When deer and vehicles collide the results can be fatal and not just for the deer. Even trying to avoid hitting one can result in an accident if not handled correctly. A mature buck can weigh 200 pounds or more and cause major damage and injuries, but so could hitting a tree or rolling a car while trying to steer clear of an encounter. Deer collisions can happen any time of year but spike tremendously during…
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Each year thousands of deer hunters take to the field in hopes of snagging a buck or a doe but instead wind up in the hospital or worse. Although shooting accidents do happen, it’s the act of hunting itself that can often prove more dangerous in the form of falls, heart ailments and other issues. A study by the Ohio State University Medical Center and 2010 found that among hunting- related injuries, 50 percent were…
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At the time of year when deer and vehicle collisions hit a peak, there’s been an annual increase in the number of deer-related accidents as well. The number of deer-related collisions in the U.S. increased by 7.7 percent over the last year, according to State Farm Insurance. This jump comes after a three year period during which these collisions dropped 2.2 percent. State Farm estimates 1.23 million collisions caused by the presence of deer occurred…
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No one can guarantee that an outdoors man will come home with a large mouth bass or an eight-point buck, but with hunting insurance they’ll be covered if there’s any mishaps in the field, stream or wherever else they look for game. Jim Longhway, president of the Bryant Longhway division of Market Financial Group says he came up with the idea of hunting insurance in the late 1990s after years of involvement in the insurance…
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