They are suddenly Public Enemy No. 1.

They are the target in Valley Forge National Historical Park. For now that plan has been shelved by lawsuits.

Not so in Lower Merion, where they were the target of hunters last night, and will be each night this week.

And they might be in the crosshairs in Rose Valley next.

They, of course, are deer. They are everywhere. And, at least for me, they are too often right in front of my car, darting out from the darkness and coming all too perilously close to a collision.

The planned hunt in Lower Merion went off on schedule, despite protests from activists who believe the hunt is the wrong way to thin the herd.

Tonight Rose Valley Borough Council will hold a public meeting on what to do about their deer problem, and a proposal to hold a bow hunt to cull the marauding Bambis.

The meeting is set tonight at 7:30 at the Old Mill.

Finally, there is one more deer item to discuss. In Delaware, a driver struck a deer, which apparently lodged in the front grill of the car.

This happened last Saturday night, about 9 p.m. in New Castle.
Amazingly, the deer survived, but could not wriggle loose from the grill of the car. The stunned driver actually drove the car – with the deer still wedged on the front - to the New Castle Police headquarters.

They managed to free the deer, which apparently was not seriously hurt.
They took it to a local farm to be released. That’s when things got even weirder.

As the deer was making its way into the woods, authorities saw a SUV pull up and then heard what sounded to them like gunshots. The driver has been charged with endangerment and weapons violations. Police say he took a few shots at the deer. He denies it. The deer was not injured.

Kind of makes my morning game of “dodgeball” with the local deer on the drive to work seem kind of mundane.