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General Category => General Banter => Topic started by: PKPK on November 04, 2010, 09:53:08 PM
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As you spend these few weekends cramming in your last rides of the season, please remember the deer season starts this weekend. This means pickups parked just off the road around that blind corner, hunters crossing the roads, deer running all over the place and stuff falling out of pickups. Something to keep in mind.
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I'm going to wear my blaze orange riding suit, just so some trigger happy hunter doesn't think that I'm a fast deer crossing the road. And I should probalby take the fake atlers off of my helmet...
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Just so everyone remembers: there is no elk season in Minnesota.
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I'm going to wear my blaze orange riding suit, just so some trigger happy hunter doesn't think that I'm a fast deer crossing the road. And I should probably take the fake alters off of my helmet...
HAHA!! nice.
Something to keep in mind.
Just in case someone has just recently moved to Minnesota? :D
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Just in case someone has just recently moved to Minnesota? :D
Ummm, you know...I won't bother.
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what are you suppose to do if you see deer ??
slow, honk, flash lights, swerve, get your shoulder ready ??
never came into one on a bike, hope this doesn't sound like a stupid question.
Thanks,
Joel
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what are you suppose to do if you see deer ??
slow, honk, flash lights, swerve, get your shoulder ready ??
never came into one on a bike, hope this doesn't sound like a stupid question.
Thanks,
Joel
Reducing your speed differential would be a good place to start. Good luck with any attempt to out-think the deer.
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what are you suppose to do if you see deer ??
slow, honk, flash lights, swerve, get your shoulder ready ??
never came into one on a bike, hope this doesn't sound like a stupid question.
Thanks,
Joel
brace for impact! i took one out last year down in welch, 3 hit the ditch and one was just stuck in a stupor and couldnt figure out where he wanted to go. luckily i just tagged him in the head with my frame slide. killed it instantly, an inch further it coulda been me that was down for the count. i dont think there is any foolproof answer, other then dont panic!
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Horns will do the trick, all else fails hope you got good insurance
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Horns will do the trick......
Horns do nothing but make them more freaked out. You might scare ones right in front but you also might cause others to run into your line.
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Reducing your speed differential would be a good place to start. Good luck with any attempt to out-think the deer.
No kidding; they have no brains to speak of.
The only thing I know to do is to hit the brakes, hard.
In a car you are typically better off hitting an animal rather than swerve as the ditch is generally more dangerous. I don't know what the best thing to do with on a bike when confronted with something as big as a deer other than to stop.
At least on a bike we have some room to move without going off the road or even into another lane.
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Horns will do the trick......
Horns do nothing but make them more freaked out. You might scare ones right in front but you also might cause others to run into your line.
They hate loud noises so by hitting the horn when there's deer in the ditch or up ahead they usually run off.. However if
You got a whole pack of deer running right in front of you there's no a whole lot you can do but brake and pray to god that you miss em
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Oops screwed that one up
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They hate loud noises so by hitting the horn when there's deer in the ditch or up ahead they usually run off.
Suit yourself. I don't apply the word "usually" for deer (besides the phrase "they are usually stupid"). I've watched startled deer run right into the road, when they were startled by noise from the road. My current tact is to try to be stealth and avoid any movement or sounds that would make them react.
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Saw 4 deer when out riding around nowthen tonight tested the horn theory and it was a sucess :) suck it haha
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Saw 4 deer when out riding around nowthen tonight tested the horn theory and it was a sucess :) suck it haha
Good for you. Learn some manners.
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jvs, this is a small group of like minded riders. this is not the Walmart of mc forums.
if you can't communicate with respect, move along to another forum.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought the "suck it" comment was inappropriate.
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i thought it was in jest / tongue-in-cheek and it didn't bother me a bit. i could see how it could though.
a.s.
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When I see deer in time, and that is the trick, I use my horn and it seems to work. But most of the time I see them before they see me. Also I think the kid was just tryin to be cute, give him a break he's 19 years old. Remember 19? I wouldn't want to do it over. :catfight:
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Sorry pkpk I didn't mean it to be disrespectful was just sort of a friendly "maybe he'll laugh" gesture.. I'll grow up and stop being such a little teenage punk
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i thought it was in jest / tongue-in-cheek and it didn't bother me a bit. i could see how it could though.
+1
A bit tacky but not malicious.
We tend to be pretty thinned-skinned here, regardless of topic. My experience however is that most are not trying to be offensive or combative. It's thus not worth taking offense.
I won't suggest a group hug however. The hygienic concerns alone . . .
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Apology accepted and thanks for doing so.
I wasn't terribly offended. But I also have 30 years on you, which means I am not familiar with youth vernacular. In short, I have no idea if I was supposed to be insulted. Suck it sounds like an invitation for something good or bad.
Guys, please note that no where am I disagreeing with your observations about horns and deer. I only said what *I* learned over the years and what I do now. I also apply the same rule to cars. The last time I blasted a horn at a car encroaching my lane, I almost caused a huge accident when he snapped his wheel and sent the car fishtailing at 70 mph on a busy interstate. Feel free to blast that horn all you wish.
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I'm a very sarcastic person and tend to kid around with friends. Sorry I'll be more serious from now on so no ones offended by anymore of my stupid comments.. Lol
Think this time of the year leaves and just simply how cold it is out is about as dangerous as anything. When your riding at freezing temperatures and your concentrating on the cold not the riding things get real iffy not to mention cold tires :( guess it's getting pretty close to that time of the year when the bike goes in the garage and the closest you can get to riding again is riding the sportbike machine game at chucky cheeses ;)