Comments on: Oh, Deer!

By: john

john — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:19:19 +0000

i hit 6 of them just east of canton at the same time one year driving a big chevy with a grill gaurd. and for worst stretch try the newten hills area to hudson after dark

By: Per Pål P

Per Pål P — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 14:44:08 +0000

Evidently Jean you’ve never had the misfortune to hit a deer…or deer(s)…or you’d agree with Grouse….I sure do…. Per Pål

By: Jean

Jean — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:15:32 +0000

Did it ever occur to Grouse that the number of autos on the road might have something to do with that? The deer population hasn’t increased any more than the human population and with that never a break in traffic for the animals to safely cross the road. When you could actually drive on I-90 with your lights on bright it wasn’t near the issue. Now too many cars, don’t blame the innocent. I can guarantee you they (deer)are not happy with the situation.

By: Chad

Chad — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:59:10 +0000

I was on I29, between Sioux City and Siouxfalls. I was passing a car, when i saw a flash in that car’s interrior, it was night time. He had hit a deer, his air bag went off. The deer that he hit, landed in my lane and I ran over the top of it. There were drag marks on the interstate for 100 feet. Nobody got hurt, but I will never forget that.

By: PS

PS — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:01:11 +0000

If you think their car looks bad, you should see the pickup that it hit. That guy is lucky to be alive!

By: jp

jp — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:10:52 +0000

yep can beat the 6 incidents, my husband hit 13 in one year but don’t tell him that I told on him. Each was a seperate incident and a total of 6 new vehicles. This happened in the northern part of the state. Have since put him in a 4 wheel drive with a cattle guard and have not had any incidents since.

By: grouse

grouse — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:10:20 +0000

The Auto Body Repair and Deer Hunting lobby have to be two of the most powerful entities in South Dakota. If anyone or anything else was responsible for this many accidents, the cops would have patrols set up targeting them. There was never the massive number of deer crashes years ago that occur now. The obvious conclusion is that there are too many damned deer! They are inflicting massive costs to the public and are a real threat to the health and lives of South Dakotans and our visiting neighbors. To my knowledge, the slaughtered deer are not even allowed to be used for food. We need to thin these massive herds severely. Then bon appitite!

By: john mogen

john mogen — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:21:57 +0000

Charlie and I bagged our first doe just east of Wagner several years ago. He shouted, “Dad, did you see that deer fly?” Of course, I HAD seen her whizzing off our front bumper. Sickening crunch!

By: Brenda

Brenda — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:12:54 +0000

Angela I also, had the “dear” incident. Actually happened on our way to Easter dinner at Grandma Linda and Grandpa Doug Lund’s!! I had 3..yes 3 deer hunters in the pick-up! My two boys in the back and spouse was driving. Gave the “DEER” twice and I got a “Yes hon” as we collided. <>

By: Claude M.

Claude M. — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:13:45 +0000

My Grandmother was involved in one of those deer situations.
They even wrote a song about it. Grandma got run over by a
reindeer, going to the outhouse xmas eve. ……………..
That’s gotta hurt.