Iowa motorists are reminded to stay alert as fall weather means a host of potential obstacles on the roads, from slow-moving farm equipment to prancing deer. Jim Coffey, a forest wildlife research biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says if you spot one deer, expect there to be more.
Coffey says drivers need to slow down, use sweeping eye movements from ditch to ditch, and be aware of your surroundings.
He says Iowa’s deer herd has managed to provide a harvest of up to 120-thousand deer annually. A report from State Farm ranks Iowa as the nation’s fourth-worst state for car-deer accidents, with claims for such wrecks averaging around four-thousand dollars.
