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Posted: 11 years ago
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DEER SEASON! Truck drivers, have you hit one yet?
Here in SE Iowa ya gotta REALLY watch out for the deer, lately they've been hanging out on the roads during the day in groups of 5 or more, and it's more difficult IMO to spot them during the daytime because they blend so well with trees etc during the daytime. Of course they're still out at night... The rule of thumb about deer: "Where there is ONE deer, there are bound to be MANY deer".
Deer damage can cost a LOT more than people ever imagine.
My dad was hauling cattle (our own personal cattle, not commercial) to our new place some 6 years ago and a deer ran into the side of the truck, actually it bounced off of the front bumper then slammed into the side of the truck. 6yrs later I'm fixing the truck, spent over $1000 already on the front of the truck, that includes bumper, lights, etc. Fixing the side of the truck would run another grand or so. We never realized how much damage it really DID do until I started pulling it apart to fix stuff...
I can't really give much advice about handling deer on the road, other than watch for the eyes, and slow down when you see 'em. They're not so likely to be along busy highways, but that doesn't mean they aren't there.
Posted: 11 years ago
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DEER SEASON! Truck drivers, have you hit one yet?
By the way, in Iowa, it's illegal to even TOUCH a deer, if you hit it or not. New law - you can be thrown in jail or have your license revoked for just touching one without a salvage tag, or unless you are a law enforcement officer or the likes. It's dumb, but that's what I was informed by the local DNR warden and the law enforcement office...
Chances are though that no one will know you pulled it off of the road.
It's the same thing as making sure your license plates are perfectly clean and readable and you live 6 miles on gravel/dirt roads... No one enforces it, but just thought I'd put it out there so people are aware of it.