I had another close call with a four legged Bambi today. After noticing a loner antelope on the way into Saskatoon the other day, it made no attempt to cross the highway in front of my car; it was never a danger. But coming home in the dark tonight from Saskatoon, I had a close encounter, of the four legged kind. I saw a flash of fast moving fur hurtling into the ditch from a field, on a collision course with my car, and another car was quickly coming up behind me to pass. Fortunately it was a divided highway, and the car behind me didn’t smack into me from behind when I braked sharply, as I laid on the horn. The deer threw on its brakes too, it’s legs looking almost parallel to the ground at the mid-point of the ditch, and it avoided the looming fight with my fender as it took off in the opposite direction.
It can be very important to avoid collisions with animals.
That was the end of my excitement (and hopefully the deer’s too) for the ride home. I had a new Bon Jovi CD to listen to, and got part way through, because the new Saskatoon radio stations were interesting to listen to. Rawlco has a new one called Wired (I think) and Hot 93 is now The Bull 92.9. Rock 102 was surprisingly good while I was there as well, and there was an oldies station, and 95.1 too. I never even bothered with the AM stations.
I finished watching “Splash” [5/10] the other night, and wasn’t too impressed. It had a very weak ending. And a weak middle.
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David B | 14-Apr-08 at 5:43 am | Permalink
I can relate. Deer are nothing but a curse where we are. I’ve counted as many as 20 on a single trip into Ottawa (about 70 km). There isn’t a week goes by without either my wife or I having a close call. In the City of Ottawa itself, there is, on average, more than 1 deer-car collission per day (I think it was 386 last year). And that doesn’t include the surrounding areas.
Bring back the wolves.
Cam Holmstrom | 14-Apr-08 at 12:12 pm | Permalink
Deer is a yummy curse… i love nothing more than to make a couple of Cajun Deer chops up on the grill at home, or one of my favourites, Deer Helper (Hamburger Helper made with ground Deer….mmmmmmm… so good).
Sean | 14-Apr-08 at 6:32 pm | Permalink
I’ve gone from being a city dweller who regarded deer as beautiful to a jaded rural dweller who now views them as something akin to a biblical plague. I don’t care what the posted speed limit is, you never find me driving above 80k on the highway on moonless nights and never above 50k on backroad during the same moonless periods.
Saskboy | 14-Apr-08 at 7:28 pm | Permalink
Cam you had a typo in your home URL. I fixed it.
David, I think Cam has the right idea, let’s eat them ourselves and screw the wolves! The wolves will eat our children too anyway ;-)
Sean, your site swamped? It isn’t loading right now.
I still go 100, or 110 on Highway 11, but if it’s rainy or snowy I slow down by 5km. I had a truck blow by me yesterday, probably going 160. I hope they don’t encounter a deer or anything else.
gfr | 15-Apr-08 at 9:10 am | Permalink
If there were enough wolves there wouldn’t be so many deer. I’ve heard from a biology prof that sometimes there are so many deer some die of starvation over winter and then they’re preserved food for coyotes. They throw the ecosystem out of balance because we killed off too many predators. Or, of course, we threw the ecosystem off balance.
Anyway, I made a deer roast on the weekend. The other upside to that is that they’re not stuffed with antibiotics, hormones, etc. I hardly buy any meat from the store for that reason.
Himpster | 15-Apr-08 at 5:03 pm | Permalink
Just for the sake of clarity… that radio station at 96.3 FM… it’s not ours :)
Saskboy | 15-Apr-08 at 6:00 pm | Permalink
Oh, thanks for the note then, I thought it said Rawlco. Which FM stations in Saskatoon are Rawlco?
I guess that 96.3 was Harvard and I got confused.
http://radiojingles.co.nr.freehostia.com/radio/2008/04/12/kissville-jingles-for-wired-963/
Himpster | 16-Apr-08 at 3:35 pm | Permalink
Ours are C95 (www.c95.com) and Rock 102 FM (www.rock102rocks.com).
Cheers :)
John