WV - Pennsylvania DOT has this fixation with planting delicious flowers, lushgrass and clover mixesand even APPLE trees along the roadways. Talk about an attractive nuisance. LOL

Then, the evening news tells us to "be careful and watch for deer on the highways." How about not planting a smorgasbord in the damn highway embankment?

And you're right - they definitely like the salt at the edge of the pavement.

But still - one would think that if a deer watches his mother/brother/sister get plastered by a semi on the highway, he might be able to draw the connection between vehicles and danger.

Greg - you suggest that some deer might be smarter than others. I agree with that. But I'm not sure ifcertain deer aren't just more adept at avoiding roadwaysas a beneficial side-effect of their reclusive personality - or if they're actually avoiding the roadway intentionally due to the danger that they'reassociating with it.