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University Daily Kansan / Wednesdav. November 13. 1991
Passing the buck can be risky for Kansas drivers in the fall
By Melissa Rodgers Kansan staff writer
Warning — it's car season for the local deer population.
At least five car accidents involving deer have occurred in Douglas County in the past week.
Dennis McDonald, Topea resident, said he hit a deer about 4:54 p.m. Saturday three miles west of Lawrence on Clinton Parkway.
"It pushed my hood back about a foot," he said.
The Kansas Highway Patrol is warning drivers, especially in rural areas, that car-deer accidents increase this time of year because of more deer activity and movement, Sgt. Terry Maples said.
Late October tolate November is the breeding season for deer, Maplie said. Deer are quite active and move frequently during the mating season.
Mape said the pheasant and quail hunting season, which opened Saturday, would cause deer to move about even more. In the last several years the deer population has been growing, he said.
Last year, more than 4,000 car accidents involving deer occurred in
Kansas. Sixteen of the accidents caused serious injuries, but there were no fatalities, said Bob House, of the Kansas Department of Transportation.
Maj. Daj Dalqueste of the Douglas County Sheriff's office said he was surprised by the many car-deer accidents in Douglas County.
Last year, 131 car-deer accidents occurred in Douglas County, according to KDOT figures.
"A deer can leap a fence in nothing flat, and they they think they can jump your headlights," Dalquest said.
Dalquest said some people had put deer whistles on their cars.
Je Riffner, manager of Larry's Auto Supplies, 1502 W. 23rd St., said deer whistles were plastic tubes attached to a car's front bumper. As the car moves down the road, air passing through the tubes makes a whistling sound.
Keith Sexton, big-game coordinator of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, said the high frequency pitch produced by the whistles drew the deer's attention and caused them to move away.
However, he said recent research showed that deer might not hear the whistles.
Justin Krupp/KANSAN
Music to marry by
An hour between classes provides some quiet time for Yew Boon Fu, Malaysia junior, to practice organ music. He will play the songs at a friend's wedding Saturday, and Fu decided to practice yesterday afternoon in Danforth Chapel, where the bride and groom will be married.
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