Bikes and deer

[jargon]

Some useful tips. How many do you use?

https://www.revzilla.com/common-trea...%7C%20Combined

[Capnrip]

I don't ride much at night but when I do I use a lot of those strategies. One thing I did learn the hard way was when you're following a car to use their lights don't ride directly behind them. Seems like smaller dead animals are always in the middle of the lane and when they appear from underneath a car you don't have much time to react.

[jargon]

I don't ride much at night but when I do I use a lot of those strategies. One thing I did learn the hard way was when you're following a car to use their lights don't ride directly behind them. Seems like smaller dead animals are always in the middle of the lane and when they appear from underneath a car you don't have much time to react.

[cabnfvr]

SQUIRREL !!

OK, lest I be chastised for getting off subject, anyone who has hit a deer knows you never hit the ones you see. More than likely anyone who's hit a deer has no idea where the heck the varmint came from. Just WHAM! (thankfully we were in a Jeep). We almost hit a deer on the bike on US 90 north of Big Bend a few years ago. We were doing 90 (cause that's what the sign said, "US" and "90") and a deer came at full run from the left. I braced for impact and ....... nothing. She had to jump us. I looked in the mirrors and didn't see her. That was about 8 am or so, summertime. The Jeep strike was 1:00 am, winter. They are more active at dusk but they are a 24/7 threat. Tips are great. Keep your eyes open and stay lucky.

[Lee]

Same here.
I think I do a good job of scanning the fields or road ditch but several times Debbie said deer have run directly behind me and I did not see them.

[Bmorganjr]