Anyone else hate deer

[scuber steve]

my scuba instructor was drinving in her ford explorer awhile back. There was a HUGE deer in front of her car, she stopped the car. and the deer came closer, and then rammed the car multiple times the car was badly damaged, but she was not hurt.

 

[adshepard]

Or one in a zoo. Darn things think our garden is their own personal supermarket.

DSDO

Alan

 

[Karl_in_Calif]

A deer is normally the most likely animal to kill you on a scuba diving trip. The car accident is the typical venue.

In second place is falling asleep at the wheel on the way home.

I always watch out for deer in the mornings on the way to scuba sites. Caffiene drinks on the way home, with lots of juice or water in addition, are usually warranted for the return trip.

 

[FredT]

adshepard once bubbled...
Darn things think our garden is their own personal supermarket.

Cross bow! Or a properly rigged speargun.

Both are silient and accurate.
Mustn't disturb the neighbors... around here they want a cut of the meat!
FT

 

[diver_paula]

Glad you survived Marie! And that the car will be pulled through the ordeal as well.

I can only imagine hitting one of the elk we saw Saturday. Probably wouldn't be as bad as an accident my father was in a few years ago.

1 totalled Suburban
1 totalled custom van
1 totalled car
1 dead moose
8 unhurt people.

They made the local paper. It was the first Moose seen in that area in over 15 years! LOL

Paula

 

[jiveturkey]

Deer aren't a problem where I'm from but we do have our share of moose and caribou. The last thing you'll hear from a Newfoundlander before driving is to watch out for moose. They are a serious threat to your life on the highway in the winter.

They come up on the road to get out of the deep snow and to lick the salt off the highway and get plowed by oncoming traffic. If you survive the collision, you're lucky. Your wheels are probably totalled though.

 

[Tractor Tom]

We were on the way home from a mud dive in Lake Fenton when Bambi's mom came blasting across the expressway from the west at high speed. She almost made it too! I was headed north at 72mph and glanced up towards the mirror to wave at my buddy who was getting off at Hill road. When I looked down, I saw a flash of brown to my left and the next thing I knew the airbag in my '95 Dodge 1/2 ton had deployed with a huge bang. I got on the brakes, got into the safety lane beside the ramp and felt a huge bump as I ran over her dead carcas!

Front end of my $8800.00 pickup sustained $6500.00 in damage. Stuffed Bambi's mom into the radiator, clear up to the water pump, before she fell out and I ran over her with the passenger side wheels. Got both fenders, the hood the grill the radiator, fan, fan clutch, bumper...you name it, and it was damaged! I was sick, then mad! Walked back to her lifeless body and gave her a kick for good measure. She was dead on impact and too darn beat up to save for meat.

Limped my truck up to the top of the ramp with green, red and other various fluids dripping on the ground. Got her into a parking lot and called the wife for a ride. Took photos of EVERYTHING, just in case the insurance company was going to be a problem. Took 28 days to repair, but now everything but the cruise control seems to be working just spiffy. Cruise seems to have a bug in it where it works sometimes and doesn't others. Still haven't taken the time to work on it.

In over 30 years of driving, this is the FIRST time that I've ever hit a deer. Living in Michigan, I usually see deer every day, and have always been fortunate(fast) and have missed them until now. Had one step out on the road in front of me on the way home at 12:45 this morning in fact...

Sorry to hear about your loss...

 

[XJae]

ARB in Austrialia makes a bull bar front bumper originally designed to flatten large kangaroos.
It's a nice looking bumper and you can hide a winch behind it.
One of these days I'll get one on my jeep.

 

[cavanhills]

I've crossed paths with deer a few times - both above and below water. I hit a large deer with my parents mini-van back in high school effectively wrecking the entire front end. Was diving in the St. Lawrence river this spring near Alex Bay and found a rotten deer carcass lying on the bottom...not quite sure how it got there. My guess is it went through the ice and drowned?

 

[khel]

Never had it happened to me (though I see "deer and car encounters" almost every week), but I'm sure I'll have this experience one day There's just too many darn deers in The Great Corn Desert (wisconsin) .....

So, I like them when I'm walking and hate them while driving

khel