Is us just me?

[Brahma Chicken5000]

I don't aim for them, but shed no tears to see one eliminated, especially nearby.

It’s beyond me how people manage to hit them. I have trouble trying to run over squirrels let alone foxes and raccoons.

 

[slordaz]

well just thank the lord for one less predator to have to deal with my small flock

 

[Folly's place]

Opossums! I've hit a couple that ran circles in front of my car! I will not take a ditch to avoid wildlife, and these little guys seem to panic, or have a death wish.
Tonight I counted ten deer in small family groups within half a mile near my house. How slow can I drive? Pretty slow!
Mary

 

[sealer39]

I usually mumble, “chicken killer” as I pass one that’s been hit.
I will avoid a deer or hog if I can. I have better things to spend a car insurance deductible on, like building chicken coops!

 

[HopeSprings]

It makes me sad to see anything dead on the road from a bear to a salamander.

 

[Folly's place]

I actually saw and moved a tiger salamander who was crawling across a country road near here a couple of years ago! We see so few of any species, this was totally wonderful.
Mary

 

[chrissynemetz]

I see them and am relieved that it's dead.... and nervous that it was so close to my house before it was dead....

 

[mowin]

Yep, not sad at all, and I know what it's like to hit by a car. Not fun. Only hope it was a quick death for the critter.

I will not swerve to avoid small critters. Not going to increase my chances of a accident. Seen many times people overcorrect after trying to avoid critters and end up in the ditch, or slam on the brakes and get rear-ended.

Deer and bear, yes. Definitely do my best to avoid hitting them.
Been in our house a just about a yr, and there's been 6 deer hit and killed within 100 yrds of the driveway.

 

[Folly's place]

I've had three 'close encounters' with deer. Brake hard, yes. swerve into a tree or another car, no way!
That deer is still a softer target. First time, a big doe in ran in front on the freeway; she hit hard enough to make the car undrivable, and still ran off, poor thing.
Second time a buck committed suicide running into my door. Unseen until the hit! Car drivable but damaged.
Third time last week; older fawn ran in front, rolled and ran away. Car not even dented.
Obviously we have TOO MANY DEER around here, in farm country. They are beautiful, but still...
On two driving trips out west to national parks, way fewer deer sightings by us. Bigger mule deer, but with less food per acre, a lower population.
Mary

 

[varidgerunner]

I'm glad to see it because I know that it removed a predator that was dumb enough to get hit in the road, thereby strengthening the species.The same natural selection that has happened for millennia. I know that it won't make any difference in local populations. I also don't believe that chicken predation is any type of major issue in today's age of information and technology, and any that happens in spite of this information and technology is simply a result of poor management, possibly saving the birds from a worse fate at the hands of the practitioners of such management.