r/Hunting • u/Ghetto_Geppetto • 9h ago

General question/discussion Auto Insurance

Where I’m from deer and vehicle collisions are very common and from what I understand, they dictate how harvest targets are set in the state. As hunters, I think it would be a neat idea to show your deer tags and license to our auto insurers for a slight cut in the annual premiums we pay, to reward us for trying to lower deer numbers, which essentially saves them money. Are any of you aware if this has ever been proposed in state governments? I think it would be a cool idea and let us hunt for a discount, or for free. What do you think?

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u/lucerndia 9h ago

DNR should give me refund on my tag if I smoke a deer with my equinox.

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u/Intellectual_Worlock 8h ago

Well, some jurisdictions will issue salvage/roadkill permits. I'm fairly certain in Montana they are free. Though a passenger side fender tends to do a little more damage to the meat than a .270, though most fenders now are lead free!

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u/Italianplumb3r 9h ago

I think they would think it makes you a higher risk. Driving in rural areas whenever deer are most active in low light situations.

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u/Ghetto_Geppetto 9h ago

I get what you’re saying but they probably don’t consider third shift workers higher risk because they drive in low light conditions, you know? They probably can’t discriminate like that.

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u/tacobellbandit Pennsylvania 9h ago

When I was younger I would go “hunting” at three in the morning with nothing but a GMC Sierra at 70mph with a bull bar on the front and bag more deer than my tags could ever fill.

That being said I’d rather the insurance companies not know how many deer are taken as a result of my vehicular “accidents”. In reality they’re only going to raise my rates if they knew the actual data, never give me a refund for taking deer off the road.

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u/Kranken_DeHogge 9h ago

this would require insurance companies to forgo the maximum extraction of profit in favor of doing something nice for people who care about their community

combined with coming out publicly in favor of hunting, which is gonna piss off their vegan/vegetarian/clueless Bambi-lover suburban customers

be real cool if they did, but they're never gonna do that