28 Year Streak Over
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28 Year Streak Over
A couple of weeks ago I hit my first deer. It just had to be with my 03 F250. All it did was crack my grille, small dent in bumper, and cracked the turn signal lense. Could have been much worse. My streak of 28 years of not hitting a deer is over, but I hope to make it another 28 before it happens again. What's your streak?
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Does it count if you hit a deer and it does no damage, is that a hit or does ther have to be damage.
25, no major damage, blinker light cover, 3 dallor fix
32, major damage, enitire front grill and right side front corner of pick-up,
Wife's car, mother-in-law was driving, wife not in car. super major.
25, no major damage, blinker light cover, 3 dallor fix
32, major damage, enitire front grill and right side front corner of pick-up,
Wife's car, mother-in-law was driving, wife not in car. super major.
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I've been darn lucky - I drive a good amount of miles (~26K/yr) never hit a deer in 25+ years, never really had a close call either, the spouse hasn't hit one either but just had a close call. I did remind here NOT to swerve violently if its gonna happen - better takin' it straight on than taking a car head on or going off in the woods - I'd bet its the cause of some of those one vehicle, no-reason-to-crash, no-drugs-involved, accidents on the highway.
Something around this area is causing the deer to move - much higher incidents than normal for this time of year.
chefbob, sure yours wasn't due to some irate Yankee fan throwin' that deer in front of you. . .
Something around this area is causing the deer to move - much higher incidents than normal for this time of year.
chefbob, sure yours wasn't due to some irate Yankee fan throwin' that deer in front of you. . .
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ain't never hit a deer so my 32+ year streak is still good.
I did however get rearended twice in 2 months this year. First time totalled my car(that was an Impala, so maybe that counts as a deer?), second time dinged the car I bought to replace it. Dang, just got it out of the shop today.
Far as animals, I did run over a fat juicy lizard in Arizona once, it was maybe a foot long. Must have hit it square on the tire, since I saw and heard it explode behind my car. Lizard chunks everywhere.
Also must have run over about a bazillion white mice one time in the desert east of Mojave one spring. Must have been mating season or something. There were literally mice maybe every square foot of the highway for maybe 20 miles and you could NOT miss them if you tried. "Pop Pop Squish pop" Really strange. My two kid brothers thought it was cool, sick little monkeys.
Other than that I have hit a dog but I skidded sideways and hit him with the door so he was OK. Stupid owner didn't have him on a leash and he ran out in the street just as I got near.
Now, my brother is the animal killer. He kills even when he trys not to, really bizzare road kill stories there.
Jim Henderson
I did however get rearended twice in 2 months this year. First time totalled my car(that was an Impala, so maybe that counts as a deer?), second time dinged the car I bought to replace it. Dang, just got it out of the shop today.
Far as animals, I did run over a fat juicy lizard in Arizona once, it was maybe a foot long. Must have hit it square on the tire, since I saw and heard it explode behind my car. Lizard chunks everywhere.
Also must have run over about a bazillion white mice one time in the desert east of Mojave one spring. Must have been mating season or something. There were literally mice maybe every square foot of the highway for maybe 20 miles and you could NOT miss them if you tried. "Pop Pop Squish pop" Really strange. My two kid brothers thought it was cool, sick little monkeys.
Other than that I have hit a dog but I skidded sideways and hit him with the door so he was OK. Stupid owner didn't have him on a leash and he ran out in the street just as I got near.
Now, my brother is the animal killer. He kills even when he trys not to, really bizzare road kill stories there.
Jim Henderson
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14 years of driving without hitting a deer. I've hit plenty of other junk, though, or, er...hit other good stuff with my junk...
Does finding deer hair in the Ford emblem in the center of your grille after a near miss count (absolutely no discernible impact or damage, just a few hairs caught in the Blue Oval)? Blew my mind.
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Does finding deer hair in the Ford emblem in the center of your grille after a near miss count (absolutely no discernible impact or damage, just a few hairs caught in the Blue Oval)? Blew my mind.
Jason
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I've never hit a deer before.
Now birds are another story...I've hit 6 in the past 4 months. I was doing over 65mph when I hit 4 of them (seperate occasions of course) but they have never done any damage a pressure washer couldnt take care of. Most of them spilled their guts on the bumper or the windshield... Ewwwww....
Now birds are another story...I've hit 6 in the past 4 months. I was doing over 65mph when I hit 4 of them (seperate occasions of course) but they have never done any damage a pressure washer couldnt take care of. Most of them spilled their guts on the bumper or the windshield... Ewwwww....
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I made it 22 years before drilling one. There was no time and just two choices, even after swerving into the oncomming lane on a deserted state road trying to avoid it. Take the ditch and roll it or nail the deer; I took the deer. It was a 35MPH hit and only $1200 damage. Good sized doe that got drove over (not by my choice) with both tires on the right side of the truck after being hit. What a mess 
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'03 - Hit a deer with my '04 Moutaineer - saw it coming, was able to slow down to a crawl, just brushed the dust off the vehicle and scared the deer.
'01 - Hit a deer with my brand new '01 Lincoln LS - jumped out of the tree line and did 5K+ of damage.
'93 - Hit a deer with a 6 mo old F150 - Jumped out of a grown corn field - 5K+ worth of damage.
Today I am driving a '05 F250 4X4. I hope I do not hit another one, but if I do, I anticipate much less damage........
'01 - Hit a deer with my brand new '01 Lincoln LS - jumped out of the tree line and did 5K+ of damage.
'93 - Hit a deer with a 6 mo old F150 - Jumped out of a grown corn field - 5K+ worth of damage.
Today I am driving a '05 F250 4X4. I hope I do not hit another one, but if I do, I anticipate much less damage........
