On Aug 15, 12:36*pm, John Kane > wrote:
> On Aug 15, 1:09*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
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> > John Kane wrote:
> > > It can be an expensive way to get venison unless you're driving
> > > something like a tank. *OTOH, fresh venision is rather good. *Just
> > > don't hit it too hard.
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> > It can indeed be an expensive way to get free meat. There was one that
> > was hit in front of our neighbour's house a few years ago and it really
> > did a number on the front end of a full size Buick. I know several
> > people who have totalled cars hitting deer, one of them twice. Another
> > friend was lucky not to have completely demolished his car when he hit
> > one, but he ended up with some nasty injuries when the deer came through
> > the windshield and hit him in the face breaking several of his teeth.
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> > One of the reasons I don't ride my motorcycle much at night is my
> > concern about the local deer population jumping out in front of me. A
> > friend of my brother's hit one one night.
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> I've found it's much better to have someone else hit them and just
> enjoy the meat.
> I've come close to hitting one while riding my bicycle a couple of
> times.

Roadkill deer can be deadly. If the rumen is ruptured by a car crash,
digestive bacteria can circulate throughout the bloodstream until the
heart stops, contaminating the meat. If you hit the deer yourself,
and determine that it was killed upon impact, that's a different
story. States differ on if you can keep the deer, and how to go about
it. IMO, the best thing to hit a deer with is an arrow fired from a
compound bow.
>
> John Kane Kingston ON Canada

--Bryan