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It\u2019s that time of year again \u2014 high season for\u00a0deer-car collisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This fall, Southold Highway Dept. workers are picking up an average of one dead deer a day, \u201cand some days we\u2019ll do pickups throughout the day,\u201d said highway superintendent Dan Goodwin, describing that pace as consistent with previous autumns. Mr. Goodwin said that through the beginning of November, 523 deer carcasses had been brought to the town landfill, either by highway dept. staffers or residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Shelter Island at this time of year, \u201cwe\u2019re good for three to four a week, at least,\u201d said Ken Lewis Jr., the island\u2019s superintendent of highways and commissioner of public works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Riverhead, Mike Zaleski\u2019s highway department staff averages between five and 15 \u2014 and sometimes as many as 20 \u2014 dead deer a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDuring hunting season, they get flushed out more, so we definitely pick up more dead deer,\u201d said Mr. Zaleski, a 30-year veteran of the Riverhead Highway Dept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October through December is the\u00a0most dangerous <\/a>season<\/a>\u00a0for deer strikes on the North Fork, and across Suffolk County \u2014 which last year ranked third out of 62 New York counties for the most annual animal-involved collisions, according to AAA, up from sixth place in 2022. In 2021, Suffolk county had the second most animal collisions statewide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a perfect storm combo each fall when deer mating season and hunting season coincide with diminished food sources and days where dusk falls around 5 p.m. \u2014 when many drivers are commuting home from work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During mating season, hormone-packed bucks are racing around chasing does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In their mating season, \u201cthey\u2019re more active, they\u2019re up on their feet more often,\u201d said Mr. Goodwin. \u201cThere\u2019s less sources of food out there. What\u2019s left of our farms have got cover crop in the fields, so they\u2019re out searching for food and moving around. There\u2019s also not as much camouflage because the trees have dropped their leaves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A deer on county parkland in East Marion. (Tara Smith file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Riverhead and Southold figures don\u2019t include state and county roads, officials said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t do anything on [Route] 25 and we don\u2019t do anything on Route 48,\u201d Mr. Goodwin said. \u201cThose are all picked up by the state or the county.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Riverhead, Mr. Zaleski said that deer pickups don\u2019t include the Long Island Expressway or county roads like Route 58.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Shelter Island, Mr. Lewis\u2019 highway department handles everything, including Route 114.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe majority take place on the state road [Route 114], which is probably the busiest thoroughfare for us, because it connects the two ferries,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd we\u2019ve become a busier place for trade traffic that crosses over from the North Fork to the South Fork, using us as a sort of bridge. So that state road deals with quite a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If a deer does run out in front of a car, the best thing for a driver to do is not to swerve, experts said. Instead, hit the brakes and honk the horn, which may be enough to startle the animal out of the way. If a crash is inevitable, the best course is to steer into the deer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDrivers should never swerve to avoid any animal, especially on country roads,\u201d AAA Northeast spokesman Robert Sinclair Jr. said in a statement last fall.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reason is simple: Swerving to the right could send the car into a ditch, tree or telephone pole, while swerving left could result in a deadly head-on crash with an oncoming vehicle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile it\u2019s not desirable, hitting a deer is better than hitting a tree,\u201d Mr. Sinclair said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Shelter Island, the carcasses are compacted and trucked away by waste management services, while Riverhead and Southold bury their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have a deer pit on town property, in a brush yard of ours,\u201d Mr. Zaleski said. \u201cIt\u2019s a hole in the ground, and we fill that up. As they decompose, we put a layer of mulch over them, to keep the smell down and help with quicker decomposition. When the pit fills up, we simply dig another hole.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Town highway workers also pick up and discard of other animal roadkill, from squirrels and turtles to possums and raccoons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not one of the more glamorous parts of the job, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d Mr. Goodwin said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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