I guess they smarten up *some* living near urban environments, the operative word being "some." Here near DC there are many, many animal rights activists who fight any sensible attempts at deer control "hoof and claw." My in-laws in NJ report much the same problem (that's where the sun-roof deer attacked). I think the last do-gooder plan was to sterilize the females with darts. Not sure where that one's sitting. I am hoping when the populations reach scourge levels they'll finally get around to offing them After all, we have some honor to preserve - it's taken us eons to become the apex predators of the world. At least racoons respect that and try to keep everything on the down-low. The local band comes by at 3AM every trash day and if you've got something they want, they're getting it.
The suicide gene at work! I seriously wonder what she was thinking with the danger already behind her to turn back? Fear of the open highway?
Ouch! They can really rack up the bonus bucks on their way to Planet Deer Heaven. Sunroof Deer cost almost as much. Your incident reminds me very much of the time when I saw a recap break off a truck rim several hundred yards ahead. I tracked it, watched it bounce - was sure to avoid it when another car hit the tread shred two lanes away and rammed it right into me.
I guess the lesson is to just pull over and stop but all the racing driver interviews I hear say it's better to steer out of trouble than brake out of it. I think it really depends on the trouble. That deer family was out to get you, I have no doubt!
I wonder if eventually deer will no longer be famous as being frozen in headlights because all the deer that *did* freeze in headlights got hit and failed to procreate? Surely you've enter a vote in the "don't turn around suddenly" gene pool.
But the deer have earned that reputation. Unlike lemmings and the shock of Disney's film makers faking the suicide deaths of all those little critters. Methinks they got a bad rap. Not so with the deer. My FIL had a prized garden ravished by deer who managed to get through the fencing and meshwork to do their evil deeds. He hated them until the day he died for taking a single bite out of every vegetable, ruining the entire crop.
I think the worst mess I've seen was a horse that got hit. Parts and pieces were scattered for maybe a quarter mile if I remember correctly. Deer seem to stay in one piece at least. Hitting a bull would be quite a deal.
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