A deer ran into the side of my son's motorcycle, while he was tooling down a road in Arkansas. The deer shook it off, and he was able to keep the rubber on the road. Lucky!!

 

A pickup and I (in my wife's then-new Volvo V70) were going in opposite directions on a Montana two-lane, both probably about 70 mph. When we got about 100 yards apart, a big deer ran up out from behind some bushes in the ditch in front of the pickup. He hit it, the deer went cartwheeling way up in the air, and landed in the ditch on my side of the road, dead. We were very close by then. Pieces of grille, lights, bumper, etc came off the truck in a big cloud, which I couldn't avoid. Luckily, the pieces I hit weren't too big, so we just got some scratches and scrapes on the front and top of the Volvo.

 

We have lots of deer around and are just populous enough that very little hunting occurs.
You've all heard of the classic deer in the headlights.
one night this dumb young buck froze until I was mere inches away.
So here we were, he standing in the road, I'm stopped 3 inches from his legs.
This dummy isn't moving, and I'm struggling with trying to figure out how I can get some venison without damaging the toy.
It was just about that point that he must have read my mind and bolted.

 

This thread had me driving more defensively last night on my way home from work in the dark.

 

this one wasn't close.


wbz news story

 

When I drove through the mountains of WV up to OH for the original meet at Carmen's, I saw all kinds of critters running across the road, including deer. So glad I didn't hit anything. Of course, at other times, I've not been so lucky with the smaller critters.

 

especially turtles.

 

About a year ago I was traveling in the S on a quiet two-lane road through northwest Texas when I came around a hill at full speed and there sat a huge raccoon on its haunches right in the middle of my lane. I had no time to slow and didn't trust a swerve, so I hit it straight on. There was no real room for this beastie to roll underneath as I passed over it. The bottom of the car was covered with blood and hair, the back bumper was pushed out and several sensor wires to gauges were disconnected.

 

The problem with eating a deer that has been hit by a vehicle is they do not process well, bleed out, which will affect the taste. And in many states it is illegal to pickup a deer that has been hit, so check with your local state game officials.

In my neck of the woods, as if deer weren't bad enough, you also have to watch for wild pigs! Talk about hitting a solid object, a three hundred pound sow will make you think you hit a boulder!

 

Wow, glad she is ok. All experts say to hit the deer/moose rather than swerve to avoid it causing an out of control situation. We had a person hit a deer in this area and the deer got stuck in the cars grill. The deer was shaken but not injured. 2 police officers drove the car to a nearby field and released the deer. Then some ahole in a pickup fired shots which whizzed past the officers heads. The cops chased then arrested him for DUI (open beer cans in his truck) suspended license, and other charges. So much for the good deed. Unbelieveable!