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11-02-2008, 06:45 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Plymouth, Ma
Posts: 1,405
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I do 120 miles on 495 everyday and I've had days where I counted 5 fresh kills. One morning at 4:30 I missed a buck by a fraction of a second at 80 mph. It seems like it's just a matter of time before I nail one. I'm trying to figure out what the optimal speed would be to minimize my damage.
Faster or slower?
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The beatings will continue until morale improves
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11-02-2008, 07:00 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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cars can be replaced
Glad your OK man
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11-02-2008, 07:20 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: MA
Posts: 3,630
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Saw a dead one on 1a yesterday. Last week, dead tired after an all nighter i came close to smacking a huge buck going 75 on route one. Jumped over the jersey barrier and landed 15 ft in front of me in the middle of my lane. Wasnt half alseep after that.  |
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11-02-2008, 07:56 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
Posts: 8,592
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Sorry to hear, must have ruined your trip for sure. Glad your OK. 
Two years ago we had a woman killed inside the car as the deer thrashed around with his hoofs cutting her head andthroat.
Have hit 2 over the years with alot of damage, both came out of nowhere.
So far since using the deer whistles i've been ok and see them pick up heir ears at a distance when you approach. The electric ones are the best. |
" Choose Life "
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11-03-2008, 10:18 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
Posts: 5,737
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Quote:
Originally Posted by justplugit
Sorry to hear, must have ruined your trip for sure. Glad your OK.
Two years ago we had a woman killed inside the car as the deer thrashed around with his hoofs cutting her head andthroat.
Have hit 2 over the years with alot of damage, both came out of nowhere.
So far since using the deer whistles i've been ok and see them pick up heir ears at a distance when you approach. The electric ones are the best. |
What are deer whistles? |
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11-03-2008, 10:41 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Fork
Posts: 2,260
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My wife hit a doe a month back doing 35mph 5 grand in damage.
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Originally Posted by Flaptail
"Throw plugs like we do that will cause them to suffer humility. Pogies make any fisherman look good when bass are around. Bait is easy."
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11-03-2008, 11:31 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
Posts: 4,152
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Now here is one for the "I don't believe it" category:
My brother RAN OVER a buck up in the NH Lakes region with his Geo Metro (He calls it his "clown car", an you would too when you see a 270lb. guy climb out of this sub-sub compact.)
He saw the deer in time to brake, but the deer was hit in the hind quarters, kbnocked down and rideen over by the car. The ONLY damage to the car was a dented hood. The police officer that took my brothers info didn't believe the report until he saw the scene firsthand.
I've had more than my share of roadside wildlife encounters, only mine have been with moose.
With a deer, the collision "could" be fatal, but with a moose it "ususally" is!
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11-03-2008, 01:08 PM
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lobster = striper bait
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Popes Island Performing Arts Center
Posts: 5,871
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stripersnipr
Faster or slower?
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Neither.
Mythbusters covered this. |
Ski Quicks Hole
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11-03-2008, 01:13 PM
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Here fishy fishy
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Whoville
Posts: 2,266
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That does suck, sorry to hear that. Glad you are OK.
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