11.05.2010

Something To Ponder Over The Weekend...



1. West Virginia: 1 in 42 (Who'd thought?)
2. Iowa: 1 in 67
3. Michigan: 1 in 70
4. South Dakota: 1 in 76
5. Montana: 1 in 82

I was shocked that Washington was a low risk state -I've hit a deer and know many others here that have too.  Then again, we do spend a lot of time in the mountains. 
Check out Hawaii's odds 1 in 13,011~ HA!
Have a great weekend, watch out for deer West Virginians!
(All info from State Farm Insurance)

21 comments:

  1. Hmm..interesting. My dad just hit a big buck last week and my mom hit a deer in May. Keeping my fingers crossed I'm not next! (We live in SD).

    Have a great weekend!

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  2. Important info here. I hit a deer once and it wasn't fun!

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  3. I grew up in Florida and we have hit many deer in our time..and so have many friends! Alligators too..haha!
    I live in Oklahoma now and have not hit one yet or seen one either..we used to see them alot in Florida...My son did hit a huge boar about two years ago..he is lucky to be alive.
    It is scary to hit one and sad too!

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  4. I have hit a deer, too. It kept on running but I had to pull over because I was so shaken about hurting the poor thing! Not too much damage to the car but I had to drive a truck while it was being fixed! I am SO not a truck girl! tee hee... Love you, Sis!:) Lori

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  5. What an interesting tidbit of info. I too was surprised by the results.

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  6. Yeah...we live on the Kitsap Peninsula & nearly hit a deer one summer evening while on our motorcycle. We've also scooped up dead ones off the highway & buried them on our property...Sad.

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  7. and here in Wisconsin too......

    Everyone I know has hit at least one deer. Some people have hit several. When my kids got a little older I taught them to help me watch for those little buggers on the sides of the road.

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  8. That is interesting! I am very careful when I drive around here--there's usually 3-4 deer who hang out in the lot across the street. Sometimes I've seen more.

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  9. Arizona is low too! But I think it should be higher in Northern AZ then it is in southern AZ! And here in Buckeye AZ it should be almost zero! Since I have never seen a deer here!
    Interesting post, Thx!

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  10. I hit one within my first few years of driving and IT WAS HORRIBLE!!! (it ran, so who knows how much damage I inflicted on it??) But whenever I see one on the side of the road, it always takes me to the "we're taking their land away" comments. I know my area is certainly highly developed today, from what I was when I was a child. And it seems there is no end in sight. :(

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  11. Hi Robin
    That's so interesting. I wonder what the odds would be in England. 1 in a million probably. For a hedgehog 1 in 20!
    Lindsay
    x

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  12. Just a couple of weeks ago, my hairstylist hit a deer and totalled her car! She was not a happy camper, but very thankful she didn't get hurt. The deer wasn't as lucky. :(

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  13. Utah surprises me too. THere are lots of deer in Utah. wierd.

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  14. Have hit a deer and it's not an experience I want to go through again!

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  15. This kind of surprised me too. I see them on the road all the time.

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  16. That is SO funny! I have had many many near misses in WA... near misses that brought me to tears! Maybe if we had an opossum risk map... I guess that is perspective then... right? Love your Christmas counter!! cute!

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  17. HAHAHAHA...1-160!
    I've hit 5 deer since I've been 16! My hubs has hit 7!

    We must be the unlucky people...lol.

    I wouls say we should be HIGH risk..not Medium!

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  18. thats intersting. I see deer all the time in washington I wonder if it is more related to how people drive rather then the amount of deer in the area.

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  19. I am so glad to hear we are in a low-risk state...I hope to go through my entire life with out meeting a deer in this way!

    What's interesting is some of the states that are high risk don't seem like they would be...

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