Oh come on Wave - stop barking. So many farmers and farm hands drive diesel trucks because it just makes sense. I know off-road diesel isn't supposed to be used on the roads but........

Deer on and aroundour hunting property (all farmland and woods) don't seem to have this extreme adversion to diesels. The garbage man for the farm drives an old Ford 350 diesel and I think it has what I call a Harvester-dozer diesel (International Harvester). This things make some real racket. He comes by about 4:30am and wealways meet him with a cup of coffee to find out what he's seen moving around up and down the roads during gun season. We have stood right on the road watching deerand he's hit more than his share, and he drives pretty slow and easy.

Maybe the deer where you're at are just too anal.