Hey New Jersey, is it normal to feel this way after deer encounters?

You could have already learn that we’re getting into deer rutting season in New Jersey. If not, it’s best to know that from mid-October to December deer are, to place it bluntly, extremely sexy and unpredictable in terms of crossing the highway.

You’re extra seemingly this time of yr to see them darting in entrance of vehicles with out a care on this planet, so we’re being requested to be vigilant and maintain a lookout whereas on the roads.

After seeing a number of deer on the roads this previous week on my commute dwelling, I began questioning if (what I’m self-diagnosing as) Deer PTSD is a factor for anybody else.

Name me a snowflake, possibly I deserve it, however I’m over a yr out from a deer hitting my automotive and I nonetheless get anxious over it. I’m questioning if anybody else has the identical nervous feeling that I’m experiencing after a deer-hitting expertise.

First, the backstory:

Final August I used to be driving dwelling from work on a Friday evening on Route 195 East after I noticed a deer forward of me working from the proper aspect of the highway to the left.

I slowed down (there was nobody behind me, so it wasn’t a difficulty), and saved a watch on the proper aspect of the highway to see if there have been any buddies following him.

That’s what you’re speculated to do, in spite of everything. We’re advised that different deer could come from the identical path.

In order that’s what I did, I saved a stern eye on the proper aspect of 195.

That’s after I heard a loud bang from the left aspect of my automotive.

After I let loose a loud scream, I glanced at my rearview mirror to see what occurred and noticed the already useless deer spinning within the air towards the median.

I pulled over to name authorities and see what harm was achieved to my automotive… it wasn’t fairly.

I ought to acknowledge right here how lucky I’m that no person however the deer and my door deal with have been damage, I fully perceive this incident might have been MUCH worse.

That mentioned, now each time I go that spot on 195 (and I imply each time, at the least six days every week) I tense up. My eyes dart forwards and backwards to see if there are any deer, even throughout the noon hours after they’re unlikely to be out as if it’ll occur once more.

Is that this regular?

Is anybody else within the Backyard State not in a position to shake that anxious feeling if you go the spot the place you had a deer encounter, be it a success or an in depth name?

Am I doomed to perpetually hate exit 22 of 195?

Please let me know if I am alone in feeling this fashion.

Both means, be sure you keep conscious throughout this rutting season, it may be harmful. As if we did not have sufficient to fret about on New Jersey roads.

Oh deer.

The publish above displays the ideas and observations of New Jersey 101.5’s Kylie Moore. Any opinions expressed are Kylie’s personal. You may comply with Kylie on Instagram.

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