Deer.

Are deer just stupid? When I first moved here to Wisconsin I hit a deer in the first week! I see tons of dead deer on the side of the road. Tonight, on the way home from work, a buck ran in front of me and I hit the breaks. I didn't really come too close to hitting him, just enough to make my heart go just a tad faster! What I don't understand about deer is this. Why would a deer that's near a forest, where there is protection, feel the need to run across the road, to a corn field that has been cut and there is no protection? Are their brains so small that they are unable to make the decision to turn back into the forest? Can they only go forward? These are the burning questions that I have! Also I see vehicles with a bright spot light shining into the forest. Are people allowed to "shine" for deer? Are they hunting at night? Or is this just a way to see the deer so that you can slow down and not hit them? I will have to ask the Chief of Police that question. A guy at the Church that I go to calls deer "Speed Beef" as he thinks that they don't have a game flavor,being they eat corn just like the cows do. But they sure are faster then cows! I have had deer meat here. I think that it has a very mild flavor. It does not taste like deer from Alaska. Nor does it taste like moose or caribou. It's lower 48 deer. No, it doesn't not taste like chicken!
Another thing I have heard about deer, when they run in front of you, DON'T USE THE BREAKS! I have yet to do that as putting on the breaks is what you tend to do when you might hit something! You're just to take your foot off the gas. I will try and remember that next time I have a deer run in front of me. Just my luck, I will get suicidal deer that will turn and run into my truck.