Deer Accident (Vanity)

[goldstategop]

Last night, I hit a deer on a pitch dark road on the way home. Amazingly, the car was mostly unscathed and drivable and I could see the deer hit the road after it flew over the roof. The poor thing. Has any one has an accident like that? I think its an "act of god" type situation.

[Paladin2]

I took one through the windshield. It died on the way in and landed on the unoccupied passenger seat. I continued home, but the car was old and essentially totaled.

[gorush]

I hit three last year...after 40 years of deerless driving, over half in rural Wisconsin. Two with the work truck, one with my Dodge Ram. $1,000 bucks of damage. You were, indeed, lucky.

[ken21]

yep.

a problem across much of the united states. si.

i grew up in colorado and it was always a fear of hitting a deer.

in austin, tx i like the way ranchers have metal guards around their pickups so that there’s only damage to the deer and not the pickups!

[mad_as_he$$]

When I hit a deer it is never an accident.

[mamelukesabre]

Yep. I hit one like that with a geo metro once, several years ago. I switched to pickups immediately after.

[goldstategop]

I was lucky. I was going about 40 on the road and didn't see until it was too late (it was in my lane) and I couldn't stop in time. Some people have been killed in those accidents. My car isn't totaled but the hood and front panels will need to be replaced. Insurance covers it under the comprehensive policy. Its not considered at fault for no one knows how a deer will react to a motor vehicle.

[airborne]

I have two words for you.

Venison jerky!

[mdittmar]

Hit one in my El Camino on the way to my brothers place.

Took out the grill and radiator.

We went back with a gun,to make sure it wasn't suffering,it was gone.

[rabidralph]

I’m so sorry to hear that. I hope you are okay. I say a prayer every time I go out when it’s dark, that God will keep all the critters away from my truck or that I’ll see them in time. It’s working so far.

[NormsRevenge]

A few deer were crossing a state hwy one night in Minnesota, hit a doe doing 60 or so , mostly quarter panel damage in the left, had it turned into venison sausage and bambiburger .. could have nailed an elk once too ,, went right between 2 big ‘uns middle of the night in Wyoming doing about 80.. elk ain’t meat either.. I was damn lucky that night.

[OCC]

Deer seem to have a death wish. It is a major problem in Northern Indiana.

Deer leap to death from overpass

[smokingfrog]

Happens all the time. Stupid deer don't even cross the road at the deer crossing signs. Hope you have good insurance.

http://www.statefarm.com/about/media/media_archive/deer.asp

[goldstategop]

I'm ok. I think the reason the air bag didn't deploy is that its after all not an immovable object. 200 pounds meets 4 tons and it doesn't win. There wasn't blood where I hit it and the hood had a tuff of deer fur stuck in it.

[Species8472]

Try hitting a Moose:

[cripplecreek]

PA leads MI in the car deer accident rankings now. Guess we’ll just have to try harder.

[NormsRevenge]

oops

elk meat aint too bad either

[BGHater]

Cars taking out deer is another form of keeping the deer populations under control.

They are pretty tough sob's.

Wounded deer attacks hunter who shot him

[cripplecreek]

I know a woman that hit a horse with a Chevette. She was in a coma for a while.

[fishergirl]

“Venison jerky!” When I was growing up my dad had a deer lease around Bandera, Texas. In a little town, Utopia, not far from the lease,there was the best venison jerky I’ve ever had in my life! Beautiful country, too!