<3 deer in DC now there is something i had not thought of before
we have bazzillion deer in BC but that is another story>

Yup, beleive it or not. I work at a large retirement home in NW D.C., the Capitol is in plain view from the grounds. It's a big place, the campus covers some 400 acres, and there are deer on the property, right here in the middle of the city. I've commuted in from 60 miles west of the city for years, and I've had close calls, but have never hit one....yet.     Jeff