Wife Hit Deer

[BobRip]

My wife brushed a deer with her van. She heard a little thump. When she got home we inspected it and there was a little tuff of dear fur between the license plate and the holder. No other damage. She insisted that we go back and see if the deer was ok. We never saw it of course. She is more concerned about the deer than herself or the car,

 

[phiferpharm]

We see dead deer almost weekly out on the main road to town. My son hit one with his big rig and it destroyed the whole hood area on his Freightliner about two months ago. It seems like it is not the one you see, but one of it's mates that come bounding out while your looking at the original deer.

I had a bear just about clean my clock a few weeks ago. That would have been a mess.

 

[dmccarty]

Three years ago the wifey got a nice eight pointer. Unfortunately it was with her Honda and not a rifle.

She was ALMOST home, not even a 1/4 mile to our road, when the buck ran out of the woods into a car going east. The buck hit the side of the other car spun around 360 degrees and kept going across the road. The wifey hit the brakes and laid a great skid on the road. The deer fell in front of the Honda. Not a dent or ding to the exterior of the car. She ran right over the buck.

I get to the accident and the buck is still alive but then finally dies. SHP gets there pretty quick but the officer thinks there is no damage to the car. I had already walked back from where the car stopped to the point of impact. You could see where the deer was hit from broken plastic pieces, the spot where the tire no longer left a skid when it ran over the deer, :laughing:, and the drip, drip, drip of anti freeze.

The Buck's antlers had gone UP into the engine compartment and punctured the radiator.

$900 to fix.

A month after getting the Honda back, a dufus did not yield at a traffic light and hit us which totaled the car.

Later,
Dan

 

[grsthegreat]

Three years ago the wifey got a nice eight pointer. Unfortunately it was with her Honda and not a rifle.

She was ALMOST home, not even a 1/4 mile to our road, when the buck ran out of the woods into a car going east. The buck hit the side of the other car spun around 360 degrees and kept going across the road. The wifey hit the brakes and laid a great skid on the road. The deer fell in front of the Honda. Not a dent or ding to the exterior of the car. She ran right over the buck.

I get to the accident and the buck is still alive but then finally dies. SHP gets there pretty quick but the officer thinks there is no damage to the car. I had already walked back from where the car stopped to the point of impact. You could see where the deer was hit from broken plastic pieces, the spot where the tire no longer left a skid when it ran over the deer, :laughing:, and the drip, drip, drip of anti freeze.

The Buck's antlers had gone UP into the engine compartment and punctured the radiator.

$900 to fix.

A month after getting the Honda back, a dufus did not yield at a traffic light and hit us which totaled the car.

Later,
Dan

now theres a car that just WANTED to die. hope you put it out of its misery :laughing:

glad wife wasnt hurt when she hit the suicide deer.

 

[mguitas]

Never have hit a deer. But had one hit me. Mine was the only vehicle on the road at the time, I was traveling about 45 mph when a deer came running out of the woods and hit the side of my PU truck. It spun around and went back into the woods. Don't know if the deer was injured or not. My truck has a severly dented rear door side panel.

I never hit a deere either, but like you i was driving down the club road an one doe ran out of the fence line wright along the side of my truck, the deere turn an ran with my truck. Then it was just a matter of slowing the truck down, so she could cross.

 

[grsthegreat]

I never hit a deere either, but like you i was driving down the club road an one doe ran out of the fence line wright along the side of my truck, the deere turn an ran with my truck. Then it was just a matter of slowing the truck down, so she could cross.

like i keep telling my hunting friends (or fiends)... get rid of the buck lure and doe scent, etc....just get a portable car horn and a set of battery powered head lights....

 

[Whitnel]

I popped one with the front bumper of the F-250 last week. Luckly, No damage to the truck that i can tell. I had slowed down when I saw his bubby cross in front of him. It smacked him pretty good, maybe broke a leg but he hobbled off. I have always wanted a reason to get a BUCK STOP bumper. Maybe not I can justify it.

 

[Mounted Madness]

For years I wondered how anyone with a good set of eyes and attentive driving could hit a deer. Broad daylight, myself and a buddy, on our bikes heading from Sturgis to Devils Tower and lazy curves in 60 zone. A beautiful day.

Coming around this long curve, doing the speed limit, I'm enjoying the ride and as I enter the curve, I failed to see the buck and doe on the left side of the highway until they came running full bore out of the ditch.

They were about 40 feet ahead of me when they came up onto the roadway. The buck was in the lead, and it happened so fast I could only react. I literally drove between the 2 deer. I swear I could here his hoofs on the road, though it might have been my heart beating.

No adrenaline rush, nothing. It happened so fast, there was no time for my system to respond. No panic thankfully. Continued on for another mile or so, pulled over and did the usual holy %$#@ commentary with my buddy.

Ever since, my commentary about how can anyone hit a deer has been VERY subdued. A lucky day.

 

[dmccarty]

now theres a car that just WANTED to die. hope you put it out of its misery :laughing:

glad wife wasnt hurt when she hit the suicide deer.

Everyone was fine except the deer.

The accident was about 1.25 miles from the house so it took no time for me to get to the site. By the time I got there, at least one truck at stopped wanting the deer. In the time I was there at least two more guys stopped for the deer. Eventually we gave it to one guy.

When the lady did not yield at the light and hit us, the car was totaled.

Later,
Dan

 

[coobie]

Wife was driving home from school last night @ around 6:00 P.M.when all of a sudden there was a deer at her drivers door. Deer hit door and spun around and hit driver side front fender, at this point deer became airborne and was launched into other lane.Now deer was hit by another car and was thrown into air where yet another car hit it too. Her 2010 Honda Accord EXL needs a new door and drivers front fender, probably $3000.00 in damages boy is she sick. The good thing is deer was low and didn't come through drivers window.
DevilDog

One thing to remember a car/truck can be fixed or replaced someones life cannot.Glad to hear she is OK.coobie