Forget sharks and bears – it’s deer that you should worry about hurting you

CNN — Retired public relations professional Bonnie Sashin and her husband had just spent a nice Thanksgiving visit and meal with family at her stepson’s suburban home in the Connecticut city of Fairfield, a charming burg of about 61,000 on Long Island Sound. She said, ‘Oh, that was a deer.’ And she said, ‘It happens all the time around here.’“ The deadly deer problem It turns out that deer-vehicle collisions are far more than a southern Connecticut problem. “Deer are what’s known as crepuscular – crepuscular means most active at dawn and dusk,” Adams said. Especially where habitat transitions occur, which are commonly used locations for deer.” Adams said be on extra guard where the woods come out close to the road, where “we have very little opportunity of seeing those deer prior to them being in front of a vehicle.” The suburbs are also a big problem, he said, “because it’s extremely difficult to manage deer populations in those areas. Also, slow down in areas known to have high deer numbers so you can “have better reaction should one jump out in front of your vehicle.” Adams said use your high beams whenever possible in deer territory – but don’t blind oncoming traffic.