Got my deer today.

[280plus]

Or actually it got me. It might have been over at THR but a while back I had a post claiming I'd have a better chance of hitting a deer with my car than tracking one down and killing. Well, I was a driving down the road in my van and out of nowhere come FOUR of the buggers all running at top speed straight through my path. Hellooooo brakes!! I'm literally standing on them and just managed to miss the one I was going to cream. Just as I figure it's going to make it the one behind IT slams into the side of my beautiful white van. I looked in the sideview and watched it pick itself up and stumble off. Looked a little dazed but looked like it was ok. You want to see the dent in my truck though.

Actually it's not too bad. I seen one once where there was pretty much a side view full body deer imprint in the side of a van. Complete with a spray of dung in the proper location. apparently THIS deer was a buck in rut and had charged the van.

[Art Eatman]

Oh, deer!  I hope you have acciDENTal insurance!

Art

[Iain]

"That's it. I've changed my mind. I do want to be shot."

[K Frame]

You and mtnbkr's wife have something in common now...

[grampster]

Talk about getting your truck  bucked  up.

[Nathaniel Firethorn]

One nailed my Tercel LoveStory* a few years ago. Hit it from the side.

- NF

* Owning a cheap car means never having to say you're sorry.

[Tallpine]

Only two kinds of people in Montana, those who have hit deer on the road, and those who WILL hit deer on the road.  Let's see, I think I have scored two so far, but since I drive those horrible old gas guzzling V8 trucks there was just cosmetic damage.  Caught one right behind the ear with the corner of the fender and its butt slapped around into the driver's door leaving a big shallow dent and the doe's bowel contents.  There's also a deer head sized hole in the plastic grill of the Suburban from another encounter.

There are some roads up here that it's not safe to drive over about 35mph at dusk and dawn - heck, that is too fast.  It's even more scary in a little car when you're looking UP at the deer!

If I was buying a new truck, I'd go out and spend a grand or so on a really good heavy steel grill guard.

[Iain]

It's an increasingly common occurrence here. Apparently there are more deer here now than there has been since the last ice age. Seen some pretty 'impressive' pictures, mostly from the US. Remember seeing the results of a crash where the first car merely flipped the deer into the air, and the second car took it through the windshield.

Glad you are ok 280. Remember someone posting on THR that they hit a deer and had to wait for the police to kill it. About half an hour of listening to its agony if I remember.

[Guest]

I hit so many with my car and so few with my gun, I've considered mounting 12 gauges to my front quarter panels to ward off the ones in the road.

I hope you're ok and the vehicle is repairable.

[280plus]

oh yea, I'm ok, thanks. No undie change required...  The truck? It's just going to have to live with its latest battle scar, it's not that noticable. You can tell it hit pretty darn hard though. It'll probably feel it in the morning.

[Standing Wolf]

I'll bet more deer are killed with cars in the United States than guns.

[280plus]

I'll bet you're right. I almost got me a DOUBLE!

[Iain]

What is the legal situation with regard to the carcass?

Bizarrely I was always told by my Cornish relatives that if you hit a pheasant with your car, you aren't allowed to pick it up. The car behind you is though. The hassle of a two car pheasant slaughtering convoy lost its appeal when I decided that I didn't really like pheasant all that much anyway.

[280plus]

To the best of my knowledge, the carcass is yours if you want it. I imagine the p[olice need to see it and clear it so you don't get stopped somewhere with a "poached" deer.

[Guest]

Here, you call the Sheriff's department and they issue a tag for it and then its yours if you want it. There are also people on a list at the dept who will come and pick up hit deer for venison if the driver doesn't want it.