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[DDavidson]

When I hunted in Arkansas I would put on camoflauge face paint and clothing, a little deer scent behind the ears and between the thighs, get out at dusk leave at dawn.

This seemed to keep the deer away from me for bow through the end of gun season.

Forgot to mention the main tool to keep deer away, a combined Bow and Gun license with tags.

My understanding of the authentic Deer Whistle is the deer hear it from a greater distance and it gets louder as you approach, keeping the deer from being startled by your approach. They tend to keep munching on the side of the road if they are not startled. (Or maybe continue to stand in the middle of your lane if they are not startled.)

Coming home from Sturgis in the Wyoming dusk the deer just stood in the middle of the road as I honked and approached while slowing down, they didn't seem to see me until I was ten to fifteen feet away even though I had slowed from 65 mph to about 15mph. Maybe the headlights blinded them and they weren't afraid of the light but couldn't see the motorcycle. Once they saw/recognized the danger they took off in multiple directions.

Then it started a pissin rain. Dark, rain, deer, radar, rocks, pine cones, bed bugs, Pulp Fiction Hill-Billies, STDs. I love ridin.

[Keats]

After having hit a deer with the cruise set on 80 mph a few years back....all I do now is hope and pray...

Sadunbar,

you used up one of your lives on that one, not many live to tell that tale........

[CVOSE]

When I followed an extra training, the instructor told us to fully open the throttle when a deer is in front of your bike.
He said never touch the brake and maintain your heading.
Last April I was with a group and talked over diner what to do when a deer came across. I told them the story I heard at the training.

Next day when I drove on a country road in Germany, I suddenly saw a deer in front of me. (speed was about 80mph.) I opened my throttle and hit the dear hard. I felt it moving along my leg and the bike remained stable. There was damage at the front of the bike but it was still drivable.

That evening I heard that last year a driver saw a deer and tried to avoid it. He was taken to hospital and had to recover for a long time.

So, next time I see a deer I fully open the throttle!

[jagger]

Here in the USA we usually use Buick's for hunting deer, not your favorite Harley...

[KODAGRIN]

I SUGGEST JOINING B.A.D.D (BIKERS AGAINST DANGEROUS DEAR).  WE NEED TO GET SOME POLITICAL ACTION GOING BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS HOW DANGEROUS THE DEER ARE AND HOW THE DEER POPULATION IS RAPIDLY MULTIPLYING BUT NO ONE IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT!!!!  EVEN THE GAME & FISH COMISSION HAS NOT HELPED-THEY COULD INCREASE THE KILL LIMIT & LENGTHEN THE SEASONS.

[kraut]

@motor1:

low beam because they tend to stare in the light and just not move for quite some time.


@CVOSE:

the advice may be good if it's just a single capreolus capreolus with some 30 to 50 pounds - but a bad idea if you meet a troup of fully grown cervus elaphus weighing over 300 pounds each - both may be called "deer" in the USA and they even have cervus canadensis (am: elk) to offer, more than twice the size of cervus elaphus

Running straight into one of those at some 50 mp/h will kill you very definitely.

[cahdbiker]

KODAGRIN, don't forget about Antelope. They are not as big but they are still a pain .CAHDBIKER

I SUGGEST JOINING B.A.D.D (BIKERS AGAINST DANGEROUS DEAR).  WE NEED TO GET SOME POLITICAL ACTION GOING BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS HOW DANGEROUS THE DEER ARE AND HOW THE DEER POPULATION IS RAPIDLY MULTIPLYING BUT NO ONE IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT!!!!  EVEN THE GAME & FISH COMISSION HAS NOT HELPED-THEY COULD INCREASE THE KILL LIMIT & LENGTHEN THE SEASONS.