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Old 04-13-2013, 05:59 AM   #81
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It is very easy to hit a deer. I have done it myself. They are dark and move like lightning often directly into the path of a car without hesitation. Even the insurance companies realize that it is often not the driver's fault and they acknowledge this by not counting a deer/car collision as a moving violation/accident on the driver's policy. At least that was my experience here in Massachusetts.
Until one encounters a deer/moose or has a close call or worse they cannot even begin to understand what it is like.
Having had close calls in the car, motorcycle, ATV and snowmobile, let me just say it will pucker you up real quickly.
I've come as close as brushing deer on my sled and was within 2 feet of a moose at about 75mph, that was close.
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