Got lucky today! Hit a deer with a car, not a bike...

Tripps said:

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D04011 said:

Not really thrilled about the outcome but I was lucky that I hit the deer with a car rather than a bike but it could have been far worse. This morning I was driving on a side road when a deer leaped out of the brush line right in front of me. I was only going about 30mph but it was suddenly right there. The deer died within 10 minutes so it didn't need to be put down. Fortunately it initially looks like the car only needs a new hood, grill and the bottom surround panel but I'll find out for sure when the collision center opens Monday. In the meantime, I had to clean off all the deer sh!t on the driver's side of the car.

We were on the way to pick up one of my bikes that had just been fixed. Very glad I wasn't riding it or I would probably be posting this from the hospital...

Funny thing - I have had a driver's license for 55+ years and only had 2 accidents and both involved deer. This one and another outside Gillette, Wyoming 12 years ago. That time a BIG buck mule deer with a serious death wish just popped up out of the median at 2:00am and I nailed it doing about 80+ (back when it was legal). The responding trooper told me the deer were in an early rut and he had already responded to 6 other deer accidents on his shift! Totaled the car but I was fine. Since I had so much stuff in the car, I had to buy a car to get home from a very small inventory in Gillette.

I haven't been hunting for a number of years but I have a lifetime hunting license and will now put in for any "bonus" permits in my area and try to reduce the number of deer who have also been giving He!! to my gardens...

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