Since my last post an item appeared in a local newspapaer describing a fatality due to a deer collision. A motorcyclist was driving down a main highway south of my home town when he was struck by a deer crossing the road from right to left. He was thrown from the motorcycle directly into the path of an oncoming SUV. He did not survive the collision, despite the fact that he was wearing a safety helmet as prescribed by law.

This is the first fatality involving a deer that I am aware of in our county, but I am sure it will not be the last, considering the density of the deer population. Our county has been either first or second in the state in deer "harvest" every year since 1998, and the current bag limit is 3 per day during hunting season. The deer population exceeds the human population.