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Deer-car crashes leap up; studies debunk deer whistles

After hitting a deer:

What's legal; what's not?

It is illegal to tag the deer and take it with you.

It is legal to move the struck animal to the side of the road.

It is legal to kill a wounded animal lying on the side of the road, although shooting it is illegal.

Sources: Rex Mays, district supervisor with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, and Texas Parks & Wildlife Department website

One Victoria nurse learned the hard way - that at this time of year grandma isn't the only one at risk for run-ins with deer.

It was just after 9 p.m. Nov. 10 when Guadalupe Cruz climbed into her 2004 Chevrolet Avail, heading to her graveyard shift at The Devereux Foundation.

The trip began much like always.

She traveled Loop 463 past the Victoria Mall and continued into a dark patch near Old Goliad Road. When she turned a corner, however, she came too close for comfort to one deer making its way across the road.

"There was no chance to stop," Cruz said. "As soon as I hit it, smoke started coming out of my hood."

Cruz isn't alone in her encounter.

In Texas, the likelihood of hitting a deer is 1 in 403.9, according to a State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. news release.

Nationwide, that number jumps to 1 in 192.65.

And, this time of year, such close encounters are on the rise.

A couple of factors lead to more deer near roadways, said Rex Mays, district supervisor with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

The ongoing drought means the only moisture available comes from dew that runs off roads, he said. Because deer have overextended food available in pastures, they gather around roadside plants.

Breeding season also plays its role, he said, noting bucks chase the does in heat at times across roadways.

Everyone has a philosophy when it comes to deer on the road, but Mays said he encourages people to slow down and avoid erratic movements that might startle the animals.

TexasLandsource.com Adds YouTube To Property Listings On Its ...

TexasLandsource.com

Mccomb, MS (Vocus) October 14, 2010

In McComb October 13th 2010 Powered by the Landsource flagship, Your-Landsource.com, TexasLandsource.com as well as all partner sites now offer embedded YouTube video to enhance visitor information. In addition, this new feature provides the Landsource member Real Estate Brokers the ability to fully connect with potential clients with better listing details and a clear focus on the site visitor and potential buyer.

The new service for TexasLandsource.com members will not only mean enhanced listing details, but it is a great means for Search Engine Optimization of the broker’s own realtor Website. Key new features in the site upgrade include the ability to add multiple YouTube videos on the same property listing. The addition of embedded video is a first in the listing platform website business.

Another key feature Landsource has added is a new Broker Agent Profile Page. The profile page provides each site member a page of their own inside the Landsource website. Brokers and agents can add biographical information on themselves and their company, link to their FaceBook page, and have client e-mails sent through the Landsource website directly to them. An added benefit to brokers is that information contained on the profile page is indexed by the search engines.

Chuck Magee, National Sales Director, explains, “This upgrade is the first of many incremental enhancements to our Network of owned and operated sites. We know our site visitors in particular will appreciate the far wider range of listing information. This service will open up a wide range of new possibilities for better interaction between site visitor and member Broker to communicate on a more social level.”

About Texaslandsource.com TexasLandsource.com, LLC is a rural listing website for Texas Real Estate Brokers to list properties for sale in any Texas County. TexasLandsource.com is part of the Your-Landsource.com network of over 55 websites owned and operated which are targeted towards buyers and sellers of land, farms, ranches, commercial, timberland and rural homes outside city areas.

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