Man do I feel bad..

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Most "Deer accidents" that cause injury or severe damage are
caused by driver over-reaction

Swerving to avoid a 140lb deer that isn't set into the ground
and hitting a 6000lb that is set in the ground is a profoundly stupid act.

Frankly I think passers by witnessing such a situation should club
the driver to death and rush the deer to an animal hospital



AD

Agreed!

Most of the people killed by hitting a deer (or missing one) are because they tried to avoid the deer or over-reacted when they hit it.

No doubt, a deer can play heck with the front end of a vehicle. Chances are pretty good something will get damaged on the vehicle. But it beats rolling over in a ditch and dying. Or driving your vehicle into a tree at 40 mph.

Me? I'd hit it and bail out after it. If it was still alive, well, that can be remedied. Then it'll go in the back and come home for supper with me. No sense wasting good meat...

 

[Great_Big_Abyss]

We get lots of deer within city limits here. It's a PITA.

On a different note, one time I was in the Whiteshell (a national park, part of the Canadian shield) with a friend. At the time I was driving my Civic SI. I decided to take a curvy road back home instead of the highway, because, well, I was driving my SI.

Anyway, I'm rocketing down this road, when I come around a blind corner, and BAM, there's a herd of deer grazing by the side of the road. One of them stops grazing, looks at me, and bolts straight for where my car is going to be in 2 seconds. As quick as I can, I stomp on the clutch and the brake, and start swerving to the left. Unfortunately, I can tell that a collision is unavoidable. I AM going to hit that deer.

At the last minute, the deer changes its mind and quick as a flash reverses course, just feet from where my car now is. I straighten out, breath a sigh of relief, and will my heart not to explode in my chest.

That was by far the closest call I've ever had with a deer!!

 

[Hopman]

While we're on the subject for deer stories...

I used to work a VERY early shift (started between 4-5 AM depending on the day) at a local airport. I had about a 1/2 drive to work, mostly over some fun back roads. Well one morning, I'm going along and a deer in the middle of the road. I'm driving my dad's '92 Chevy 1500. (This was before I bought the Ranger) I started braking to avoid it, but not soon enough. Wiped out the passenger side headlight, griile and turn signal. The headlight wasn't broken so I continued on to work.

After calling my dad after my shift (about 1 PM that afternoon), he was understandably pissed. He said to me "Why should I be happy about this?" I told him that you should be less annoyed because your son isn't calling you from the ER.

 

[xnickitynickx]

While we're on the subject for deer stories...

I used to work a VERY early shift (started between 4-5 AM depending on the day) at a local airport. I had about a 1/2 drive to work, mostly over some fun back roads. Well one morning, I'm going along and a deer in the middle of the road. I'm driving my dad's '92 Chevy 1500. (This was before I bought the Ranger) I started braking to avoid it, but not soon enough. Wiped out the passenger side headlight, griile and turn signal. The headlight wasn't broken so I continued on to work.

After calling my dad after my shift (about 1 PM that afternoon), he was understandably pissed. He said to me "Why should I be happy about this?" I told him that you should be less annoyed because your son isn't calling you from the ER.

Thats sucks, but it sounds EXACTLY like something my dad would say if I called him to tell him that.

 

[Hopman]

My dad got over it. Of course, having to take a $600 hit on his wallet (the cost of parts from LMC), he wasn't thrilled.

On the other hand, when my UPS guy showed up that afternoon when I got home, he wondered what happened. I told him expect another delivery here next week.

 

[Great_Big_Abyss]

My dad got over it. Of course, having to take a $600 hit on his wallet (the cost of parts from LMC), he wasn't thrilled.

On the other hand, when my UPS guy showed up that afternoon when I got home, he wondered what happened. I told him expect another delivery here next week.

You hit a deer in your Dad's truck and he pays? Nice Dad!!

Wow, I had to pay out of my own pocket for any damage I did to my dad's truck when I was a kid. I had to prove I had at least $1000 of my own money in the bank at all times before going out with his vehicles.

 

[Hopman]

Well, I paid him half. He put the whole thing on the charge card. He did make me replace the parts. I think that's fair. I did everything I could to avoid that effin' deer.

Frankly, I'm glad I hit it instead of the guy on the motorcycle behind me.

Earlier in the year, my mom actually hit a deer with her Caddy STS and did $3,000 worth of damage.

 

[willied]

Reminds me of when I was with my dad in his '90 Ranger going to school one morning. I didn't see it coming and it scared the crap out of me! The deer hit on the right side of the grille and plastic flew over the truck (I think). I thought we hit a trash can! After that incident I shuddered every time someone put the brakes on just a little harder than normal. And I think I had dreams about deer coming after me (or something like that).

 

[Beef52751]

We aim for the effin things where i come from!!!!

 

[Jspafford]

Ouch... We had our plow stolen off the company truck last winter.

Cost close to 6K to have it replaced. The new one is much nicer though, the mount looks like a grille guard with a dip in the middle. Pull up to it, hit a button on the controller, push a toggle switch on the pump and it clamps itself on without any help!

 

[WNY964x4]

Ouch... We had our plow stolen off the company truck last winter.

Cost close to 6K to have it replaced. The new one is much nicer though, the mount looks like a grille guard with a dip in the middle. Pull up to it, hit a button on the controller, push a toggle switch on the pump and it clamps itself on without any help!

what brand and mount system is that ?

we have a Westen Ultramount and i thought that was the greatest thing ever since the plow we used up until this season was a 15 year old Unimount

and we had a guy call about our old plow that said that someone had taken his plow right outta his yard , just pulled up and hooked to it while he wasnt home and it was gone

 

[Jspafford]

what brand and mount system is that ?

we have a Westen Ultramount and i thought that was the greatest thing ever since the plow we used up until this season was a 15 year old Unimount

and we had a guy call about our old plow that said that someone had taken his plow right outta his yard , just pulled up and hooked to it while he wasnt home and it was gone

Meyer EZ Mount Express... Last year they had a video of it on their site, but now it's gone.

http://www.truckaddons.com/Catalog/subpages/meyer1.htm

Works slick...

 

[Great_Big_Abyss]

Reminds me of when I was with my dad in his '90 Ranger going to school one morning. I didn't see it coming and it scared the crap out of me! The deer hit on the right side of the grille and plastic flew over the truck (I think). I thought we hit a trash can! After that incident I shuddered every time someone put the brakes on just a little harder than normal. And I think I had dreams about deer coming after me (or something like that).

I like to think that's a good reaction to have, especially for younger drivers whose confidence levels are too high. The first step towards safe driving is to realize you're not invincible. The second step is to react as if anything could cause a potential crash.

 

[idriveafordranger94]

What kind of truck hit the tree?

 

[koda6966]

Looked like a Chevy or a GMC. I asked around, I guess he did have some damage to his grill, headlight, and hood. I didn't see any though, but then again when I drove by there was a wrecker blocking most of my view.