Originally Posted by
jpescatore
Around here (Maryland) deer are rampant and evolution does not yet seemed to have convinced deer to look both ways before they cross the road.
I've done a good amount of touring in Montana. There are deer everywhere, and they do the same thing: They just wander into the road without a care in the world. When I was back there in 2019 I came around a curve descending Thompson Pass and encountered several just standing in the middle of the road--in the rain. The next day one came through my city park campsite in the middle of a town. On the last day there were a half dozen in another town just wandering around, some in the road, right by a busy convenience store as drivers were coming and going. It's not odd to see nice pickups fitted with steel pipe grates on the front like you see on some cop cars, only bigger. I have to assume it's to protect their investments.