_Aramchek_ Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 I was driving down off a mountain tonight when a deer jumped off of an 8 ft embankment by the side of the road,directly on to the very front of my hood...right above the bumper. I was only going maybe 35mph but my radiator is now sitting straight back pushed up against the motor,the fenders and hood ard mushroomed to hell and I've got a antler hole in the driver side fender. That thing flew prolly 12 feet high in the air,flipping three or four times before landing by the base of a tree,looking at the car,shaking his head and then apparantly running off. *sigh* Well it was fun while it lasted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brus brother Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Bad as it is, at least you didn't end up lap dancing with the deer! I was driving down off a mountain tonight when a deer jumped off of an 8 ft embankment by the side of the road,directly on to the very front of my hood...right above the bumper. I was only going maybe 35mph but my radiator is now sitting straight back pushed up against the motor,the fenders and hood ard mushroomed to hell and I've got a antler hole in the driver side fender. That thing flew prolly 12 feet high in the air,flipping three or four times before landing by the base of a tree,looking at the car,shaking his head and then apparantly running off. *sigh* Well it was fun while it lasted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OB99W Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Bad as it is, at least you didn't end up lap dancing with the deer!Really; some people get to tell their car/deer encounter stories from a hospital bed, or not at all ! I have a love/hate relationship with my Subaru, but many of them do seem to protect the driver and passenger(s) in accidents, even if they get sacrificed in the process. I live in deer country; it's rare that a day goes by that I don't see at least a half-dozen or so right on my property. Most of the roads near me have posted speed limits of 40-55 MPH, some with fairly dense woods almost up to the road, providing little visibility for the deer or the driver. In the areas the deer habituate I've been known to drive below the speed limit, especially at dusk or after dark during rutting season, whether or not it annoys the drivers behind me. I've had a couple of deer near-misses (and no hits), and I attribute that to having a few extra feet to brake due to the lower speed. Obviously, that won't always save you, but so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 If you really want to be scared ... For years i drove 80 almost from end to end in PA, seeing the ocassional deer at night. Then i got a set of HELLA driving lights, which throw alot of light off to the sides. My 2 deer count turned into almost 90. So many deer i never saw before at night untill i got the HELLA's. nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brus brother Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Hella va story Nipster. If you really want to be scared ...For years i drove 80 almost from end to end in PA, seeing the ocassional deer at night. Then i got a set of HELLA driving lights, which throw alot of light off to the sides. My 2 deer count turned into almost 90. So many deer i never saw before at night untill i got the HELLA's. nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Aramchek_ Posted January 7, 2007 Author Share Posted January 7, 2007 If you really want to be scared ...For years i drove 80 almost from end to end in PA, seeing the ocassional deer at night. Then i got a set of HELLA driving lights, which throw alot of light off to the sides. My 2 deer count turned into almost 90. So many deer i never saw before at night untill i got the HELLA's. nipper Meh,I live in the middle of farmland,I see deer all the time,usually they don't jump on to my hood though. :-\ Someone mentioned safety,well I've ran over potholes that jolted the car more,for a few seconds I thought I missed the deer because there was just no real impact force. The car is fixable,and wil be fixed,it's not going to be cheap but the thing just runs so great and is mechanically sound...doesn't seem to be any structural damage. Here's where the deer jumped down from,that's about 8-9 feet high even if it doesn't look like it in the picture. http://www.freespaces.com/aramchek/Deer/p1123356.jpg Here's the deer. http://freespaces.com/aramchek/Deer/p1113331.jpg Antler hole and head print. http://freespaces.com/aramchek/Deer/p1113334.jpg And here's the car(nage). http://freespaces.com/aramchek/Deer/p1113335.jpg http://freespaces.com/aramchek/Deer/p1113336.jpg http://freespaces.com/aramchek/Deer/p1113338.jpg http://freespaces.com/aramchek/Deer/p1113339.jpg http://freespaces.com/aramchek/Deer/p1113340.jpg http://freespaces.com/aramchek/Deer/p1113343.jpg http://freespaces.com/aramchek/Deer/p1113345.jpg http://freespaces.com/aramchek/Deer/p1113346.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brus brother Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 Yikes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subeman90 Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 ...and because i read about this this morning I was more careful driving through williamsburg today. I kept an eye out for a smashed outback but didn't see any on my way through today. Personally i think it it is fixable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Aramchek_ Posted January 7, 2007 Author Share Posted January 7, 2007 ...and because i read about this this morning I was more careful driving through williamsburg today. I kept an eye out for a smashed outback but didn't see any on my way through today. Personally i think it it is fixable. Heh,well this happened on the altoona/hollidaysburgh side of royer mountain,not in williamsburgh exactly. I have seen more than a few on rt 22 this year though,it's so warm they're really moving around a lot more than usual. I think it's fixable too,in person it doesn't look as bad as it dooes in the pics. Monday I'll know for sure,but the mechanic is already tracking down the parts. And the car's in altoona,it was towed immediately,you can't leave stuff sit on some of these roads without someone breaking in or smashing the windows out. And conscidering how easy they are to break in to when I've accidentally locked myself out of the car...no way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodsWagon Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 Did you get to keep the deer? Mmmm the taste of venison can ease the pain of bodywork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subeman90 Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 Did you get to keep the deer? Mmmm the taste of venison can ease the pain of bodywork. this is sooooo true. I ate the one I hit in college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobyclimbs Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 yeah deer are a pain but ELK or MOOSE! is flat out scary!!! I saw some dust kickup at dusk about quarter mile ahead with two minivans approaching the dust from the side of the road ...HOLY ELK DUDS BATMAN!!! A harem of cow's about 6 of them ran right in front of the minivans doing 70mph!!! dirt clods and skidmarks & dust !!! they just missed them .It looked like a freight train crossing the road!!! that made me slow way down after that! A 200 lb deer is nothin compared to a 900lb elk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjo Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 I think you should keep the antler hole... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 A 200 lb deer is nothin compared to a 900lb elk! bulls can top that weight by a couple hundred pounds, the cows you saw won't usually top 500 or 600 pounds. but regardless, big and not a nice thing around highways. i like the keeping the antler hole idea, that's awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burtonsnowman Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 And the eyes of a moose don't reflect light the same way a deer's eyes do...you don't see their shiny, beady little eyes until it's too late. (Oh yeah, and you think deer are scary to hit in cars...two summers ago, I almost blasted a deer on my YZ-250 at ~70 MPH...that'll make you crap yourself, let me tell ya...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 And the eyes of a moose don't reflect light the same way a deer's eyes do...you don't see their shiny, beady little eyes until it's too late. (Oh yeah, and you think deer are scary to hit in cars...two summers ago, I almost blasted a deer on my YZ-250 at ~70 MPH...that'll make you crap yourself, let me tell ya...) Last time I rode my ninja through the Black hills, S.D., there was a terrible accident with a guy on a Harley. The Black Hills in places are open range. He blasted through a cow (yes a moo cow). Needless to see one cow became two cows. Later in the day I found out the guy broke almost everybone in his body (my guess is he was doing more then the posted speed limit) but lived. nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OB99W Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 (Oh yeah, and you think deer are scary to hit in cars...two summers ago, I almost blasted a deer on my YZ-250 at ~70 MPH...that'll make you crap yourself, let me tell ya...) The majority of deer/vehicle accidents that are fatal (for a person, not sure about the deer) involve motorcycles. Obviously you usually have a better chance in a car or something bigger/stronger; statistics say especially so if you're belted in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 The majority of deer/vehicle accidents that are fatal (for a person, not sure about the deer) involve motorcycles. Obviously you usually have a better chance in a car or something bigger/stronger; statistics say especially so if you're belted in. I think that was the first honest to god ohmygodimgoingtodie moment on my ninja, breaking hard from 75mph because a deer jumped out at 1pm ish. This may sound silly but i thought they only did that at night. nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montana105 Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 we plowed a cow elk when i was about 14 in a 68 impala,it ripped the roof off our car,almost took my sister with it,the semi behind us ended any hope of steak or jerky,and it was a cold trip the rest of the way to Helena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burtonsnowman Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I think that was the first honest to god ohmygodimgoingtodie moment on my ninja, breaking hard from 75mph because a deer jumped out at 1pm ish. This may sound silly but i thought they only did that at night. nipper Same here. I honestly thought I wouldn't live through that. It was on a dirt road, about 70 MPH at dusk. Scariest experience of my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnceggleston Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Same here. I honestly thought I wouldn't live through that. It was on a dirt road, about 70 MPH at dusk. Scariest experience of my life. at least you got to drive home, imagine if you had flipped over and landed on your roof and hood ..... never mind.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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