This time of year is hunting and rutting season. The deer are spooked from their normal habits and are moving around much more than normal.

They are wonderfully equipped to evade a man hunting them in the woods but a car at night is just totally foreign to their nervous system. If they happen to look toward your headlights they are simply mesmerized and will just stand there until you run into them.

Its best not to try to avoid them by swerving, just use your brakes to slow down so the impact is less and maybe steer at the very last minute without risking loss of control.

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