For the third time in about a year, a deer saunters out about 50 - 100m ahead of me on the main chesterfiled avenue road in the phoenix park....Thats the main 4.5km long straight road through the park. I haven;t seen the deer(s) since about July or August.. when there were flocks of 100+ very young calfs... few adults to be seen back in summer. Then they disappeared just as they were starting to sprout antlers. This guy this morning (630am) looks at my approaching headlights then walks across the road cool as you like. delighted with himself. Then I saw 3 or 4 lads with him on the side of the road looking at me go by. when one runs out you need to stop and crawl past, even if he is gone by already cause they are never alone. and when one runs out, usually 3 or 4 are following him. The best I ever saw was coming home from town at 1am. It was pitch black in the park, then some lad up ahead stopped and put his hazards on. Then I see about 30 or 40 deer cross the main road in the park in SINGLE file, cool as you like. Just had to sit there and wait. them lads would ruin your car though. must be 300kg each at least.
I never exceed the stated 50km an hour in the park anymore. Used to drive quick enough on the empty mornings when I started, but not anymore. you get people who get really annoyed your doing 50 - 60kph and sit up your back bumper, then over take and accelerate up to about 120kph. I imagine it must of happened a few times that someone has mowed into a deer. those deer don't even have insurance.
