{"id":34550,"date":"2021-09-30T11:53:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T15:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=34550"},"modified":"2021-09-30T11:53:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T15:53:34","slug":"fall-wildlife-activity-increases-drivers-collision-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2021\/09\/30\/fall-wildlife-activity-increases-drivers-collision-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Wildlife Activity Increases Drivers\u2019 Collision Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Motorists Should Remain Alert for Deer<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 363px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/marylanddnr\/37279686010\/in\/photolist-YNh8R5-ZPk2uc-2jMfNf5-2jMfNEJ-q3niJx-2jMcgkc-RJeFPv-EQjgfE-SL28Zx-2aa5yvJ-2aa5yWJ-2coc1b6-SYs942-MTdxJs-SYsbJx-RHorQD-SoyxLj-SoyDDw-PWovwj-2j13siN-STGD4j-2kLdtRE-PatSGe-2jhou8X-RJu4jt-SXgXst-MTbyy7-21Ajk54-21TkcpE-EQjfFJ-21TkaLQ-SoyHdq-SYqjAP-HZbcK2-HZb87e-SJFpgw-SYskUg-SJFaDG-SYspwM-HZb5oP-21RkUny-21AjfwM-21TkbCj-RJw3qR-RFWdYA-J2cY4Z-SoyyL5-RJwdZX-21AjgSH-21AjhP2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4481\/37279686010_c9e2a642db.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of deer running from a wooded area during fall\" width=\"353\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Chauntell Hawkins<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deer mating season is right around the corner, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a> reminds motorists to be vigilant. During this time deer travel across roads in often unpredictable patterns at all times of the day in search of a mate. Most wildlife species are also more active this time of year, as they search for food to prepare them for the coming winter.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDaytime deer activity increases significantly during mid-October through November due to breeding behavior\u201d\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wildlife and Heritage Service<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Director Paul Peditto said. \u201cThis increase in deer activity results in more motorist encounters with deer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Motorists are reminded to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Be particularly attentive in the early morning and evening periods.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gradually brake to avoid hitting a deer; do not swerve as this may cause you to lose control of your vehicle.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Slow down if a deer crosses the road ahead. Deer often travel in groups and others may be nearby.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stay alert and slow down in areas where deer crossing signs are posted. These indicate locations of frequent deer activity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Watch the shoulder of the road. Be alert for deer standing along the shoulder, as they may suddenly move onto the road. Slow down and sound your horn to scare them away.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maryland Motorists Should Remain Alert for Deer Deer mating season is right around the corner, and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources reminds motorists to be vigilant. During this time deer travel across roads in often unpredictable patterns at all times of the day in search of a mate. Most wildlife species are also more<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2021\/09\/30\/fall-wildlife-activity-increases-drivers-collision-risk\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,13],"tags":[3059,2945,5045],"class_list":["post-34550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-wildlife","tag-deer","tag-paul-peditto","tag-wildlife-and-heritage-service"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34550"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34553,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34550\/revisions\/34553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}