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| U.B's LoveChild ![]() Joined: Apr 2005
Bike: '05 SV650S; '05 GSX-R600;'04 749S
Location: 20 Miles East of LA
Posts: 1,257
| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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.
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| 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 |
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| 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...
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| 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. |
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| Does not play well with others. ![]() | 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...
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| 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. |
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| 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
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| 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. |
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| Happy-ass Lunatic ![]() Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 600S (Black); 2006 GSXR750 (Black)
Location: Memphis
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| Happy-ass Lunatic ![]() Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 600S (Black); 2006 GSXR750 (Black)
Location: Memphis
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