I Always Brake for Animals....

[Uncle Nicky]

But not everyone does I guess. I watched an SUV run this one over this morning on my way to work. Since I was less than a mile from home, I turned around, picked it up & brought it home for a quick skin/gut/rinse/freeze. Now I just need 5 or 6 more for a decent pot of stew.

Late for work (again).

[Paula]

Nothing wrong with that

[Jeremy K]

I never stop or swerve for squirrel, that's a recipe for dead squirrel. Just go straight and maintain your speed and they will always get out of your way.

[Uncle Nicky]

9 minutes ago, Jeremy K said:

I never stop or swerve for squirrel, that's a recipe for dead squirrel. Just go straight and maintain your speed and they will always get out of your way.

Actually, that's what the other driver did and you see the result. I was going slow enough & saw it coming and swerved slightly to avoid it; unless they were playing on their phone they should have seen it dancing in the road & me coming to an almost stop, the speed limit in that stretch is 25 MPH. I know it's only a squirrel, but it sucks that it was nursing & had to go like that.

Edited October 9, 2019 by Uncle Nicky

[grampy]

Do we have a roadkill dinner thread????

Good going Nicky, they sure are tasty, and you didn't let it go to waste.  

I don't swerve for critters either, but I will give them a brake.

 

[Jeremy K]

3 minutes ago, Uncle Nicky said:

Actually, that's what the other driver did and you see the result. I was going slow enough & saw it coming to avoid it, unless they were playing on their phone they should have seen it dancing in the road & me coming to an almost stop, the speed limit in that stretch is 25 MPH. I know it's only a squirrel, but it sucks that it was nursing & had to go like 

I'm gonna keep not hitting them .

[Uncle Nicky]

Just now, grampy said:

Do we have a roadkill dinner thread????

 

Great idea, if there isn't one soon I will start one & feature this fine specimen.

[Jeremy K]

1 minute ago, blackbeltbill said:

If, I see a Squirrel crossing, I will slow down if no one is on my back bumper. I have only hit a few Squirrel because, I will give them a Brake if, I can.

See, maintain your speed and they'll act accordingly, I've never hit one in almost 30 years . We have them all over in our neighborhood . Come to think of it maybe that's the factor ,im.always doing 30 when the run out ,maybe a higher speed would get them . 

[rob-c]

Squirrels nature’s speed bumps ....

I’ll brake for the little guys..

[turkeyfeathers]

other day I had 1.5 hour drive home from hunting. there were hundreds and hundreds of wooly bear caterpillars crawling across the road and did my best not to hit them

[WNYBuckHunter]

Anything smaller than a raccoon, Im not even hitting the brakes for. I never swerve for anything other than a human.

[crappyice]

It ain’t squirrels but same concept....

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[Core]

45 minutes ago, turkeyfeathers said:

other day I had 1.5 hour drive home from hunting. there were hundreds and hundreds of wooly bear caterpillars crawling across the road and did my best not to hit them

On wet nights our road near my house is covered in jumping frogs. I swerve around them and I hate it when I run the little buggers over.

[landtracdeerhunter]

Watched a guy drive over double solid lines on the oppisite side of road, on a state highway, come to the white line to try to take out a rooster pheasant once. It flew the living way just before impact.

[Jeremy K]

When I was younger and drove beaters in the winter for a few hundred bucks ,I use to hit roadkill anytime I saw it ,not deer ,that would have been bad .

[turkeyfeathers]

[doebuck1234]

20 minutes ago, turkeyfeathers said:

No joke>>>Reminds me of the one afternoon i was one my way home from work coming around back of airport and there layed a dead deer with candle's lit around it.had to do a double take,thought i was seeing it wrong!!

[Jeremy K]

2 minutes ago, doebuck1234 said:

No joke>>>Reminds me of the one afternoon i was one my way home from work coming around back of airport and there layed a dead deer with candle's lit around it.had to do a double take,thought i was seeing it wrong!!

Those were road flares. 

[Robhuntandfish]

i tell people in the defensive driving class - God will make more squirrels.  Dont swerve or slam your brakes on for a squirrel.  You may cause an accident and yet still hit the squirrel.  

[crappyice]

I took the head off a possum the other night. Not a pretty sound or feeling but I’m pretty sure he saw his reflection and wanted to end it. He was laying in the road...when i got closer, he stood on his hind legs and kissed his ass goodbye. Sorry little buddy


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[onlybrowning]

In the motorcycle safety course they tell you if you could eat it in one meal, don’t try to avoid it. If you can’t, you’ll want to avoid it. Good advice I thought!


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[Marion]

I took the head off a possum the other night. Not a pretty sound or feeling but I’m pretty sure he saw his reflection and wanted to end it. He was laying in the road...when i got closer, he stood on his hind legs and kissed his ass goodbye. Sorry little buddy


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"HHHHHHSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHLLLLLLLLLLSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH" *CRUNCH*

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[turkeyfeathers]

6 minutes ago, crappyice said:

I took the head off a possum the other night. Not a pretty sound or feeling but I’m pretty sure he saw his reflection and wanted to end it. He was laying in the road...when i got closer, he stood on his hind legs and kissed his ass goodbye. Sorry little buddy


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oil pan him?     they call 'em grinners as they're still smiling straddling the double yellow line

[doebuck1234]

1 hour ago, Jeremy K said:

Those were road flares. 

At first i thought that.deff wasnt though haha!

[WNYBuckHunter]

2 hours ago, turkeyfeathers said:

Ive done that with balloons twice. Seen it a whole bunch of times in the last few years around here.