The Federal Aviation Administration’s Wildlife Strike Database says nationally, deer strikes make up about 10 percent of serious collisions with planes since 1990. But that number jumps to 54 percent in Wisconsin. Teresa Shipley has more about the hazards of flying near wildlife.
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