Law enforcement officials throughout the Great Lakes region are warning motorists to start looking out for deer. With the cooler weather, they’re on the move. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Lester Graham reports:
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Law enforcement officials throughout the Great Lakes Region are
warning motorists to start looking out for deer. With the cooler weather…
they’re on the move. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Lester Graham
reports.
Every year about this time deer-vehicle accidents start to increase.
Tim Schweitzer is with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. He
says deer live near farm crops.
“Once the crop harvest begins, deer are forced to move. They’re going to be running across roadways, paying little attention to vehicles
in their path. And, the autumn is the start of the rut for deer, the mating
season. And once deer are concentrating on mating, they’re concentrating on
little else and won’t pay any attention to semi-tractor trailer trucks or
vehicles on highways.”
Schweitzer says if you’re driving, you should slow down… be especially
cautious at dusk – and just before sunrise – when deer are most
active. and…
if you see one deer crossing the road, Schweitzer says there’s a
good chance there’ll be more behind it.
For the Great Lakes Radio Consortium, this is Lester Graham.