I was landing my airplane ( a 3100#, High
performance/complex/retractable at the Gladwin Airport (GDW) one night when a
big doe decided she wanted to be on the other side of the runway

Ouch....I've hit birds before (biggest...an owl...collapsed the leading edge on
the Luscombe) but a friend, landing on a private lighted strip one evening,
managed to turn 10 Black Angus cows into steak and hamburger. The owner forgot
to clear the field when he turned on the landing strip lights. The pilot and
passenger walked away, but the Beechcraft Bonanza (cousin to Roger's Debonair)
was totalled. Barbara, the pilot, said she didn't suspect a thing until
touchdown and one cow turned towards the approaching airplane. "Shining eyes"
is all she saw. Think she's vegetarian today!!! (joke)

As for the coax, I've use the sour apple stuff...local squirrels apparently
don't like it, and wander off to greener pastures. 'Course, when all else
fails, a .22 and some CB shells take care of the rest. Thank goodness for
living in the South and not living in a city.

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