I hit one on my motorcycle in 2010. Totaled the bike, I got 3rd degree burns from my riding gear melting to my skin (slid over 75 ft), broke my left hand and had to have it screwed back together. It may not sound like it but I won, the deer was split and dead in the ditch. As for the truck, hit the gas, not the brake. If you brake hard the front of the truck will dive and the deer will hit higher on the grill, if you gas it the front of the truck lifts and it may slip under instead. I have the ranch hand grill guard so I’m not to concerned about it.

 

Duh why didn't i think of Ford Parts. Yes, good exploded diagrams there.


Thanks guys.

 

I have three and a half deer kills in four different vehicles. I keep thinking that statistically I have to be done with deer for now, right?

Joe

 

Well, this summer up in central MN it happened to me and my F-250.
Fortunately, this doe hit me, not the other way around. She popped out of the ditch and I could slam on the brakes or hit the throttle and move into the other lane. As a motorcycle rider/racer for years, the old adage applies... When in doubt, gas it!
I did. She hit me on the front qtr panel and wrapped around and slammed back into the rear door as shown below.
Drove back and had it fixed out here in So Cal.
Hit a horse when a kid with our family in So. Utah, hit and killed a black angus along hwy 395 in central CA, and now a deer in MN. Also killed a grouse a week earlier headed out to E Grand Forks.
Almost hit two other deer this summer when traveling across country too.

Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don't.

 

I've yet to hit a deer, this is my 16th year of driving. Most of my driving has been within cities though. But I have put quite a few miles in the back country lately.

 

Dear are nothing, I hit a buffalo in my old Expedition.

 

I call my wife "dear" too.

 

Damn spell check

 

My mother hit a moose in my parents brand new truck when I was younger, 11k in damage

 

This is certainly the time of year when deer are most active and more likely to run out on the road. As the rut progresses, the deer move around more with nothing but love on their minds. My niece's husband hit one out in central Illinois that totaled his '11 Fusion. Hit that sucker at 70 mph, never had a chance to avoid it.

Nothing could be more ironic than my brother-in-law taking out a horse with his new Mustang back in the late 60s.

 

Just having fun here.
Thanks for playing along.

 

 

Maybe look into a heavy duty bumber

 

I want to know two things:
1. How did a moose get into your parents brand new truck?
2. What did she hit it with?



On a lighter note, I was pondering on deer behaviors just the other day, as they are quite plentiful in my neck of the woods.
What I'm not understanding is, deer instinctively know to avoid hunters. In fact, evidence supports the notion that deer know when the first day of hunting season opens. Yet, none of them appears to have the slightest notion of how to safely cross a road or avoid being hit by a vehicle!

 

What's in a name? This reminds me...

In California, the signs say "Deer Crossing", and sometimes "Wildlife Crossing"...

In Idaho, the signs say "Game Crossing."

A bit different mentality.