[luv2hunt]

Coming home Sat. morning after my fishing outing with Kris I counted A LOT of dead deer. On Rt. 80 eastbound, from where 80 and the 280 split is up until Fairfield I counted 7 dead deer in that stretch alone. Seems to me like that's an awful lot of dead deer for this time of year, and especially in that area. I know there are deer in the area, but almost seems like a population explosion of some sorts. BTW two of the 7 deer were definately bucks. I also saw one on the west bound side this morning on the way to work.

 

[Stealthy_Bowman]

Next to November, May has the next highest number of deer road kills. This is due to does looking for a place to birth their fawns and juvenille bucks (1 year olds) being kicked out of their home range from adult does (nature's way of preventing in-breeding).

 

[1 moe shot]

[rofl][rofl][spy]

 

[wojtowicza]

yup dead deer all over 80. i see them from exit 12 right down to 95.

 

[Dragthor]

Yup. Same goes in PA... from the water gap to Blakeslee exit... it freaking reeks! [confusedagain]

 

[icuhunt]

I've been noticing that too.

 

[Singleshot]

Your absolutely right on the Money Stealth, Majority of the road kills are young bucks..

 

[BowhunterNJ]

Yep what Stealth said...plus super mild winter so more deer around (in some areas). I only found 1 or 2 deer taken down by yotes this past winter...year before I think I found 8. Of course I may just suck at finding them, but it gives me hope there might be a few more deer out there this year!

 

[JerseyJim]

BTW two of the 7 deer were definately bucks.

I counted 7 deer after the 280 split on my way to NY Sunday and at least 4 had antlers....

 

[bloodtrails]

I have a dead opossum in front of my house. If anyone wants it just come and take it. Free. Should be pretty tender by now.

 

[ironmine]

I saw 'em all over the interstate highways, too.

I-80 all the way out to I-81 in Hazelton, and then another 60 miles south on I-81.

Does and young bucks, all fresh kills.

Dragthor ...... what do you do in Blakeslee? Do you fish those trout streams around there?

 

[houndawgg]

I'd bet there aren't higher road kills than normal, higher than normal sightings are probably because the state might have stopped picking them up already and leaving to the municipalities.
Probably gonna be a common sight in the future.

 

[yoda4x4]

I agree. I've been seeing a lot of dead deer lately. I think I've seen more this year than any other year.

David

 

[PheasantTail]

I drive Rt 80 from exit 25 all the way to exit 68.. and I have to agree, tons of dead deer...

 

[Scrubby rack buck]

Yup. Same goes in PA... from the water gap to Blakeslee exit... it freaking reeks!

You got that right.. [gagingsmiley]