Hit a damn deer

Unlikely Hero · 06-13-2005

Well I'm just venting but coming back up from chicago back to north dakota I hit a deer going 80. Didn't even see it till I hit it and now the tsi is bashed up again. It just seems I fix one thing and something else huge goes wrong. Just got done with my 2.4 hybrid with hx35w turbo. Now I need to find out of the damn frame is bent and most likely start looking for a shell which is going to be just fun because it was already impossible to find the damn car the first time. Well I'm just venting. Hey anyone want to go hunting next season i plan to kill everyone deer I see!!
=Jason-

Jakey · 06-13-2005

Been there, done that. I've only hit 3 deer, 1 dog, and who knows what else in so far in my 6 years of driving. Hopefully things work out for you!

INTRIGUED · 06-13-2005

Sorry to hear that, Just be glad you were not like me. Hit two deer in four days. If that damn dear didn't hobble away I would jumped on top of it and punched it in the head until the SOB died. (or at least thats how I felt)

Unlikely Hero · 06-13-2005

Well my deer wasn't going to go anywhere after I hit it. What was left prob could have fit nicely between two pieces of bread. LOL
=J-

INTRIGUED · 06-13-2005

You having a BBQ tonight?

**JET** · 06-13-2005

I feel for ya man! I hit 2 deer in my first talon and that is the biggest motivation I have for deer hunting! Even though it was like 7 years ago, I still want to kill 'em all!

I know of another DSM that hit a deer this weekend too!

AJ · 06-13-2005

Yuppers, Smacked one with my Old GST. Slid right over the hood. And Hit a few more 3 or 4 with other beaters while in High School.

I had a friend who hit 2 Cows with his t-Bird once. Now that fucked the car up. Sent one over the roof of the car and clipped a 2nd with the side of the car.

Raptor · 06-13-2005

That had to have been in IA Allan. You girls need to learn to drive, I hit one dear 21 years ago going 80 in a dodge colt. I learned to avoid them since then

**JET** · 06-13-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raptor

I learned to avoid them since then

It is pretty easy to avoid them when you are sitting at home spanking it 24/7!!

Raptor · 06-13-2005

So how does that explain Allan hitting them then?

**JET** · 06-13-2005

Porn on his cell phone!

AJ · 06-13-2005

Wait, they have that?

Bode · 06-13-2005

That sucks.

CVD · 06-13-2005

Speaking of deer, I ran over 2 last night (or at least what looked to be deer). The first one was just a head and neck, the second was a lumpy red 200ft long smear. This was southbound on 35E in the fast lane. Must have been taken out by trucks going at least 80.

DSM1G · 06-13-2005

The weirdest thing to see is when a deer gets hit by a large truck. Its just a puff of hair with blood all over the freeway. Quite a site. Sorry about your car dude.

IndiEP · 06-13-2005

So what exactly are you supposed to do *IF* you see the dear in time and it already has that look in its eyes? No one has ever been able to tell me and its not uncommon to see dear when I'm coming home @ night.

A//// Guy · 06-13-2005

Well if its either you swerve off the road hit another car or tree or flip... Id rather take the deer out. If you have enough time to avoid the deer and get around it, or brake in time, then do that...

CVD · 06-13-2005

Brakes. Swerving is just asking for trouble. Hitting a deer isnt as bad as hitting just about anything else, as there is a better chance your insurance will cover the deer over a curb, street sign, or whatever depending on your coverage.

I had no chance to avoid the deer that hit me, the shoulder is steep there and there was a guardrail and tree in the way. I could have swerved, but on the snow tires I would have spun and would probably be worse off.

So yeah, from now on whenever I see a deer I just cut it to about 30mph and hope he doesnt do a jihad into the side of my car.

**scheides** · 06-13-2005

Also, even ifyou are on an empty road, it's still best to hit the brakes. Deer often travel in packs/pairs, so if it's really common to swerve to avoid one, and hit another that's following the other!

That happened to me & my buddies on a trip back from skiing in montana. we were 1.5 hrs east of billings. hit a deer, coast to an off ramp. sit there for 5 hours, waiting for a tow truck, get towed back to billings. car is totaled. It's sunday, so we cannot leave it at a junk yard. We rent a U-haul w/ a dolly for $650 + 700-ish miles of 7mpg, three of us in a cab w/ 2 bucket seats. 12 hour (actually, on the way there, it only took us 10.5, woot!) trop took 23 hours. I am never letting that guy drive again! Then again it was his car...

MATCHBX · 06-13-2005

Haven't hit a deer yet, but have come close about a million times on rally weekends. Tagged a huge racoon one time though. Cracked the brand new paint on the corner of the front bumper. Folded my foglight up too. Rolled him into the ditch, he shook his head, flipped me the bird and went on his merry way. I wanted to find him and torture him but it was 3am and I wanted to get back to the hotel.