Deer are turning up on roadsides and in ditches more than at any other time of year. It is the rut: bucks are covering a lot of ground after does, at all hours, and paying very little attention to anything else. November is the worst month of the year for collisions between vehicles and deer, and the clocks make it worse. When they go back an hour at the start of the month, the drive home moves into the dark overnight, in the same weeks the deer are moving most. A deer on the road is rarely alone, so when one crosses in front of you, watch for the next one behind it.