Self-"deer"luded...
#21
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Columbus, OH
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Haha...that was pretty good...
Although, if you put the offending deer in a reefer turned down really low for awhile...would do wonders to improve his behavior..... :wink:
#22
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Location: Clearwater, FL
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The deer are pretty bad in Michigan too. My girlfriend hit one in my car a couple weeks ago, tore up the right front, the hood, and now the right turn signal indicator stays on inside on the dash all the time. The damage really saddened me but it could have been a lot worse and at least nobody but the deer got hurt.
#23
Originally Posted by Cripplecreek
The deer are pretty bad in Michigan too. My girlfriend hit one in my car a couple weeks ago, tore up the right front, the hood, and now the right turn signal indicator stays on inside on the dash all the time. The damage really saddened me but it could have been a lot worse and at least nobody but the deer got hurt.
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Originally Posted by Twilight Flyer
Even had one peeking in the window of my daughter's bedroom last fall! Prevert!
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Re: Self-"deer"luded...
You are here and Bambi isn't . . everything worked out perfectly.
I hit my first deer after cresting Lolo Pass, MT. He stuck his head out just far enough to punch my right headlight backwards through it's housing . . with his antlers. It was dark and I stopped to make sure he wasn't in the road but couldn't find him. As far as I know, he made it home in time for Letterman. My next encounter was in northern Idaho on the especially narrow and twisty US 95. A gang of them were crossing west to east when my truck forced them to quickly detour north, or else. I slowed down just enough and they sped up just enough so that I barely bumped one of them in the rear end before they made their getaway. Remember this: If you swerve and crash or roll, it is extremely unlikely the deer will hang around to give a statement. It's best to hit them and preserve the evidence.
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Re: Self-"deer"luded...
Originally Posted by bigtimba
You are here and Bambi isn't . . everything worked out perfectly.
I hit my first deer after cresting Lolo Pass, MT. He stuck his head out just far enough to punch my right headlight backwards through it's housing . . with his antlers. It was dark and I stopped to make sure he wasn't in the road but couldn't find him. As far as I know, he made it home in time for Letterman. My next encounter was in northern Idaho on the especially narrow and twisty US 95. A gang of them were crossing west to east when my truck forced them to quickly detour north, or else. I slowed down just enough and they sped up just enough so that I barely bumped one of them in the rear end before they made their getaway. Remember this: If you swerve and crash or roll, it is extremely unlikely the deer will hang around to give a statement. It's best to hit them and preserve the evidence.
#27
Big Hug...and giggles!
I knew you all wouldn't let me down!! 8)
I wasn't even near home (deer central)! I was in northern Nebraska, where deer act like they think they're cows! Herds of the things were out--HERDS, I tell you! Thanks for taking the sting out of this. I'm no longer shaking, and it feels good to know I'm not alone...and that it may not even be the last time I do it (now there's a comforting thought! :shock: ) CAD rocks! Jewels
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and that it may not even be the last time I do it (now there's a comforting thought
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Originally Posted by Twilight Flyer
and that it may not even be the last time I do it (now there's a comforting thought
never hit a live one but I did run over one once I swerved and just barely clipped it(driveing S-10 blazer) and didn't think another thing about till a couple hrs later in daylight I saw the remains hanging off the tow dolly I was draggin :shock: yuck what a mess, draged it for prolly 100 mi :lol:
#30
Re: That sucks
Originally Posted by cdreid
One of my best buddies hit a deer his first month in a truck.
Two months later he hit a FAMILY of them. Three weeks later he hit another one. All in a brand spankin new pete 387. At that point whenever dispatch mentioned the words "pennsylvania" or "virginia" he used two words that started with F and Off. I have hit a gallon paint can of yellow paint that was rolling across the road. Didn't mix well with my red body. No animals yet in my truck but I have hit plenty of wildlife in my car. |
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