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I dont know what a deer is made out of but its tough!! #2685056
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Just driving along today in my 1999 F-350 work truck and the next thing i know a good size doe in crashing though my driver side window ( had the window rolled all the way down) and smacking me in the face.

Never saw it coming, just BANG as i had my head turned to the right looking to make the turn and this sucker hit me with it's nose in my face and bounced off the truck door and ended up maybe 20 feet behind me. I was pretty shaken but when i stopped and got out i saw the doe laying in the street. It had it front leg bent all the way behind it. I figured it was dead for sure. Nope it straightened out it's leg stood up and ran off like nothing had happened. Lucky for me it wasn't a buck with horns!

My truck got a small dent a some yellow stuff on the cab's door, but that was the extent of the damage. I have a sore neck from yanking it around too fast but no big deal either.

Man that deer was tough as............. well as tough as a one ton truck.... laugh2

You would think the chance of hitting a deer in a big city would be next to impossible but it happened. Just something new every day. rolleyes

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Re: I dont know what a deer is made out of but its tough!! [Re: MidPenMopar] #2685061
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My brother hit one years ago and ditched his car in the process. When we went to retrieve the car the dead deer was gone and all that was left was tractor tire marks - a farmer came and scooped it up! stirthepot

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Dang! Glad you survived that as well as you did. eek
I watched one run across a highway and get nailed by a car. Broke one of it's legs. It scrambled back up and continued
across the field on 3 legs just about as fast as when he was on four.


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Re: I dont know what a deer is made out of but its tough!! [Re: FM3AAR] #2685064
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Originally Posted by FM3AAR
Dang! Glad you survived that as well as you did. eek
I watched one run across a highway and get nailed by a car. Broke one of it's legs. It scrambled back up and continued
across the field on 3 legs just about as fast as when he was on four.


I'm fine, just a little sore neck but i swear the deer had to have broken it's leg. Who knows as it only was on the ground for maybe 30 seconds and got up and was gone! How in the heck did it not see me is my question as it was 0900 hours and bright daylight. shruggy

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My wife's car got hit by a deer a few years back. $6500 in damage and the deer was long gone.....she said he barely slowed down.

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Glad you're OK! That's nuts it came thru the window like that, but I may have you beat.........I had one have it's front hooves come thru an open sunroof! eek

When I lived back East, for a brief time I drove a '76 Audi FOX, with a sunroof. Friggin' deer jumped off a hillside that was almost vertical and it went over the top of my car. It missed me, but it knocked off the inside rearview mirror as it went over. eek The deer barrel rolled when it landed, slid to a stop, then sprinted off. It scared the ever lovin' crap out of me almost literally. shock I second or two later, I would have had a deer in my lap.

One more, kinda funny............

When I was in HS, I would often borrow my Dad's truck so that my friend and I could go out 'cruising'. We were out in the country away from town when we saw a restored '55 Chevy parked in front of someones garage. I said, "Wow! Look at that '55!" My friend said "Wow! Look at that deer!" DEER? eek I cut it hard left, clipped it with the right front corner, sending it back into the passenger door. whiney After I got my friend off my lap, I got out to inspect the damage and found the door caved in far enough that the window wouldn't roll down. I thought my Dad was gonna be pissed, but he actually laughed about it and said he was glad I swerved and didn't hit it head on. Oh yeah, the deer just ran off like nothing happened. rant


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I remember back in the mid 70's and had a job where one of the bosses had an IH Scout, Came in one morning to hear that it had been hit by a deer square on the front. The top of the radiator was pushed back at least 5 inches with the radiator pushed against the fan.


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Re: I dont know what a deer is made out of but its tough!! [Re: MidPenMopar] #2685109
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If this is part of a trend.....

California will soon label all deer as carcinogens & harmful to heath to try to litigate them out of existence........

The Feds through Fish & Wildlife agencies will then step in & designate 'Sanctuary Forests' for them.


Glad you are OK Stu, my work truck has had some close calls this year with a bobcat, a bear & multiple deer.

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Glad you are ok Stu, I got hit by a deer a few times but it was from Jagermeister...

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Originally Posted by 1fastrunner
Glad you are ok Stu, I got hit by a deer a few times but it was from Jagermeister...


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Glad to hear you are ok! They are all over here, very dangerous when driving.


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Pictures OR I call BS !!

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Glad you got off easy! Ive hit two of them or more like they hit me. Here in Kentucky they are thick.

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Originally Posted by Frankenduster
Pictures OR I call BS !!



By the time i figured out what just hit me, stopped the truck out of the roadway, the deer was just getting up and on it's way to wherever hurt deers go.
I guess it didn't want to wait around for a photo shoot unfortunately. nervous

It did leave a lot of slobber and yellow runny stuff all over the door that much i had to wash off.

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Glad you are A - OK ! Stu ! up thumbs

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Originally Posted by MidPenMopar




It did leave a lot of slobber and yellow runny stuff all over the door that much i had to wash off.



Sounds like he was endeering himself to you. drumhit biggrin


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Glad to hear you're ok.

Around here, the deer have actually started lookingbout for cars (seriously!). Deer populations have exploded in the city, but you"ll often see them on rhe side of the road, waiting until the road is clear to cross.


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Glad to hear your ok Stu....around where I live (rural farm country) there about 20 deer per individual person seems like!
I hit one a few years ago driving my truck on the way to church, around 9:30 AM, it was a young doe, I was going 50, it just ran full speed right in front of me....
never even saw her coming eek It glanced my grille, breaking it, along with my A/C condensor in the process.. flame
The deer flipped end over end landing in a deep ditch, never saw again If this doe was a fully grown buck, my truck would have been totaled probably!. At night in the winter, they come around late, and chew on everyone's bushes in our yards! rant We need more wolves in Michigan... work


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