The DU Lounge

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

31. oh. I know what you mean. It is a traumatic experience hitting any creature with the car.

Reply to Phentex (Reply #21)

Mon Nov 3, 2014, 12:00 PM

Nov 2014

Squirrels really scare me ... they are _so_ damn Squirrely !! I never know if they are going to zig or zag

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

103 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Fess up DUers, who here has hit a deer with their vehicle? [View all] Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 OP

I This was a huge problem when I lived in NJ and... TreasonousBastard Nov 2014 #1

One jumped out in front of me tonight on my way home but, I live in a rural area on a dead-end Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #2

Yeah, it's bad all over, but... TreasonousBastard Nov 2014 #3

I have never hit one but, a a friend of mine hit one tonight and tore off his bumper. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #4

No, but just dumb luck... TreasonousBastard Nov 2014 #5

I have had birds fly into my windsheild once and my grill once. Nothing I could do to avoid it. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #6

No, I didn't have collision on that old beater, but... TreasonousBastard Nov 2014 #7

oh yuck. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #8

Not a chance-- had to get off the road and scrape... TreasonousBastard Nov 2014 #9

In the student body van on an outdoor club trip. Oy. Recursion Nov 2014 #10

oh yeah, I bet. There went the trip, right. Or did it hallen on the way back? Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #48

On the return, crossing Skyline Drive. Recursion Nov 2014 #52

A friend of mine had a deer hit him while he was stopped. hobbit709 Nov 2014 #11

yep, it is the deployment of the airbags that adds to the cost of repair. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #46

I have heard of that several times. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #86

I was actually seriously trying to recall if I ever remember seeing a deer JonLP24 Nov 2014 #12

wow. I think my nephews play GTA ... I am going to ask them about the deer. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #45

I have, it was just a light touch with the front bumper, the deer was small and it ran away jakeXT Nov 2014 #13

Yeah, 3K is the average cost of repair to the vehicles and the airbags are part of the reason. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #44

The impact was at low speed so the airbags inside the car didn't deploy jakeXT Nov 2014 #66

check post #57 in this thread for some help with this problem. good luck! Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #68

I don't know if it works, I hope we'll get night vison in every new car in the near future jakeXT Nov 2014 #69

I have. CanSocDem Nov 2014 #14

I like that. I am going to send that out to the universe when I drive. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #32

I didn't hit the deer..... lastlib Nov 2014 #15

He probably died later, in the woods. Sorry about your vehicle. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #43

I've hit two over the years. Plenty of damage to my vehicle, both deer killed instantly. Scuba Nov 2014 #16

sadly, I think that is the case most of the time, Scuba. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #42

I live in an area of San Antonio that was rural 20 years ago. Avalux Nov 2014 #17

so sad, Avalux. Thanks for trying. Poor momma deer. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #40

I've done so twice -- both times while living inside my town Rhythm Nov 2014 #18

Yes, they are in our town areas, too. It helps to go slow and be in a higher profile vehicle. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #37

Me, and it died. bigwillq Nov 2014 #19

small car, big deer? the one my friend hit last night was a big buck with a huge rack. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #35

Biggish deer bigwillq Nov 2014 #74

Me shenmue Nov 2014 #20

so sad ... I am afraid to say ... but, they probably did not make it, shenmue. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #34

I has a Sad shenmue Nov 2014 #50

oh, honey. I know. but, what could you have done? they come out of no where. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #51

Thank you shenmue Nov 2014 #65

beautiful Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #67

The deer hit US! I was a passenger and am still traumatized... Phentex Nov 2014 #21

oh. I know what you mean. It is a traumatic experience hitting any creature with the car. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #31

Not me, but my husband csziggy Nov 2014 #22

I wonder if those deer crossing signs help ... Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #29

The deer ignore them. Kaleva Nov 2014 #47

*groan* Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #49

Lol! Kaleva Nov 2014 #54

Yikes, I was hit by a kamikaze deer on an overpass coming home from work one night. Scared the seaglass Nov 2014 #23

it is an odd feeling, isn't it. that combination of scary/sad. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #28

hit a mule deer in Utah once - it ran away and I spent a few days straitening dents... tk2kewl Nov 2014 #24

oh wow ... on a motorcycle. that sounds really scary. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #27

1000cc BMW tk2kewl Nov 2014 #30

Bikes scare the bejesus out of me. I always stay as far away as possible when I see one on the road. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #33

Lucky the deer hit the engine and not the front wheel - would have been a different story tk2kewl Nov 2014 #36

oh wow !! That is freaky !! kind of a beautiful sight though, to think about. They can be Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #38

An "airhead". Enthusiast Nov 2014 #87

Check this; A HERETIC I AM Nov 2014 #97

Yikes! tk2kewl Nov 2014 #98

Does it count if the deer hits you? NV Whino Nov 2014 #25

... lol ... does the deer pay your insurance? Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #26

Ha! NV Whino Nov 2014 #70

I hit a pig once. alarimer Nov 2014 #39

... lol ... I shouldn't laugh but, that vision is funny to me. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #41

I've gotten two bucks with my work van Kaleva Nov 2014 #53

I think that is why I see so many deer where I live. I have meadows and a creek. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #55

No, but... pipi_k Nov 2014 #56

omg! Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #58

We swear by these: hedgehog Nov 2014 #57

how does that work exactly? is it some high frequency sound device being emitted? Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #59

They are whistles mounted on the bumpers - we can't hear them, hedgehog Nov 2014 #60

good to know. Honestly, someone should do a PSA type commercial about the product. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #61

It's your imagination. Jenoch Nov 2014 #75

I have hit a deer, and honest to dog: Raine1967 Nov 2014 #62

If you ever do hit a deer, be glad it wasn't a moose. hedgehog Nov 2014 #63

It really isn't their fault. Poor, confused creatures. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #64

November is the RUT. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #88

I hit a wabbit, and I'm still unhappy about it, 12 years after the fact. Xyzse Nov 2014 #71

I killed a bird that flew in front of my car, and I still feel bad about it. RebelOne Nov 2014 #72

Exactly! Xyzse Nov 2014 #73

And it wasn't even wabbit season. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #89

I hit one deer, two hours after I bought Jenoch Nov 2014 #76

that sucks about your brand new car. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #93

All I have ever hit at speed was a bowling ball. Kali Nov 2014 #77

Those pix are great, Kali - and Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #83

Not yet, I came pretty damn close to crashing into a bear once, though. nt ohnoyoudidnt Nov 2014 #78

wow. where did that almost happen? Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #94

Central Florida it was a black bear in a somewhat rural area near a state park. nt ohnoyoudidnt Nov 2014 #95

Elusive creatures, aren't they? FrodosPet Nov 2014 #79

Never. kentauros Nov 2014 #80

1993 on Mingus Mountain outside Prescott AZ Sedona Nov 2014 #81

Yo!!!! Initech Nov 2014 #82

I didn't... davidpdx Nov 2014 #84

You will never get to heaven. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #90

I have only hit one. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #85

They jump out of Nowhere! Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #92

Not safe in Hawaii. Instead of deer they have feral goats. hunter Nov 2014 #91

Had one leap out of the tall grass in front of my bicycle once. I was moving pretty fast, too. Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2014 #96

i had a deer run into into the back end of my car rurallib Nov 2014 #99

Deer ran out in front of me on a dark country road... AngryOldDem Nov 2014 #100

Deer and a black bear (actually bear hit me) PufPuf23 Nov 2014 #101

I hit a deer once in September of 2003 NewJeffCT Nov 2014 #102

I think blueknight Nov 2014 #103