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Old 11-28-2011, 07:24 AM
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I have never hit, or been hit, by a deer, but my brother hit one that came through the windshield and one of the antler tips just scraped the corner of his right eye. 1/4" closer and he probably would have lost his eye and maybe his life. Truck was nearly totaled. Glad you are well, sorry about your car.
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Old 11-28-2011, 08:05 AM
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Glad you ok. My neighbor and his family were coming back from Texas, just north of San Antonio and a deer got them in the back panel of the car. Scared the kids, but everyone was ok.
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Old 11-28-2011, 10:43 AM
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Glad you were not hurt
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Old 11-28-2011, 11:03 AM
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Must have been scary for you. Hope you can get the car fixed without it being too inconvenient.
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Old 11-28-2011, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Phyllis42 View Post
I hit two deer while living in MT. As the silly insurance lady said, "did you hit the deer, or did the deer hit you?" She had to have been a city girl. I was really shook up when I hit the first one. I'll never forget her eyes. Always a blessing when it is not serious. But I had to have body work done both times.
I can understand her saying that, this year my husband was T-boned by a deer!
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Old 11-28-2011, 11:05 AM
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Oh Dear, it did do some damage. But, you wouldn't want to hit a kangaroo, it could right off your car.
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Old 11-28-2011, 11:15 AM
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Deer can do a lot of damage. There was an accident many years ago in FL where a car going north hit a deer, the deer crashed into a car heading south, went through the windshield, killed the driver, went out the back window and landed 30 feet down the road.

One of the scariest things I have seen driving, I was headed south on an interstate, on the right was woods, there was no median, just a 5 foot high concrete divider between northbound and southbound lanes. As I watched in horror, a deer came out of the woods on my right, made it across all the southbound lanes, LEAPT over the concrete barrier into heavy traffic going north. I was beyond it at that point, I can only imagine it landing ON someone's car or just in front with the driver having no warning or chance to stop.
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Old 11-28-2011, 11:17 AM
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Oh deer! My son drives after dark alot to and from work and he put a deer whistle on his truck. Do they work? I don't know because he hasn't hit any. Glad you were not hurt even if your car now has a boo boo.
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Old 11-28-2011, 04:23 PM
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Glad you were not hurt.

DD and I were driving in the dark on I-90 in Montana and hit a young dear. There were many people behind me and so I could not stop. There was no damage to the truck I was driving, the damage was to my emotional well being. I pulled off at a rest stop as soon as I could and just breathed for a while. I had looked in the mirror after I hit the dear and I could see that it was in shock with a broken leg. Definately hard on my heart.
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Glad you were not hurt. My sil and dd live in a very rural area and in 2 months' time hit two deer, a turkey and a raccoon. Their car was in the shop about a month and when they got it they hit the second deer the next day. I had never heard of anyone hitting a turkey, but I guess it can be done. We now call that area death valley.
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