July 26, 2023
SEATTLE (AP) — Bjorn Hedges drove around the two wind farms he manages the morning after a wildfire raced through. At many of the massive turbines he saw deer: does and fawns that had found refuge on gravel pads at …
April 13, 2021
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Thousands of times a year, motorists inadvertently smash into Wyoming wildlife like mule deer, elk and pronghorn antelope, littering highway right-of-ways with carcasses that sometimes include dozens or hundreds of pounds of fresh, lean, edible meat. …
November 19, 2013
Officials in Hannibal, Mo., are studying how to keep deer off the runway at the regional airport. The Hannibal Courier-Post reports the Airport Advisory Board took up the issue at its latest meeting in light of a pilot’s recent close …
November 15, 2013
A six-point buck smashed through a window of a Janesville church over the weekend, fell into the basement and scrambled wildly to escape, as children attended Sunday school classes in nearby rooms. No one was hurt, but the deer had …
July 1, 2013
It’s been a year since Dave Sallee wrecked his motorcycle after slamming his brakes when a deer jumped out of a ditch. Life looks different now for the 60-year-old. While he lived through the accident, it cost him his right …
January 10, 2013
Robert Redden was on his way home to Utica about a week ago after a long day in the woods when his truck met up with the broad side of a deer. “I was going down (Highway) 27 at Charlie …
November 12, 2012
Authorities at the University of Wisconsin-Stout say a deer crashed through a window into a building this week, causing about $5,500 in damage. One staffer was bruised when he jumped out of its way, but no one was seriously hurt. …
October 24, 2012
A teenager from Owasso, Okla., died after a car she was in rolled several times after the driver swerved to try to avoid a deer. The Saturday wreck was the second fatality of the weekend in the Tulsa area involving …
December 9, 2011
State wildlife officials say two people have died in hunting-related incidents but overall the 2011-12 season has had a safe start. Jerry Carter, with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, tells The Clarion-Ledger that one death was caused …
November 30, 2011
It’s the time of year when New Jersey’s deer population is looking for love, and sometimes in all the wrong places – like on the roads. The state Department of Transportation says more than 4,700 deer have been killed by …