October 21, 2019

By Pat Maurer
Correspondent

With bow season underway and gun season just around the corner, the roads in and through Clare County are busy this time of year. Fall brings cooler weather, beautiful fall foliage and crisp days along with the beginning of the fall hunting season. It brings many out on the traditional fall color tours in the northern part of the state.

Something else it brings is more collisions with deer.

An article posted by the Morning Sun said the sheriff’s offices of Clare, Isabella and Gratiot counties reported 2,337 car-deer accidents in 2018.

Sheriff John Wilson said, said in 2018 Clare County had 419 vehicle-deer crashes. This year he said there have already been 418. “I ran this number in the morning (Tuesday),” he said. “I’m sure the number will be higher before midnight.”

Wilson explained, “Deer move more this time of year than…