Darned deer

[fasteddie]

WEnt to the Batavia Party House this afternoon to their annual York Central School class reunion ( multi classes ) . Anyway , on the way back to Henrietta , the GPS took us on some back roads . When we got around Wheatland , I had to take it real easy and had to really slow down in spots where deer were crossing the roads . Never drove through an area like that before !

[WNYBuckHunter]

I went to high school at Wheatland Chili, tons of deer out there. I wrecked a car because of deer crossing in front of me on a curve of a road covered in pea-gravel out there.

[Doc]

For nearly all of my working life, I have commuted almost 80 miles, round trip per working day & a lot of Saturdays and was on the road between 3:00 and 5:00 am (in the dark), traveling through a lot of farm and forest country, and have never hit a deer (now I've done it!). On two occasions, I was hit by deer. I actually got thumped while the car was absolutely stopped, but never actually hit a deer. I did hit a pig once, but that's another story.

One time I saw an oncoming car knock down a deer. I knew what happened because I saw the headlights wink and then I saw him pull over. So as I approached, I could see the deer flopping in front of the car so I pulled over to see if I could help. Before I got out of my car, the deer got up and ran over to my side of the road, circled way out in a field and came back and slammed broadside into my car. He fell down again and then got back up and ran off. Not much damage on that one plus my car was an old rusty Datsun so who cared anyway.

Another time, I just got started toward work, and I spotted some deer in a neighbor's yard. I saw one was a pretty good sized buck so I pulled over and turned the car slightly to the side so they were in the edge of where the headlights were shining. I was pretty close. They all took off in different directions and the buck came right straight at me. Yup, BANG! right into my front fender. He went right down but only for a second and then he got up and smacked me again and then ran off. That time I had a little Honda CRX, and that fender took a beating. Almost had the fender rubbing on the tire.

Doc

[fasteddie]

I don't want to jinx myself but so far ........ I have not had a deer / car accident . But then again , I have only been driving for 50 years . ')'>http://www.downsouthhuntingforums.com/images/smiles/picker.gif[/img]

[WNYBuckHunter]

I never hit those deer in Wheatland, but my car did find itself on its top in a ditch because I hit the brakes and spun out in the gravel.

I have only ever hit one deer (knock on wood) but I have been hit by 4 or 5 over the years. Mind you, alot of my jobs have been basically driving for a living, so I spend probably two or three times as much time on the road as most people.