Just hit a deer
11-26-2008, 06:27 PM
#18
Sorr it happened to you too. I got hit with my 15,000 mi 98 C2S that never had a prior scrape. I did make sure the repair did not include replacing any panels and that VERY little filler was used. I can only say that in retrospect it makes a really neat story. When guys brag about their hunting success I can honestly say I bagged mine on opening day without getting out of my car.
11-27-2008, 01:31 AM
#21
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I wonder what happened to your deer? At 20 mph do they just keep on going and that's it?
Sorry to hear about your car. I've never hit a deer and I'm guessing I'm in the minority here. I do worry about it quite a bit while driving at night in the country though.
Sorry to hear about your car. I've never hit a deer and I'm guessing I'm in the minority here. I do worry about it quite a bit while driving at night in the country though.
11-27-2008, 09:55 AM
#22
Drifting
deer strike
Steve:
We've hit a couple. One in an MGB at about 50 mph. It hit the left fender, flew clear over the car, and was dead when we found it.
The second, in a Volvo 242 at about 70; and it ran into the left front fender, bounced off, and ran away.
In both cases we were able to continue on our way. On the MG I had to pull the front fender back from the tire for clearance.
The key thing is not to swerve off the road; drive through them if you have to. One of our clients died in the rollover of his Expedition, avoiding an elk. I suspect harnesses were not worn.
We've hit a couple. One in an MGB at about 50 mph. It hit the left fender, flew clear over the car, and was dead when we found it.
The second, in a Volvo 242 at about 70; and it ran into the left front fender, bounced off, and ran away.
In both cases we were able to continue on our way. On the MG I had to pull the front fender back from the tire for clearance.
The key thing is not to swerve off the road; drive through them if you have to. One of our clients died in the rollover of his Expedition, avoiding an elk. I suspect harnesses were not worn.
11-27-2008, 03:01 PM
#23
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Good advice. My natural tendency would be to protect my car in any way I could from getting hit, but if you're supposed to hit them rather than risk swerving off the road, that of course would be better.
11-27-2008, 04:50 PM
#24
Drifting
hit a deer
You may be on a road with gentle sloping shoulders, where it might be safe to run off at a shallow angle, but the problem is that you have only a split second to decide. Most of these deer strikes are going to be in treed areas where vegetation is close to the road, in any event.
In our second deer strike, we were in open prairie terrain (near Oyen, Alberta), and my wife braked her Volvo so hard she flat spotted all four tires, but kept the car on the road. There were steep shoulders there, and we probably would have rolled if we'd gone off.
In our second deer strike, we were in open prairie terrain (near Oyen, Alberta), and my wife braked her Volvo so hard she flat spotted all four tires, but kept the car on the road. There were steep shoulders there, and we probably would have rolled if we'd gone off.
11-28-2008, 09:38 AM
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I ran deer whistles on my R80 BMW for 8 years. Many times I witnessed deer running up to the roadway and turning back into the woods. State police in Michigan were all running whistles but admitted no research could verify that they worked. Still, they continued to mount whistles. I removed the whistles when I repainted the R80 and two months later hit a small deer midday.
11-28-2008, 12:50 PM
#26
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...had them on my R 80..Paul Elwyn
I've noticed deer stop when they heard my bike approach, but it may have been from the SuperTrapps, rather than the whistles.
11-29-2008, 09:33 PM
#27
Drifting
Deers bounce sometimes.........trees don't bounce at all. Lot's of good advice here regarding to swerve or not to swerve and I'll choose deer over tree anyday.
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11-30-2008, 12:02 AM
#28
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Omg! The first thought when I saw that was about the poor guy, low on the totem pole at the body shop that is going to have to clean up that mess!
Edit : After looking at those pictures a couple of times I notice a guy in the second photo with a hand hanging down and a rubber glove on. What fun.
Edit : After looking at those pictures a couple of times I notice a guy in the second photo with a hand hanging down and a rubber glove on. What fun.
11-30-2008, 02:09 PM
#29
Three Wheelin'
The tow eye attached makes me wonder if he was unable to keep it on the road after the impact?
11-30-2008, 02:27 PM
#30
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Sorry about the damage.
We have to be careful here in the mountains.
Not just deer, but we've had 5 moose hanging around all season, saw 6 elk just down from my house yesterday, and a bear came calling this summer. Not to mention the coyotes, fox, and those little ******, the porcupines.
At dawn and dusk, you don't watch the road when you drive, you watch the shoulders.
Sadly many animals still die. The Park Service, the Forest Service, and Game and Fish keep running totals of the number of big animals that are killed by cars.
We have to be careful here in the mountains.
Not just deer, but we've had 5 moose hanging around all season, saw 6 elk just down from my house yesterday, and a bear came calling this summer. Not to mention the coyotes, fox, and those little ******, the porcupines.
At dawn and dusk, you don't watch the road when you drive, you watch the shoulders.
Sadly many animals still die. The Park Service, the Forest Service, and Game and Fish keep running totals of the number of big animals that are killed by cars.