Deer Strike

"John T" wrote in message
m...
It happened to me August 29, 2006.


Well John, You will be happy to know that you will be able to safely fly to
my local airport ELD soon without worrying about deer. They have just gotten
federal funding to spend over $1 million to build a seven foot high fence
all the way around the place specifically to keep deer out.

The funds are out there so maybe you need to get your airport manager to
work on getting some.

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote

Well John, You will be happy to know that you will be able to safely fly
to
my local airport ELD soon without worrying about deer. They have just
gotten
federal funding to spend over $1 million to build a seven foot high fence
all the way around the place specifically to keep deer out.

Silly, that will never work! Deer are far too clever. They will just get
wire cutters and shovels, and go under the fence!
--
Jim in NC

A good deer fence is two 6 foot fences about three feet
apart, the deer can jump the first fence but come down
inside and can't jump the second. Every hundred yards or
so, there is an opening to let the deer out. Sell it as an
anti-terrorist security fence.



"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote in message
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| "John T" wrote in message
| m...
| It happened to me August 29, 2006.
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|
| Well John, You will be happy to know that you will be able
to safely fly to
| my local airport ELD soon without worrying about deer.
They have just gotten
| federal funding to spend over $1 million to build a seven
foot high fence
| all the way around the place specifically to keep deer
out.
|
| The funds are out there so maybe you need to get your
airport manager to
| work on getting some.
|
|

"Huck" wrote in message
oups.com...
I have been on short final in that same area with
students{warrenton} and had to go around because
the deer does the usual thing and looks at ya! I am
now in SC flying and flying for a gentleman in and
out of a grass strip in edisto sc. I have had deer
looking at me as I taxi by them in the baron for
take off. All the while praying "please stay in the
woods please stay in the woods" Deer are a real
serious hazard!

I think that it depends upon the area of the country that you are in...
While up in Iowa, I heard a lot about people hitting deer... While driving
through Mississippi on the way from New Orlean to Iowa, I often encountered
large numbers of deer on the side of the highway at night, but none of them
got spooked and bolted across the road... Hell, I saw more deer along the
highway in one spot than I have in multiple deer hunting seasons...

My first flight into the Slidell, LA airport allowed me to be greeted by a
turkey walking across the runway... As I'm rolling out towards him, he
doesn't pick up speed or anything... He just continues his slow walk across
the runway... I moved to the left side of the runway a bit and let him
pass... My right wing probably went over the top of him, but he appeared
totally unfazed by it... As if aircraft landing by him is a totally normal
occurance...

"Andrey Serbinenko" wrote in message
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Deer need help. I wonder if there's anything simple you
can do that will instantly reveal your 3D nature to the deer,
some sort of a clue for the depth-perception-impared.

I've found that a 30-06 and a .308 to be particularly effective...

On the other hand, one could also argue that just the wearing of hunter's
orange seems to be good at making them scarce...

"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
news:cF2Mg.15331$SZ3.4910@dukeread04...
A good deer fence is two 6 foot fences about three feet
apart, the deer can jump the first fence but come down
inside and can't jump the second. Every hundred yards or
so, there is an opening to let the deer out.

Why would you want to let the deer out before determining if it is the
proper size for your BBQ grill?

Grumman-581 wrote:
"Andrey Serbinenko" wrote in message
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Deer need help. I wonder if there's anything simple you
can do that will instantly reveal your 3D nature to the deer,
some sort of a clue for the depth-perception-impared.


I've found that a 30-06 and a .308 to be particularly effective...

You need two rifles? I've found my lone 7mm Rem Mag to work fine. :-)

Matt

On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:54:54 GMT, Matt Whiting
wrote:

Grumman-581 wrote:
"Andrey Serbinenko" wrote in message
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Deer need help. I wonder if there's anything simple you
can do that will instantly reveal your 3D nature to the deer,
some sort of a clue for the depth-perception-impared.


I've found that a 30-06 and a .308 to be particularly effective...

You need two rifles? I've found my lone 7mm Rem Mag to work fine. :-)

7mm Mag for Deer? One properly placed shot and it's cut, quartered,
and ready for packaging.



Matt
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Roger (K8RI) wrote:

On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:54:54 GMT, Matt Whiting
wrote:


Grumman-581 wrote:

"Andrey Serbinenko" wrote in message
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Deer need help. I wonder if there's anything simple you
can do that will instantly reveal your 3D nature to the deer,
some sort of a clue for the depth-perception-impared.


I've found that a 30-06 and a .308 to be particularly effective...

You need two rifles? I've found my lone 7mm Rem Mag to work fine. :-)


7mm Mag for Deer? One properly placed shot and it's cut, quartered,
and ready for packaging.

Well, it isn't quite that good. :-)

Matt

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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You need two rifles? I've found my lone 7mm Rem Mag to work fine. :-)

Different rifles over the years... Come to think of it, I probably killed
more deer with an old 30-30 than anything else... Probably had more to do
with the fact that I got a chance to use it more often than the higher
powered rifles in that I had more spare time to go hunting back in my
younger days... And then there was the old 7.7mm Arisaka that my father
brought back from WW-II... I really liked the sights on that rifle...