Lucky

[duosport]

So I was riding home this afternoon about 12:30. I am going home on a 45 mph road that is two lanes going south and two lanes headed north. The north south lanes are devided by a grassy strip with small trees about 4 feet wide. I am doing about 47 mph no cars around me in either direction. All of a sudden out of the corner of my eye to the right there is a flash of brown. I tilt my head slightly to the left towards the flash of brown on the grassy meridian. The brown flash is now a medium sized deer that is flipping upward with legs flying above it. in a backwards summersault. As I am in the inside lane this acrobatics of the deer takes place about two feet from me. It happened in a split second. In a flash I am past the deer never having time to hit my brakes or swerve or anything. What happened? I did not see what happened to the deer. There were no cars in either side of the road. The deer must have been running towards me on my 8 o'clock. A torpedo headed directly for me. Did the deer suddenly see me and do this flip to avoid me? The small trees planted last fall had been placed with support ropes but most of the supports were removed this summer. I rode back by the scene and noticed a few trees still had them. Though they were staked only 1.5 - 2 feet from the trunks of the small trees. The supports also did not travel very high up the trunks either. It would not have been easy for a deer to get under and between the rope, but I guess it was possible. Either way I am one very lucky Hombre.

[90GTVert]

It would be nice to think that deer do crazy acrobatics to avoid hitting scooterists. lol I dunno what happened, but I'm glad you're here unharmed to tell us about it.

It's that time of the year, and I've had a few close calls already (no gymnastic deer yet ;D ). Keep an eye out, keep whichever (high/low) light on that gives you the best peripheral vision at night, and if you know of a particularly bad area let off the throttle a little.

[duosport]

It was noon! Strangest thing. Pretty dense residential area too.

[Goosey]

I once saw a deer run right into an 8 ft tall wire fence while it was running full speed alongside my car. Maybe it hit that rope while it was running at you, Lucky This guy on another forum hit a deer going 45 on his scooter, he didn't have time to do much so he "took the bump" as they say in motorcycle class, he stayed up and had minor plastic damage and a broken mirror. Folks call them road rats around here.

[duosport]

Wow! Bumped and stayed on. Must have been a light bump. I tell you if my deer had hit me full force I would have been laid out.

[2strokd]

Wow man, that had to be a trip!
Im glad you and the deer didnt hit :thumb: .
Poor deer end up in some weird positions when running scared.

[Goosey]

So far I've been lucky enough not to hit any, had one run into the side of a car I was in, and saw one come out from under a car in front of me ( didn't need to see that ) But from the damage to cars I've seen, don't want to hit one on the scooter. Careful out there. A Wisconsin rule, if you see one, if it's looking back another ones coming. Now turkeys, those things are everywhere right now too...slow, unpredictable, and in bunches.