Comment: Paul Scott's "modest proposal" for reducing car-deer accidents in NE Iowa

(Comment by decorahnews.com's Paul Scott)

This has been a bad fall for car-deer accidents in Northeast Iowa.  The Winneshiek County Sheriff's Department said it responded to over 50 car-deer accidents--and that was as of the end of October, before the hunting season went into full force.

The shotgun deer hunting season runs through December 21st and area hunters have done a good job with the "deer harvest," as the Iowa DNR refers to it.  But seriously reducing the area's deer population calls for more serious measures.

That's where I think the Iowa Storm Chasing Network could come into play.  "ISCN," as it is called, has a 10,000 pound storm-chasing vehicle called "Dorothy."  Dorothy is made of Double Wall Construction 14- and 16-gauge steel and has polycarbonate windows.  "Dorothy" roams the roads of Iowa, gathering video of tornadoes and other severe weather.  The vehicle allows forecasters inside the van to look at the radar and determine where to go.

I know what you're asking yourself at this time--is there special radar that allows people to track deer movements?  Heck, no--I'm proposing that "Dorothy" drive around and around the roads of NE Iowa and let deer try to crash into it.

Take that, unsuspecting deer!  They won't know what hit them--literally!