Wilkes county ranks 40th out of North Carolina's 100 counties in the number of wrecks between autos and deer each year. Last year, there were 183 crashes reported in Wilkes involving an animal and a car or truck. More than 90-percent of them involve deer. More than half of the wrecks happen between October and December, the mating season for deer. In 2006, there were a few hundred shy of 18-thousand animal-related wrecks statewide. Wake County had the highest number, over 26-hundred.

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