Why are deer so stupid?
L. Shelton Bumgarner
I was recently driving back home one night and almost heat about three
herds of deer. What gets me is how the deer stand grazing right on the
side of the road as if they have some death wish er something.
Why do they do that? Is it that they get blinded and
just sit there dumbly to be nicked or something else?
bum
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Kent Polk
In article <5fat31$pnh$2...@mh002.infi.net> bum...@infi.net (L. Shelton Bumgarner) writes:
> I was recently driving back home one night and almost heat about three
> herds of deer. What gets me is how the deer stand grazing right on the
> side of the road as if they have some death wish er something.
>
> Why do they do that? Is it that they get blinded and
> just sit there dumbly to be nicked or something else?
What type of deer? Might you have noticed that all the ones
feeding right beside the road were female? I believe it's
not quite the right time of year for it, however this behavior
is noticed very often during the rutting season amoungst
female mule deer. As if the poor dears were trying to get
away from something... :^) In this case they stand in the
tall grass with their muzzles sticking just past the curtain
of grass. Since it's the wrong season, I suspect you are
simply talking about deer grazing by the side of the road
and not really sticking their heads over the roadway?
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Curt&Mary Hannon
L. Shelton Bumgarner wrote:
>
> I was recently driving back home one night and almost heat about three
> herds of deer. What gets me is how the deer stand grazing right on the
> side of the road as if they have some death wish er something.
>
> Why do they do that? Is it that they get blinded and
> just sit there dumbly to be nicked or something else?
Actually, as my DH and I deerhunt with muzzleloaders and he with a bow
and arrow, I personally think that this is their way of thumbing their
noses at us and saying Nyah,Nyah,Nyah,Nyah,Nyah! BIG GRIN :-)
Harold R Anderson
L. Shelton Bumgarner wrote:
>
> I was recently driving back home one night and almost heat about three
> herds of deer. What gets me is how the deer stand grazing right on the
> side of the road as if they have some death wish er something.
>
> Why do they do that? Is it that they get blinded and
> just sit there dumbly to be nicked or something else?
>
They probably think we're stupid:-). We cut a road through their
property and expect them to stay on one side of it.
Emmett Hoops
Okay. Honestly, I think deer are so stupid because God made them that
way. If they were any smarter, the wolves and other animals of prey
that were originally in these environs would have all starved to death
several hundred thousand years ago.
Emmett
On Sun, 02 Mar 1997 06:45:11 GMT, bum...@infi.net (L. Shelton
Bumgarner) wrote:
>I was recently driving back home one night and almost heat about three
>herds of deer. What gets me is how the deer stand grazing right on the
>side of the road as if they have some death wish er something.
>
>Why do they do that? Is it that they get blinded and
>just sit there dumbly to be nicked or something else?
>
Woody
I have hunted them for a few years. They are not stupid at all.
In fact they can sense you long before you sense them and be patient to
sit still until the moment they have to move escape. Every animal
has a weakness. Ever see a cat with string? A dog with a bone?
Deer are intrigued by speeding steel with lights, thats all.
> They probably think we're stupid:-). We cut a road through their
> property and expect them to stay on one side of it.
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Harold R Anderson (hnde...@mail.execpc.com) wrote:
: L. Shelton Bumgarner wrote:
: >
: > I was recently driving back home one night and almost heat about three
: > herds of deer. What gets me is how the deer stand grazing right on the
: > side of the road as if they have some death wish er something.
: >
: > Why do they do that? Is it that they get blinded and
: > just sit there dumbly to be nicked or something else?
Hunger and instinct in animals may seem strange to those that suffer from
neither.. :-)
:
: They probably think we're stupid:-). We cut a road through their
Lori Bailey
We currently have a faculty member doing research on this question. He
believes that the deer are grazing closer to roads in order increase the
salt intake. Salting the roads in winter, increases the amount in nearby
grass. He collects antlers from road kills to study the mineral content.
I noticed he collected 'odd' things and just had to ask.:)
Lori
Posting from beautiful, but wet, SE Ohio.
lba...@muskingum.edu
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Marty Jensen
In article <lbailey-0403...@macse.cns.muskingum.edu>,
lba...@muskingum.edu says...
Also the grasses tend to grow sooner (faster) next to to the road in the spring
because the snow is gone from the salt.
Marty
Langobard
Deer are actually smart, they avoid man whenever they get the chance. I
recently tried some elk meat ground up and didn't like it. It smelled like
sweaty cowboy boots and tasted horrid. I guess that is the wild in the
meat. Lots of my neighbors shoot deer but I plan to shoot them with a
camera even though I don't care if they shoot them or not.
Have you ever seen that one Godzilla movie where Bambi meets Godzilla?
Bambi got stomped. ;)
TAGLINES:
Idaho! Where the men are men, the women are men and the sheep are scared.
For a good kluck raise chichens.
Unknown
The deer are only doing what comes natural, and that is to feed.
They have learned that when the highway depts. keep the "right
of way" mowed regularly, it provides them with nice little salad
bars. That promotes the little clovers and shoots to sprout up
and that's what love to eat. They don't necessarily have a death
wish as you might like to think. Some deer will tend to get
"blinded". Usually, they will bolt at the last instant and
sometimes they make the right choice and live, and sometimes
they make the wrong choice and die. Either way, if you see eyes
reflecting in the headlights, best to just slow wwwayyyy down.
Keith "who has hit two deer and had many other close encounters"
==========L. Shelton Bumgarner, 3/2/97==========
I was recently driving back home one night and almost heat about three
herds of deer. What gets me is how the deer stand grazing right on the
side of the road as if they have some death wish er something.
Why do they do that? Is it that they get blinded and
just sit there dumbly to be nicked or something else?
bum
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L. Shelton Bumgarner
Keeper of the Great Renaming FAQ
Apologies in advance for errors and incoherencies -- $.02
[e-mailed copies of responses to my postings are welcomed]
Keith M. Boyd Nothing Could be Finer than
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3325 Platt Springs Rd. South Carolina
West Columbia, SC 29170 Go Gamecocks, Go Braves
georgek
Well, I know there is one deer who is out of the gene pool. Jumped into
the front of my motorcycle and went to do the grazing in the sky.
Just about tore my leg off. still have the re-bar in my leg.
I had those deer whistles on the front fender, Ask me if they work.
G.
mike.e...@pclink.com
geo...@tidepool.com (georgek) wrote:
>I had those deer whistles on the front fender, Ask me if they work.
>G.
Tape a deer tag and a doe permit to your vehicle. They almost always
keep deer away from me.
Mn Mike
Clyde
Might I suggest a large, tubular steel grill guard on the front of
your truck, preferably with expanded metal in front of the radiator to
keep the guts out of it. I agree with the one respondant who said
that melting snow from the highway causes grass to grow at the edge of
the road. In the drier parts of Texas, a little bit of rain (1/10"
average) just might be enough to get the grass growing if it all runs
to the edge of the pavement. Don't feel sorry for 'em, if they knew
how to drive, I doubt they'd give a damn about us.
clyde
bum...@infi.net (L. Shelton Bumgarner) wrote:
florian...@gmail.com
> herds of deer. What gets me is how the deer stand grazing right on the
> side of the road as if they have some death wish er something.
>
> Why do they do that? Is it that they get blinded and
> just sit there dumbly to be nicked or something else?
>
> bum
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> L. Shelton Bumgarner
> Keeper of the Great Renaming FAQ
> Apologies in advance for errors and incoherencies -- $.02
> [e-mailed copies of responses to my postings are welcomed]