almost hit a deer

vbasscustom · #1 12-14-2009, 05:13 PM

anyway, i was on my way to school this morning, (in my pristine '82 Ford Thunderbird) and a deer jumps out in front of me. scared the crap outta me, to say the least. anyway, thats that.

MN_Bass · #2 12-14-2009, 05:26 PM

Never swerve..just brace yourself..hitting deer is like a hobby in MN

LAG · #3 12-14-2009, 05:33 PM

I hit one in '74 and in '92. Not a pretty sight.

Hint, if you happen to notice deer crossing or about to cross in front of your vehicle, slow down and lay on your horn. The horn beeping usually causes them to get out of your way.

At night, your headlights freak them out because they see their shadow moving on one side of them and your car coming on the other and they don't know what to do.

WookieeForLife · #4 12-14-2009, 06:15 PM

My brother smacked a german shepard size deer with his buick regal. Not too bad of a crash.

HollowBassman · #5 12-14-2009, 06:26 PM

Deer suck! I think they need to extend hunting season to thin them out a little more. Surely it is more humane for them to get shot than to be impaled and splattered on the road.

Brummie · #6 12-14-2009, 06:32 PM

I work night shifts here in North London and we have loads of Munjac deers running all over - it's bizarre sight that I've never quite got used to, they're no bigger than a small/medium sized dog.
You'd never notice if you hit one in a car.

**lowendfriend** · #7 12-14-2009, 06:49 PM

I hit mine....bonus points a large buck.

Wrecked the front quarter of my Honda Pilot....cost over 3 grand to fix.

Yeah +1 on the scare the crap out part!

Joe Gress · #8 12-14-2009, 06:51 PM

When I used to work I would have to watch out for deer almost every night coming home thru the forest.

SnoMan · #9 12-14-2009, 09:18 PM

Hit one this spring. $2k in damages. Fun times...

TOOL460002 · #10 12-14-2009, 09:30 PM

ive managed to swerve around the only two ive been driving towards (though one was already a corpse...). however, when i was younger and my dad was driving (ford expedition), a deer appeared out of nowhere and he didnt even blink, just drove through the thing and never stopped. as we drove away he explained that a friend of his in college swerved to avoid a deer and got severely injured. the car didnt need any repairs.

blendermassacre · #11 12-14-2009, 09:47 PM

wait wait wait.... 82' thunderbird? Pristine? in the same sentence?

**jmattbassplaya** · #12 12-14-2009, 09:54 PM

This actually happened to me tonight. I picked up my cab from a friends house and was turning off of his street when something hunched over and gray ran out in front of my car. It turned out to be a little doe but it scared the crap out of me because I thought it was a little kid(his neighborhood has HORRIBLE lights for the streets). And yeah, that`s that.

Demon_Hunter · #13 12-14-2009, 10:10 PM

Reminds me of THIS

dangnewt · #14 12-14-2009, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HollowBassman

Deer suck! I think they need to extend hunting season to thin them out a little more. Surely it is more humane for them to get shot than to be impaled and splattered on the road.

This has been a core belief of mine since I hit a deer on the New York Thruway in the 90's. I didn't have time to swerve even if I wanted to and the road was kinda slick. Damage was in the $2-3,000 range.

Unrepresented · #15 12-15-2009, 01:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HollowBassman

Deer suck! I think they need to extend hunting season to thin them out a little more. Surely it is more humane for them to get shot than to be impaled and splattered on the road.

Funny, I think they need to extend human hunting season so that we can thin out the population of people running into deer.

Jefenator · #16 12-15-2009, 01:53 AM

I brushed 2 within a month, last year.

Gives me pause about riding the motorcycle. Either of those collisions would have HURT on the bike.

Bob Clayton · #17 12-15-2009, 02:09 AM

i know a guy who hit one on a bike going about 70. he literally split the deer in half. messed him up too, put him in the hospital for a while.

this is why i use these:

well... not this model. but deer whistles. they scatter.

A-Step-Towards · #18 12-15-2009, 02:58 AM

an 82 t bird is a boat you would have turned that deer to mush.

DWBass · #19 12-15-2009, 05:38 AM

I hit a small one about 2 years ago. Took out a light and side marker light. A friend of mine hit a full sized one many years ago and completely totalled his car! The whole front end was demolished!

Clark Dark · #20 12-15-2009, 05:45 AM

I can look out my windows and see them quite frequently during this time of year. At least in PA. if you hit a deer your insurance rate doesn't increase (now anyway, because in the past they did).