In addition to the mating urges that deer experience in the Fall,agricultural crop harvest is proabably the 2nd biggestcontributor toincreaseddeer movement in the fall.

One needs to only take a cursorylook at the surrounding countryside in the Summer vs. those same areas in the Fall to see how large tracts ofstanding corn and other agricultural crop fields that were available as habitat food and cover for deer in late August and early September suddenly becomeno longer available after thecutting starts around the 1st or 2nd week of October.

Obviously,when acres of corn (typically standing 8' or more high) are cut to within inches of the ground,a lot of deer are going to bedisplaced in a short amount of time. Couple that to the fact that the seasonal change is also causing foilage loss and a more open landscape overall, and it is obvious why deer are more active during this time of year tryign to find new feeding and bedding areas.

If someone is going to claim that the increase in deer/vehicle interactions is due to increased hunting pressure in the Fall, then they might as well just as equallyblame it on the increased pressenceof any humans that may be in the woods or fields at that time including:birdwatchers, hikers, horseback riders, ATV riders, fall foilage observers, anti-hunters, etc. (Perhaps Daryl Dejoy and his cronies ought to parktheir BMW's and stay indoors for the months ofOct., Nov. and Dec. to insure that they don't spook any deer into the path of traffic or actually run over any of them themselves.)

It is quite interesting how these morons willtwist or distort just about anything they can to try to support their ridiculous ideas. [:@]

- Gr8ful