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Mar 14, 2004 | 03:12 AM

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I was told by my trucks po that the damage to the front fender was from a deer. I almost hit an elk in Flagstaff (they are a problem up there, but not something to sue over), and I hit a parrot in FL. That was the funniest thing I ever saw. It hit the middle of my windshield, and dropped to the ground right behind me. Also right behind me was an IROC with the full ground effects- there was quite the explosion of green feathers.

Mar 14, 2004 | 04:28 AM

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christop43

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Hitting a deer = car damage

Hitting a moose = possible death

Many people hit moose up here in Alaska, they are so much more tall and heavier that they can go through the windshield.

Mar 14, 2004 | 05:10 AM

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CowboyBilly9Mile

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Deer vs Durango

Here's a few pics of some deer damage.

http://home.comcast.net/~cbb9m/Deer_vs_Durango.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~cbb9m/Deer_vs_Durango_3.jpg

Mar 14, 2004 | 05:36 AM

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I would still take my chances with a deer... but would prefer to hit nothing.

Mar 14, 2004 | 06:10 PM

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pchristman

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Originally posted by mk
I do believe those supersonic deer whistles you can stick on your car/truck help as I've never had any close calls with those on my vehicle.

mike

Consumer Reports (if I recall correctly) did a study on deer whistles a year or two ago. A high percentage of them emitted no sound at all, and when one did produce the sound, it had no noticeable effect on deer. A friend of mine dug one of his out of a deer carcass adorning his bumper, and tried to get a refund from Wally World - they didn't go for it.

Mar 14, 2004 | 07:18 PM

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Me Dually

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After seeing the pic of the deer and the durango, I think I will take up walking.

Mar 14, 2004 | 09:29 PM

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79driver

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I think all those deer whistles do is make the deer run in circles and go balistic right in front of you. After seeing that durango, it makes me glad i drive an old FORD pickup.

Mar 14, 2004 | 09:35 PM

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Matts72

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The deer jumped off the overpass onto that Durango.

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Mar 14, 2004 | 09:55 PM

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79driver

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wow a suicidal deer. whatever happened to the driver or passengers in the durango. I saw no blood, that is a good thing

Mar 14, 2004 | 11:29 PM

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Fomoko1

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Guess some deer feel the same way as I do, they just plain don`t like Dodges. Do have to feel sorry for the deer and the driver though.

Mar 15, 2004 | 12:13 AM

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wow a suicidal deer. whatever happened to the driver or passengers in the durango. I saw no blood, that is a good thing

I have about 5 more pics of the event. A couple of them show a guy that I conclude was the driver. He is standing next to the open drivers door in one of the pics (straight faced). Other than what looks like a bad cut on his forehead starting from his eye and running up to his hairline, he looks fine. Another pic has a cop standing by the drivers door holding the deer's antler. None of the pics have any ambulances or EMT's.

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Mar 15, 2004 | 07:54 AM

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Deer in Kansas have become huge hazards while driving at night. My younger brother crested a hill and blew through a herd of them at 70mph. Hit at least three of them head on and three or four ran into the the side of the truck, looked like a slaughter house dumped its extras on the road. Three of the deer where dead and two more where found in a draw a couple hundred yards away. I've hit two in two differant vehicles, usually its about a $1000 a pop when you hit one.

Mar 15, 2004 | 10:18 AM

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superrangerman2002

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I think I've hit about 8-9 of the stupid things, all of them popped right out of the tall ditch grass.

I had one run into my parked ranger 2 years ago, tried to jump into the passenger window, and manged to hit every quarter panel on that side upon collision... that cost 1500 bucks.

The only time I havent had to pay was when I was driving my dads 71' LTD, and smoked a deer at 65mph, not a single dent or scratch.

When I went to pull it off the road, I ended up pulling it off in 4 - 5 pieces.

Mar 15, 2004 | 11:46 PM

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From: burlington, iowa

i have hit 12 in my semi, i hate hitting them with my semi, i hve so much fiberglass up front to make it light that everytime i hit a deer i almost need an entire front clip. i hit one at 75 mph with my old buick, all i broke was the plastic headlight bezel. killed the deer. anit hit one in my pickup yet. got a pushbumper on there just in case, hate to ruin my grill.
saw a 99 perterbilt hit a moose at 65 mph, turned his extended hood into a cabover