http://www.blueridgeparkwayblog.com/272-deer-are-unpredictable/ an Online Community to Share the Parkway Experience Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:02:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.blueridgeparkwayblog.com/272-deer-are-unpredictable/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Houck Medford Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:09:07 +0000 http://www.blueridgeparkwayblog.com/foundation-executive-director/?p=43#comment-162 If you hit a deer, there is not really too much that you as a motorist can do. The damage is done, so to speak. Most of these beautiful animals end up off the road and out of view and mother nature's custodians (crows and vultures) take care of the cleanup. For those that remain on the motor road, they are almost always reported and either law enforcement will faciltate their removal or maintenance will come pick it up to be carried to a disposal area. If you hit a deer, there is not really too much that you as a motorist can do. The damage is done, so to speak. Most of these beautiful animals end up off the road and out of view and mother nature’s custodians (crows and vultures) take care of the cleanup. For those that remain on the motor road, they are almost always reported and either law enforcement will faciltate their removal or maintenance will come pick it up to be carried to a disposal area.

]]> http://www.blueridgeparkwayblog.com/272-deer-are-unpredictable/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Anonymous Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:51:48 +0000 http://www.blueridgeparkwayblog.com/foundation-executive-director/?p=43#comment-161 I've hit 2 deer on the Parkway over my 13 year course of travels along the Parkway. I travel mostly in the Boone/Blowing Rock area and there's not one particular area that's bad... you have to be careful all the time. My question, though... what do you do when you hit a deer? Do you call a ranger? Pull it off to the side and go on... or just run? LOL. The first incident I had, I stopped pulled the deer off the road and went on. The second... I had comprehensive insurance so I called the Ranger. Took them a while to show up and what to do off-season? Anyway, good post, you dad was exactly right with the "where there's one, there's many". I’ve hit 2 deer on the Parkway over my 13 year course of travels along the Parkway. I travel mostly in the Boone/Blowing Rock area and there’s not one particular area that’s bad… you have to be careful all the time.
My question, though… what do you do when you hit a deer? Do you call a ranger? Pull it off to the side and go on… or just run? LOL.
The first incident I had, I stopped pulled the deer off the road and went on. The second… I had comprehensive insurance so I called the Ranger. Took them a while to show up and what to do off-season?
Anyway, good post, you dad was exactly right with the “where there’s one, there’s many”.

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