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I see deer very often where i live just east-northeast of Orlando. They have deer crossing signs on a lot of the streets. Sometimes they dart infront of my car, I've seen families of deer walk through my backyard before, and I've seen them standing on the sides of I-95 and I-4.. And thats Florida, a "low risk" state. I can only imagine a high risk state.
Without looking at the data, it is safe to assume that New Mexico is near the very bottom of this list.
Because of it's sparse population? I think antelope and elk might be more prevalent. I was there last week and we nearly hit a large male elk. He was in the opposite lane on a two-lane highway but he would not budge.
I don't find it too surprising. Some of the top states are sparsely populated. That might mean people need to drive through rural areas more to get to where they're going and I think it'd still be fair to say deer are more common outside the major cities than in them.
Michigan might be surprising to me as I think it's fairly urban, but not too surprising.
Looking at the map it might be hard for me to determine the bottom five because some of the states are a bit scrunched up. The obvious bottom is Hawaii because deer aren't even native to Hawaii and I think most of the introduced animals to become pests are ones people could plausibly keep as pets or sell for some other reason. Anyway Arizona, California, Nevada, and Florida look like they might round out the bottom five of deer hits. I might be surprised California is so much lower than Oregon by the looks of it. Possibly it's that the population is so much bigger than the deer population and it's fairly urban. The others aren't surprising as such because deer I don't think go much for deserts or semi-tropical areas.
Michigan is not urban at all. Three counties make up the metro Detoit area where 4 million people are jammed in. The other 80 counties are all farms and woods. In the north of the state less farms and all woods are the rule. Hitting deer is very common here. I just hit one a month ago, I was on my way home from work and it bolted out of a corn field and up and under my truck. THe road is like a tunnel of corn, no way to see it coming. Deer carcasses are scattered on our roads everywhere. At night if you shine a light in the fields you see all the eyes looking back. Hitting deer is so common in Michigan that I was suprised we were not #1. I even hit a deer on my prom night when I was younger. 70 miles an hour with my dads new buick, tore the front end right off that car. I had to drag its bloody carcass out of the road while wearing my tux. My date was not impressed. Later my dad was not too happy with me either. Nothing I could do though, deer strikes are just part of life out here. I just hope the next deer I kill is with my gun during the deer hunting season this fall. Ive hit my share already on the road.
Okay, okay. The census does put Michigan as below average in "percent urban" but in my defense it's not that far below. Michigan is 74.7% and the US average is 79%.
Bear in mind I'm from a small town. So from my vantage point Flint, Grand Rapids, and Lansing are metropolitan areas that I would probably agree are "urban." Still I was a bit mistaken I guess.
Okay, okay. The census does put Michigan as below average in "percent urban" but in my defense it's not that far below. Michigan is 74.7% and the US average is 79%.
Bear in mind I'm from a small town. So from my vantage point Flint, Grand Rapids, and Lansing are metropolitan areas that I would probably agree are "urban." Still I was a bit mistaken I guess.
Most of the population may live in urban areas, but the vast majority of the state land wise is very, very rural.
Okay, okay. The census does put Michigan as below average in "percent urban" but in my defense it's not that far below. Michigan is 74.7% and the US average is 79%.
Bear in mind I'm from a small town. So from my vantage point Flint, Grand Rapids, and Lansing are metropolitan areas that I would probably agree are "urban." Still I was a bit mistaken I guess.
Wow, 94.4% of both California and New Jersey live in an urban area, I would of NEVER thought (for CA anyway).
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