a moose in his lifted, 3/4 ton Dodge Ram... Not much was left... he was lucky he hit it on the passenger side and was driving alone...

Its the length of their legs and massive bodies. When you hit them, they topple over the top, taking everything with them.

The one I shot this moose season was 600lbs of meat. Thats close to 1200lbs live, and he was a medium sized bull.