The deer was running without headlights and should be charged!
It must have been that young man’s time to go.
An insurance appraiser told me if you have a choice take out either the front or back legs. Never straddle the deer as it will roll up the hood and through the windshield.
Things happen fast though and you don’t always have a choice.
OH DEER!
Yeah, but how is the deer?
My son, a long hauler running thru’ Colorado night before last, had an albino elk dash out across the highway directly in front of him. He said He caught movement just before the elk hit the road and slammed his brakes - the animal ran in front of the truck so close he couldn’t see his legs...and said the animal looked straight at him as he ran - he expected a lout thud - but nothing.
He said he must have a least brushed his tail - but no contact - and couldn’t see the elk in his rear view. He marvels at how impossible it seemed that he hadn’t hit it.
WE call these white deer/elk ‘ghost deer/elk.’ Maybe it really was.
(My son does have a ‘buffalo catcher bar’ on the front of his truck that would, hopefully, keep an animal from being thrown up the hood and into the cab. ‘Wish I had one on my car!)
should have been in a SUV, light cars don’t stand a chance against a deer.
There is a story that somewhere north of Fort Wayne, IN someone hit a deer and it disappeared into this guy’s little car, through the windshield and into the back seat.
Hey, does anyone think that deer whistles work??
The deer is the most deadly animal in America, to humans.
Their Jihad against people in cars, is the stuff of legend.