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Re:Sniper robot treats 500k plants per hour with 95% less ch... by rmason on Thursday November 17, 2022 @03:23AM (#33636279)
I could tell stories for hours. The scariest one:

I did a lot of soil testing. Refused to go out on November 15th, the start of deer season, after the 4WD pickup I was using was shot up in a field. I hugged the floorboard as shots went through the truck and just over me. How a bright yellow pickup could be confused with a deer is beyond me.

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Re:Sniper robot treats 500k plants per hour with 95% less ch... by pvaldes on Thursday November 17, 2022 @06:01AM (#33637301)
That would be a good time to use those extra-loud non-stop alarm in your car.

Every single people working in their property should have one working non-stop in the deer season to signal that is not a deer. Some just are deertonic and unable to distinguish it from cars.

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Re:Sniper robot treats 500k plants per hour with 95% less ch... by dsfyu404ed on Thursday November 17, 2022 @06:50AM (#33637668)
>How a bright yellow pickup could be confused with a deer is beyond me.

It wasn't. It was confused with a government vehicle. The one day a year that is synonymous with hunting accidents just provided plausible deniability for taking a few pot shots.

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