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wookie · 10-20-2007, 01:53 AM

For the second time this week, I saw deers at the same stretch of my favorite canyon road.

On Wednesday evening, I was on my SV and had just come out of a right-hand corner and saw four lights sticking out of the bushes. Turned out to be a doe and a fawn.

This morning, at the same place, in the opposite direction (a left turn), a doe jumped out of the overgrowing trees on the right side of the road and almost ran into me. Fortunately, she just ran parallel to me, barely a foot from my gixxer, for about maybe 10 ft and then disappeared.

I figure it's the same deer.....

TechJD · 10-20-2007, 02:47 AM

you found a crossing
keep an eye out there and let your friends know too

tallannie · 10-20-2007, 07:09 PM

...coulda been a doe with a lightbar ?

watto · 10-20-2007, 08:04 PM

I was riding down to my Mum in Laws place yesterday and a kangaroo hopped across the road right in front of me!!

It was a semi-rural area but I wouldn't have expected to see a kangaroo there. I haven't noticed any kangaroo roadkill around the area but it's obvious that they are in the neighbourhood.

Regards,

Watto.

KD57 · 10-23-2007, 10:49 AM

I hit a deer during an off-road race on a KTM running 65 mph. Not pretty. Amazingly I was not hurt too bad. The bike sufferd some damage and of course it killed the deer, but it was messy.

baltimorebayside · 10-23-2007, 12:17 PM

The rule is, if you see one deer, there's usually more to follow. Deer never travel alone....always in packs.......and if it's more than one deer...it's pronunced deer.....not deer's......??

So why is it, if we see more than one dog, it's dogs?....or birds?......Hmmm? dunno?

dan

kay · 10-23-2007, 12:27 PM

Wookie, that is cool!!! (although scary if you think you might have hit the deer)

I would love to see a wild deer that close...

jgreth · 10-23-2007, 12:32 PM

I've shot a few, does that count? ( bow, not rifle

)

tricker · 10-23-2007, 12:38 PM

i'm tempted to mount my 44 mag to the front of my cycle.. well not really but in my mind it looks really sweet! I think bambi has it out for me. 5 tags this year, last year i had 4. the only reason we didn't fill all 10 of our tags last year was cause my dad was one deer from a divorce...

Low&Slow · 10-23-2007, 04:51 PM

Aside from cagers, deer and cattle on the road are main concern.

SoCalCruisin · 10-23-2007, 08:43 PM

Wookie, I think I have an idea, but what is this favorite canyon road of yours? Inquiring local riders want to know.

Glad your situation wasn't worse. I've experienced a lot of deer when I ride the good roads in the area between LA and the Central Coast, but unlike back east and the midwest, they always seem to stay off the roads.

KD57 · 10-24-2007, 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jgreth

I've shot a few, does that count? ( bow, not rifle

)

I bowhunt as well.

busa-boy33 · 10-24-2007, 12:40 PM

There is a video lurking around on the net somewhere with a guy on a sport bike who hit a deer. He had a cam mounted to his bike and it showed the deer darting out infront of him then all hell broke loose as the bike goes flying. Luckily the rider wasn't hurt but when you figure a deer weighing in at 200+ lbs and you hiting one.. its hard to believe you'd just get up and walk away from it.. SO BECAREFUL!! or ..... set up a deer stand in a tree for jgreth & KD57..lol

jgreth · 10-24-2007, 12:44 PM

Stand?!?

Stalking w/ a bow is the only true hunting method IMHO. Anyone can sit in a stand and wait for deer to come to them.

KD57 · 10-24-2007, 01:06 PM

You do any bowfishing Jeff?

themeatmanlandry · 10-24-2007, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by busa-boy33

There is a video lurking around on the net somewhere with a guy on a sport bike who hit a deer. He had a cam mounted to his bike and it showed the deer darting out infront of him then all hell broke loose as the bike goes flying. Luckily the rider wasn't hurt but when you figure a deer weighing in at 200+ lbs and you hiting one.. its hard to believe you'd just get up and walk away from it.. SO BECAREFUL!! or ..... set up a deer stand in a tree for jgreth & KD57..lol

IIRC, his name was Keith Horne.

Apertureguy · 10-24-2007, 02:09 PM

Yeah...I would rather stalk my Deer as well.

However, I don't use a gun or bow. I prefer to chase them down and beat them with a stick until their eyes glaze over. That's where the real sport is!

KD57 · 10-24-2007, 02:23 PM

Kinda like those Florida Crackers going after wild hogs w/ only a knife?

themeatmanlandry · 10-24-2007, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Apertureguy

Yeah...I would rather stalk my Deer as well.

However, I don't use a gun or bow. I prefer to chase them down and beat them with a stick until their eyes glaze over. That's where the real sport is!

You guys are lightweights. I sit down with the game and talk it into turning itself in. THAT'S a sport.

themeatmanlandry · 10-24-2007, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KD57

Kinda like those Florida Crackers going after wild hogs w/ only a knife?

They use a knife? Wusses. I even take my teeth out to bag 'em to make it more fair. I grapple-fight them into a submission hold . . . "TAP OUT YA' FREAKIN' WILD BOAR, TAP THE F OUT!!!!"

Don't want anyone crying that I didn't give them a fighting chance, you see.

10-20-2007, 01:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
wookie U.B's LoveChild Joined: Apr 2005 Bike: '05 SV650S; '05 GSX-R600;'04 749S Location: 20 Miles East of LA Posts: 1,257	Oh deer For the second time this week, I saw deers at the same stretch of my favorite canyon road. On Wednesday evening, I was on my SV and had just come out of a right-hand corner and saw four lights sticking out of the bushes. Turned out to be a doe and a fawn. This morning, at the same place, in the opposite direction (a left turn), a doe jumped out of the overgrowing trees on the right side of the road and almost ran into me. Fortunately, she just ran parallel to me, barely a foot from my gixxer, for about maybe 10 ft and then disappeared. I figure it's the same deer..... __________________ "Don't wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pigs love it." "Don't argue with idiots. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." "The Universe is a contest between engineers making things idiot-proof and God making bigger idiots. So far, God is winning by a wide margin." Last edited by wookie; 10-20-2007 at 10:51 AM.

10-20-2007, 07:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
tallannie Can Ride And Chew Gum Joined: Dec 2006 Bike: C50 Boulevard Location: Hillsboro, Oregon Posts: 2,120	...coulda been a doe with a lightbar ? __________________ .... Just in Time moto-cookie delivery

10-23-2007, 12:27 PM	#7 (permalink)
kay Refrigerator Magnet Test Engineer Joined: Oct 2006 Bike: Kawasaki Zephyr750RS, Suzuki GSX-R600, Ducati 999S Location: Crappy Little Island!!! Posts: 3,650	Wookie, that is cool!!! (although scary if you think you might have hit the deer) I would love to see a wild deer that close... __________________ *Suzuki GSX-R600* Cherry blossom season is here! Yay!!!!

10-23-2007, 12:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
jgreth Mr. Threadjack Joined: Aug 2007 Bike: 2007 Suzuki GS500F Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 3,078	I've shot a few, does that count? ( bow, not rifle ) __________________ What the hell am I looking at? When does this happen in the movie? You're looking at now, sir. Everything that happens now is happening now. What happened to then? We passed then. When? Just now. We're at now now. Go back to then. When? Now! Now? Now! I can't. Why? We missed it. When? Just now. When will then be now? Soon.

10-23-2007, 08:43 PM	#11 (permalink)
SoCalCruisin Found second gear by accident Joined: May 2006 Bike: 2005 Yamaha Midnight Royal Star Venture, 2005 Boulevard C50T (For Sale) Location: Seal Beach, CA Posts: 342	Wookie, I think I have an idea, but what is this favorite canyon road of yours? Inquiring local riders want to know. Glad your situation wasn't worse. I've experienced a lot of deer when I ride the good roads in the area between LA and the Central Coast, but unlike back east and the midwest, they always seem to stay off the roads. __________________

10-20-2007, 02:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
TechJD Found second gear by accident Joined: Mar 2006 Bike: 1996 Shadow ACE VT1100C2 Location: 50 miles south of Lexington, KY Posts: 339	you found a crossing keep an eye out there and let your friends know too

10-20-2007, 08:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
watto Seat Tester Joined: Nov 2004 Bike: 1980 GSX750 ET Location: Grose Vale,Oz. -33.577/150.661 Posts: 72	I was riding down to my Mum in Laws place yesterday and a kangaroo hopped across the road right in front of me!! It was a semi-rural area but I wouldn't have expected to see a kangaroo there. I haven't noticed any kangaroo roadkill around the area but it's obvious that they are in the neighbourhood. Regards, Watto.

10-23-2007, 10:49 AM	#5 (permalink)
KD57 In The Zone Joined: Oct 2007 Bike: 2008 ZZR600 Location: Under a rock in Texas Posts: 2,581	I hit a deer during an off-road race on a KTM running 65 mph. Not pretty. Amazingly I was not hurt too bad. The bike sufferd some damage and of course it killed the deer, but it was messy.

10-23-2007, 12:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
baltimorebayside Puddle Runner Joined: Jun 2007 Bike: New owner of a 2008 C50T Location: Maryland Eastern Shore Posts: 365	The rule is, if you see one deer, there's usually more to follow. Deer never travel alone....always in packs.......and if it's more than one deer...it's pronunced deer.....not deer's......?? So why is it, if we see more than one dog, it's dogs?....or birds?......Hmmm? dunno? dan

10-23-2007, 12:38 PM	#9 (permalink)
tricker Does not play well with others. Joined: May 2007 Bike: 2004 kawasaki zzr 600 Location: rochester, minnesota Posts: 5,512	i'm tempted to mount my 44 mag to the front of my cycle.. well not really but in my mind it looks really sweet! I think bambi has it out for me. 5 tags this year, last year i had 4. the only reason we didn't fill all 10 of our tags last year was cause my dad was one deer from a divorce...

10-23-2007, 04:51 PM	#10 (permalink)
Low&Slow Fifth gear streak Joined: Sep 2006 Bike: 07 Vulcan 1600 Classic Location: Bell City, Louisiana Posts: 1,491	Aside from cagers, deer and cattle on the road are main concern.

10-24-2007, 12:40 PM	#13 (permalink)
busa-boy33 M-J.Com Master Poster Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,922	There is a video lurking around on the net somewhere with a guy on a sport bike who hit a deer. He had a cam mounted to his bike and it showed the deer darting out infront of him then all hell broke loose as the bike goes flying. Luckily the rider wasn't hurt but when you figure a deer weighing in at 200+ lbs and you hiting one.. its hard to believe you'd just get up and walk away from it.. SO BECAREFUL!! or ..... set up a deer stand in a tree for jgreth & KD57..lol

10-24-2007, 12:44 PM	#14 (permalink)
jgreth Mr. Threadjack Joined: Aug 2007 Bike: 2007 Suzuki GS500F Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 3,078	Stand?!? Stalking w/ a bow is the only true hunting method IMHO. Anyone can sit in a stand and wait for deer to come to them. __________________ What the hell am I looking at? When does this happen in the movie? You're looking at now, sir. Everything that happens now is happening now. What happened to then? We passed then. When? Just now. We're at now now. Go back to then. When? Now! Now? Now! I can't. Why? We missed it. When? Just now. When will then be now? Soon.

10-24-2007, 01:06 PM	#15 (permalink)
KD57 In The Zone Joined: Oct 2007 Bike: 2008 ZZR600 Location: Under a rock in Texas Posts: 2,581	You do any bowfishing Jeff?

10-24-2007, 02:09 PM	#17 (permalink)
Apertureguy Throttle Jockey Joined: Jun 2006 Bike: 2006 Blue M50 Location: New York Posts: 3,267	Yeah...I would rather stalk my Deer as well. However, I don't use a gun or bow. I prefer to chase them down and beat them with a stick until their eyes glaze over. That's where the real sport is!

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10-24-2007, 02:23 PM	#18 (permalink)
KD57 In The Zone Joined: Oct 2007 Bike: 2008 ZZR600 Location: Under a rock in Texas Posts: 2,581	Kinda like those Florida Crackers going after wild hogs w/ only a knife?

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