Does deer hunting reduce car accidents?
It’s happened to many drivers and might have happened to you, too. You’re on a dark, suburban road, when all of a sudden something leaps out directly in front of you. Before you have a chance to think, you slam on the brakes and find yourself face-to-face with a wide-eyed, startled deer. As your heart races, you can’t help asking yourself, “What if there was a car right behind me? What if the road was icy and I skidded into oncoming traffic? What if I hit the deer and it came flying through the windshield?” Sadly, hundreds of people die every year in deer-related car accidents. In fact, the number of fatal crashes with deer and other animals has more than doubled in the past 15 years –there were 223 fatalities in 2007 [source: Bruce]. According to statistics from State Farm insurance, an estimated 1.5 million vehicles collide with deer every year in the U
