We've all had a string of bad luck - but Kacee Larson's is quite unusual. The Iowa teen has earned the nickname "Deer Magnet" after hitting 5 deer in the past year:
Seventeen-year-old Kacee Larson of Conrad said her string of bad luck began last July when she was driving home from her job at an ice cream shop. She saw the deer an instant before hitting it.
Larson's second collision happened a few months later, while she was driving to church on a Sunday morning.
The streak continued. After Larson hit her fourth deer, her pastor's wife advised her to start praying before she got into a vehicle.
Staceyann C. Dolenti
http://www.neatorama.com/neatobambino/2010/07/26/teen-hits-5-deer-in-one-year/
When I was in high school, I hit a *lot* of birds (crows do this) and rabbits, who definitely do, though part of that was an unusually low A-frame on my car (they'd be OK between the wheels on most cars, where mind would smash their head).
There is no hunting season on reservations. Therefore, there are no deer on them. Ever. Deer are not smart but they do learn to stay out. They also learn, however, that if they sneak on the reservation to feed in the wee hours of the morning, they are pretty much OK. Just before sunrise they could be found streaming down the roads.
This girl's town is very near the Sac and Fox indian reservation, the only one in Iowa. I think that she might be doing it purpose.
with that in mind, statistically you're better off driving *faster* - less time spent on the road means less chance of encountering a deer.