PONDERINGS

Say NO to deer and fermented fruit!

 The other day I was driving home from my mom's house when out of no where a deer hits me in the passenger side. Now, I've heard of people hitting deer while driving down the road, but never have I heard of anyone getting hit by a deer. Every time I tell people, they automatically think I messed up my wording.. well let me tell you.... THE DEER HIT ME!  I immediately pulled over and a kind man helped me look for the deer to make sure it wasn't injured. Once we were sure that the deer was no where in the area, we parted ways and I drove home. Once home, I took a good look at my car. Unfortunately the deer left a good amount of damage to my car.. 

I know deer like to play risky games with their friends and family and see who can cross the street in traffic without getting hit... but looking at how that deer just bounced off my car like a silly goose, I'm starting to think that deer actually try to cause as much damage as possible to cars.. If I'm right, then this deer definitely takes the cake. I thought about this further and came to the conclusion that this deer was indeed drunk. I've seen people do some super stupid stuff when they're drunk, so I researched and found that there is, indeed, a problem with drunken deer in our area... here are the facts..

When young deer find themselves on their own.. away from the restrictions of The Man.. they start to explore their boundaries and in some cases resort    to the comfort of fermented fruit...

 


Because of their new found freedom they sometimes don't know what their limit is and find themselves in embarrassing situations.

 

 

Not unlike college students, the deer find that putting their own friends in dangerous situations can be fairly amusing. 

 

In my case...  the deer obviously dared each other to run into cars to try and create the most damage... just to shake things up...

 

  Think about ways to help these deer to find a less extreme way to explore their new found freedoms... in the mean time, watch out... drunken deer are all around us...


 This would be the equivalent of a kegger...   Here we see deer gathering together to binge on fermented fruit.

 

 

 

 

Comments

kurt said:

Are you kidding me???  I am not leaving my house!  Deers are scary as hell!

# April 9, 2008 10:21 PM

Krazy_Koala said:

Deers? ... sounds like someone has had one too many fermented fruits..

# April 9, 2008 10:26 PM

Cae said:

Yeah, well, you should have seen the 8-point Buck we hit when I was a kid. There we were, minding our own beeswax, when, "Crunch! Thump! Thud..." on a major highway. Yes, I remember it vividly. This must have been the granddaddy of all the local deer as he was HUGE. You would think he would have been setting a better example for the young bucks. *sigh...* Some deer never learn. And for that, they become dinner for the random guy with the pickup. (Ew.)

For that matter, neither do black bears aparrently. Hit one of those beasts on a mountain road and I could have sworn it was a very large man we'd hit. Nope. Crazy thing just shook it off, lumbered back into the woods - and left a beautiful indentation of it's shoulder and head, right down to the nose. I wonder what snacks bears are enjoying if the deer  corner the market on fermented fruit? Hmm, maybe all those berries go to their heads...

PS - For the record, I was NOT the one driving in either of the aforementioned instances. Perhaps I've encouraged a little goose-chasing, but never with serious intention.

# April 10, 2008 8:38 AM

mike said:

Don't you hate it when some guy in a pickup truck bags your hard earned deer kill? I mean anyone can hit a deer with a Bullet, but hitting one with a CAR really takes some skill.

My brother and I were on our way to the beach one day and saw a really nice deer hit on the road. It had huge antlers and I jokingly said we should mount it on a hunting trophy. On the way back, we saw the deer... but this time it had NO HEAD. Apparently someone else got the idea and has a new deer head on display.

# April 10, 2008 9:44 AM

mike said:

And about deer daring each other to cross the road, I saw a squirrel do that once. It was the bravest little cute fuzzy animal I ever saw. He ran out in front of me and stopped in the middle of the road and stared me down. Naturally I stopped and we stared at each other for a couple minutes. Then he darted back under a car in someone's driveway. There was another squirrel there just watching him. He ran up and attacked it as if to say YOU ALMOST GOT ME KILLED. They ran off chasing each other. And I wondered, is this what teenage squirrels do in a nice quiet neighborhood?

# April 10, 2008 9:58 AM

Krazy_Koala said:

In my neighborhood, we have a problem with birds.. they hardly ever get hit, but it's crazy how you could be the only car on a long road and the bird just so happens to swoop in front of YOUR car. These animals are kind of funny in their way of risk taking. I just wish these deer would do something else... like bungee jumping.

# April 10, 2008 12:05 PM

Cae said:

I would LOVE to see a bungee-jumping deer. Then again, wouldn't that sort of be like hanging the proverbial carrot (in this case, the deer) in front of an awaiting hunter? The deer should probably check to see whether it's buck- or doe-hunting season. Either way, they're just out for danger no matter what they're doing!  

# April 13, 2008 7:38 AM

Krazy_Koala said:

Very true. I'm about to graduate from my high school.. after graduation all the parents take the students to the premier gym and have massages and food and games for the students to participate so they don't hurt themselves drinking and driving or getting hit by someone drinking and driving. This is so they can still have fun after graduation, but still be safe.

Perhaps we could set up a facility for the deer where they are safe from hunters. This way they can still have their risky fun, cars won't be demolished, and deer won't be hurt. We could charge people to watch the deer bungee-jump because I totally agree, it would be AWESOME to see a bungee-jumping deer. :)

p.s.: and we'd be RICH! :D

# April 13, 2008 1:07 PM

Cae said:

Hmm, I'm liking the sound of this - both entertaining and profitable! Now if we could just figure out what to do with the squirrels...

# April 13, 2008 8:40 PM

Krazy_Koala said:

Lets put them in a SOUP KITCHEN!

# April 14, 2008 9:24 PM

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