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Deer are leaping to their deaths off this Pennsylvania bypass :: WRAL.com

National News Deer are leaping to their deaths off this Pennsylvania bypass

Posted March 21, 2022 9:49 a.m. EDT Updated March 21, 2022 9:51 a.m. EDT AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedInShare to GmailShare to Yahoo MailShare to More

By CNN Newsource

Johnsonburg, Pa. — Deer have been leaping to their deaths in a northwest Pennsylvania town.

The residents working to save them say the animals plummet off a bypass.

"Recently, since we lived on the other side of the bypass, we've had 25 deer jump to their death in a populated area," said Bill Boylan. "That end of the bypass is probably more dangerous than any other area."

Boylan and other residents said they tried reaching out to the Pennsylvania state Department of Transportation, but they did not get the response they were hoping for.

New York Deer Infected With Omicron, Study Finds – The New York Times

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New York Deer Infected With Omicron, Study Finds – The New York Times

White-tailed deer on Staten Island have been found carrying the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus, marking the first time the variant has been reported in wild animals.

The findings add to a growing body of evidence that white-tailed deer are easily infected by the virus. The results are likely to intensify concerns that deer, which are widely distributed across the United States and live near humans, could become a reservoir for the virus and a potential source of new variants.

I haven’t hunted in two years now 🦌 

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I haven’t hunted in two years now 🦌 

For a while I got my hunting license every year and headed out to the field in search of small game. It’s kind of tough to do regularly as I live in the city and nearby public lands are a ways away and many of them have a lot of hunting pressure. I hate sitting out on a ridge and peering down onto another ridge and seeing another hunter with his or her gun. Before and after deer season, it’s not so bad, but still obnoxious.

I know the big treasure is a big buck or a turkey in their respective seasons. But I have no place to hang or quarter a deer where I live plus my freezer is pretty small in my apartment. And what to do with the guts or entrails? I don’t have trash service and I would hate to put good organic material like that in the landfill.

I’d be better if I spent more time in the field. Podcasts and videos are great but they could only teach you so much. I probably would benefit from using a guide service. But it’s kind of hard not being a landowner and living in the city. Sure I don’t mind nights in the woods this time of year but even thru don’t happen all that often. Maybe when I own my own land.