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Vehicles and deer hits
asop
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Had some hail damage here over 2 months ago. They had to order a new hood. Came in 6 weeks ago. Stopped in there today and they apologized for not contacting me and told me they have been seeing 2-3 cars per day with deer damage coming in that were not drivable! So I guess I wait. No biggie and I guess it's that time of the year😉
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Had a spell awhile back, hit 5 in 3 years.
I live a 1/2 mile east of a State Park in SW Iowa.
Before the bluetongue went through a few years ago, I'd have a herd of over 100 deer hanging out around my place.
I leave for work at 3:30 ish am.
Knock on wood, I haven't hit, or had a deer run into me, in a year now.
I'd drive 5 mph down the gravel to the hard top. At least once a month, if I didn't hit one, one would run into the side.
I've hit more than my fair share around here.
You ain't got a hair on yer *.😁 I got mine one and only with my VStar 1100 Classic. Only damage was a bent front brake lever, and the medical bill to find out how bleened up my hand was. My deer didn't fair well either. The car in the west bound lane hit her too. I sometimes wonder what went through their minds. Avoid a crazed idiot on a motorcycle only to hit a deer.
I was on I-20 in Atlanta,Sunday afternnon about 2 oclock,typical horrible traffic and a big doe jumps the concrete barrier and was smashed by a late model Honda Accord.
Hit a deer 25 years ago, or should I say he hit me. Ran right into the side of my truck on the highway.
During rut I believe bucks really do go blind.
hit my first one earlier this month and then the air bag hit me
wow what an experience those air bags are
I worked as a paramedic in central Ga. for 14 years. Good God did I work a lot of deer wrecks.
You aint gonna get killed by a whitetail, but if you swerve and hit the oak tree, you might get killed.
Hit one in August $6800 and two months waiting for parts.
Lots of deer/vehicle collisions this time of year. What makes things worse is folks who don't look at anything other than the centerline.
I rode to New Mexico with a guy who had a lot of confidence in his huge deer proof (so he said) front bumper. He didn't even take his foot off the gas with deer standing on the shoulder.
My older Son has a big ole Ranch Hand front bumper grill guard unit. Protects the front fine but hitting a deer that cartwheels down the side of the vehicle can cause big bucks in damage anyway.
My Dad told me before I got my License "You hit the deer not the ditch." Very good advise.
Back when I was on the job forty years ago, two hits come to mind..
First one that the deer went through the windshield and killed a woman in the back seat...
Second was when a woman hit a deer on a busy four lane highway...got out of the car to see if the deer was alright and got hit and killed by another car. Witness said the deer got up and ran away.
I have hit four maybe five over the years my sons have both hit deer
last time I did I was in my wifes element I would have guessed it was totaled it took out the front end even shifted the entire frond end to the left wedged the drivers door closed . I think it was just over 8k for repair cost . funny the air bags did not go off the body shop said if they did it would have been totaled more than likely even with frond end wiped off none of the sensors got a dead on hit to set them off
if I had know I would would wacked them with a hammer
I had one deer processed many years ago it tasted terrible it must have busted it inside so bad contaminated it . after that I just tell the LEO call your list
always a lot of dead ones in the ditches around here ( deer not LEO 😮_ )
We call our street "deer alley." We drive very slow as they're all over. Going out our gravel driveway, they just look at us & probably think, " oh, them."
$9000 to my Chev pickup this year. Not a bite to eat either.
Worked with a fellow who was on his way to Seattle with a friend to pick up a car. Up in the "blues" (Neo's neck of the woods) he caught an elk late at night. The impact of the windshield caving in blew the rear window out. The elk proceeded to roll across the roof and into the back seat kicking and thrashing. Both bailed out, the elk eventually got out and ran off, and they wound up totaling the car.
You guys have some great stories.
I have hit two with my truck, one with my Suzuki X-90 and one with my airplane!
I won't say how many deer I have hit because no one would believe it. This year I had not hit a deer by the first of October so I had high hopes of maybe getting through the year without hitting one. Then I hit 3 in October.
My 1999 Freightliner has a 490 lb. deer grill on the front so I never swerve to avoid one and 90,000 lbs don't slow down very fast. No damage to the vehicle except it broke a half dozen chrome nut covers. The deer I hit with my Grand Marquis took out the entire grill but I have a donor car to swap that out. I have done that twice before on pickups.
In 1986 my neighbor's wife was killed by a 12 point buck which came through the windshield.
Several years ago I accompanied my brother (a casket maker) to a nearby funeral home. The unfortunate recipient for the casket was a young fellow who was driving along a 2 lane highway and was struck by a deer that had been hit by an oncoming semi. The deer was thrown right into the windshield.
I never could understand why you have to have a hunting license and a permit to hunt the "King's" deer.
But, when the "King's deer" damages/destroys your vehicle, your insurance has to pay for the damage . . . because the "King" has nothing to do with their deer then. If it is "his" deer during hunting season, why isn't it "his" deer after the accident?
I guess the license plate on your vehicle covers you to be legal to hunt deer with it all year long! 😁
One doe ran into the rear bumper where it hooks around... broke her leg. I stopped and shot it with a .38 and gave it away to hunters that were in the area .
Had never hit a deer in 50 years behind the wheel until one morning on my way to a pheasant hunt, and hit two within three miles. Had to put one of them down (and later learned that such was illegal in that state!) and the other ran off. None since.
Was it pulling a sled?
in your airplane, bet santa was mad about that one!!!!!!!!!!!
Been lucky and never hit one .......yet..My best friend took one out with his Cessna 172 while practicing touch and goes . Called me to tell me he killed Rudolph
The North American Deer is the most dangerous animal. Causes more damage and injuries than any other animal.
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain
I managed to perambulate this planet for 60 years without hitting or being in a vehicle that hit a critter on hoof. Hit age 60, hit a deer.
I said a prayer of thanks. I was in the Spyder with the top down. Could have been much worse. I nudged the deer with the front end just enough to have a major indentation but not enough to kill the deer.
No sled. It was just after touchdown. Doing about 100 mph. Ran across runway, missed the prop and landing gear. Went under the wing and caught the outer corner of the flap. Could have been a lot worse!
Even if I don't want to.
Not a deer, but had a hen pheasant come over the handlebars of my TR6 and under my right arm one evening while I was doing about 60mph. Thankyou Lord once again!
I was driving the Big Rig down I 10 about 3 am, rolling west about 60 miles from San Antonio. In fact I was in Luling near Buckees.
A big 8 pointer was walking across the road from left to right. Hard to slow down 80,000 pounds, I did swerve to the left a little, didnt want to jacknife. I hit the deer right at his backside. Tore up the rt fender but the truck still rolled. I went back to the site of the crash. The magnificent whitetail was 50 feet from I 10, his hind legs were crushed, and he was trying to get up with his front legs. It was pitiful.
I wasn't packing, so i cut his throat with a knife. My dispatcher told me I had to call the cops. The deputy came out, he looked bored. He handed me the paperwork and told me to fill it out myself, said he was leaving. I told him I was just going to cut out the backstraps and I would leave. Deputy gave me a funny look, and he said ''Don't let Game and Fish catch you.'' And he left.
I inferred that he meant it was illegal to cut up road kill. Back in Georgia the cops loved it if you picked up a road kill deer. I decided I had better leave the straps alone, so I headed on to San Antonio. Left all that meat to rot.
I posted pics on this forum, some of yall might remember.
By God's grace I've never hit one but the wife swears she hit one on the way to work one morning and the deer got up, looked at her and called her a * and ran off.
Was coming home, turning into driveway- as my lights came around, there was this huge Doe, laying there kicking. Someone had hit her- and she was not going to get up again. Called our little country Sheriff's Dept, told them what I had- and if it was going to take a long time to get a Game Warden or a Deputy out, tell me and I'll put her down. Lady at dispatch said there will be a Deputy there in about 3 minutes.
Said "Ma'am, not to be disrespectful, but this IS the country- NOTHING happens in 3 minutes." She laughed said "Usually, you would be right- but it was the Deputy's wife that hit that deer." She had already called him. 2 minutes later he was there, used a rifle to put her down.
Varies state by state. When I lived in Colorado, they would have an attack of the vapors if you put down a fatally injured deer out of season.
I dodged a big buck, only to total my GMC out on an oak tree. Never will I try to evade a deer again!
Mrrlinnv12, when my buddy hit his deer he got it with the prop . Deer looked like it had gone thru grinder . Did about 12 thousand in damages and this was in about 2004 .
Interesting. I wonder if there is a listing of States laws regarding hitting deer and then what is legal/illegal for the individual that hit it??