We’re closing in on the most dangerous time of the year for deer-car collisions in Missouri. Outdoorsman Kyle Carroll says as mating season intensifies, deer chasing each other pay no attention to traffic.

Proof of that is an increase in the number of accidents in which deer run into the side of a moving vehicle. Carroll says collisions with deer increase in late October and peak during the first two weeks of November.

Deer are most active at dawn and dusk. Carroll says the best way to protect yourself is to slow down for the next three weeks, or more.