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Blind hill Herd in the road In the road

In addition to it already having been a very hard winter on big game, the deep snow is making it hard for animals to get around and find food. It is not uncommon now to find herds of deer and antelope using the roads as their travel corridors because it is the easier path to get around.

The tall berms of snow/ice on both sides of the road from the months of snow plowing also hinders the ability of animals to get off the road when traffic comes along. Drivers can easily come up over a hill and suddenly find a whole herd of antelope in their lane, or encounter them suddenly in their headlights on a dark highway at night. Vehicles that are traveling very fast, or that can’t stop quickly, can sadly run into and kill or injure numerous animals in a herd all at once when this happens.

These pictures were taken on Saturday, March 25th on Paradise Road south of Boulder. This herd traveled a good couple of miles down the road before finally finding a place to exit, right before a big County snow plow came in the lane where they had just been.