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Hunting the hard way ! Fortunately the family survived.
Hunting the hard way ! Fortunately the family survived.
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Deer vs car
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Brian Pfleuger
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That car had to have been hauling ass. There's no way that was a normal speed collision. I've been friends with a lot of LEOs over the years, several in areas with deer densities so high that they respond to several deer/car collisions every night and I've never heard of anything even remotely close to a deer going completely through a vehicle. Just getting through the windshield is extremely rare.
Maybe just the "perfect storm" of car versus deer.
About 15 years ago, I was traveling at night through central Idaho when I saw the telltale glowing dots in the road, so I slowed way down and moved over to the other lane. I figure that I was going about 25 or 30 when the deer bolted across the road right into the front of my minivan. It was one of those Chevy Lumina vans, with the low nose that slopes pretty evenly all the way to the roof. And, son of a gun, that's where the deer ended up, sliding up the hood and windshield onto the roof. By the time he jumped off, I had a busted headlight, a hole in a fender and a couple of dents in the roof.
But obviously it could have been a lot worse.
About 15 years ago, I was traveling at night through central Idaho when I saw the telltale glowing dots in the road, so I slowed way down and moved over to the other lane. I figure that I was going about 25 or 30 when the deer bolted across the road right into the front of my minivan. It was one of those Chevy Lumina vans, with the low nose that slopes pretty evenly all the way to the roof. And, son of a gun, that's where the deer ended up, sliding up the hood and windshield onto the roof. By the time he jumped off, I had a busted headlight, a hole in a fender and a couple of dents in the roof.
But obviously it could have been a lot worse.
Capt. Charlie
Moderator Emeritus
One year ago this week I smacked a 10 pointer with my Jeep Grand Cherokee. I was doing about 45 when he popped over a guard rail right in front of me.
The left front hit his hindquarters, destroying my hood, grill, headlights, and the left front quarter panel was pushed so far back I couldn't get the driver's side door open. I can see where, if a deer hit the windshield just right, you'd have an unexpected and unhappy occupant in the back seat.
This area is one of those so overpopulated that every night, my drive home from the ranch includes several close calls (the rut's in full swing here right now), and ODNR says the population is up over 23,000 from last year. I think they need to seriously re-think season lengths and limits.
Oh yeah, the deer? He got up and ran off like nothing happened. Dang, they're some tough critters!
The left front hit his hindquarters, destroying my hood, grill, headlights, and the left front quarter panel was pushed so far back I couldn't get the driver's side door open. I can see where, if a deer hit the windshield just right, you'd have an unexpected and unhappy occupant in the back seat.
This area is one of those so overpopulated that every night, my drive home from the ranch includes several close calls (the rut's in full swing here right now), and ODNR says the population is up over 23,000 from last year. I think they need to seriously re-think season lengths and limits.
Oh yeah, the deer? He got up and ran off like nothing happened. Dang, they're some tough critters!
Good Morning America got it right!
So, GMA reported on the incident this morning (11/11/10) and when the came to the part of why November is the number one month of the year to have a deer/car collision they called it for what it really is.........breeding season! I was waiting for them to blame the hunting community for invading the woods and forcing the deer to the roadways but, they didn't. Good reporting and zero black eyes for hunters.
So, GMA reported on the incident this morning (11/11/10) and when the came to the part of why November is the number one month of the year to have a deer/car collision they called it for what it really is.........breeding season! I was waiting for them to blame the hunting community for invading the woods and forcing the deer to the roadways but, they didn't. Good reporting and zero black eyes for hunters.
trooper3385
New member
2 yrs ago I worked a crash where a young girl and her friend were following her parents home late one night. She was following her parents car too close. A deer ran across the road and into the side of her parents van. This threw the deer up in the air and onto the hood of the girls car. The deer went through the windshield, right in between the two girls, and out the back window. I've probably worked 300 to 400 crashes involving deer, but this was the first that I've worked or even seen that the animal went through the car. It doesn't happen very often, but when it does it's usually because the deer jumps right before it gets hit. It's just a matter of hitting the car in the right spot. Obviosly it's not going to happen if your going 30 mph down the road, but you don't have to be going 100 mph for it to happen. These people were going about 60 mph.
Coulda been worse, coulda been like this:
http://movieclips.com/ALej-tommy-boy-movie-the-deer-wakes-up/
Wife has deer hoof prints in her trunk, we all have hit deer, she 3 times, daughter 2 times me 7 or 8 times with the truck, once on the motorcycle.....
http://movieclips.com/ALej-tommy-boy-movie-the-deer-wakes-up/
Wife has deer hoof prints in her trunk, we all have hit deer, she 3 times, daughter 2 times me 7 or 8 times with the truck, once on the motorcycle.....
I have never understood why the insurance lobby doesn't push for more liberal bag limits on deer. Here in the Peoples Republic of Illinois I think deer are the leading cause of car accidents, of course after humans. There should be a five Doe bag limit.
Talking about wierd collisions. My father was driving down I-394 where it ends, south of Chicago when a Buck ran into the side of his truck late at night. When he got out to inspect the "dead" deer, it came to and jumped up and ran off. Scared the sh!t out of him. He had a little dent in the rear quarter panel of his Blazer which he never fixed. He loved telling the story to anyone who would listen.
BILLDAVE
Talking about wierd collisions. My father was driving down I-394 where it ends, south of Chicago when a Buck ran into the side of his truck late at night. When he got out to inspect the "dead" deer, it came to and jumped up and ran off. Scared the sh!t out of him. He had a little dent in the rear quarter panel of his Blazer which he never fixed. He loved telling the story to anyone who would listen.
BILLDAVE
YARDDOG(1)
New member
Some time You just got to read the deers' body langauge, If it alone or about to jump swerve at the animal & 9 out of 10 they will bolt, As if you move over in passing lane they seem to time it JUST RIGHT & Bam ; )PS That's if they are'nt going full blast from the BLIND
Y/D
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My great aunt in Michigan called to say she had hit a big deer at about 80 mph in her Bonneville (70's), she needed us to come get her as it had a flat tire.
There was zero damage to the car except the flat tire from the horns as she ran OVER it. The deer was a corn fed 230 pounds and had 11 points. We got it to the barn where we hung it within 20 minutes and no blood came out. Blood was jelled into the meat and ruined, we skinned it and it looked all high impacted.
Some deer hits have minimal damage to the car, others go all as bad as it could be.
There was zero damage to the car except the flat tire from the horns as she ran OVER it. The deer was a corn fed 230 pounds and had 11 points. We got it to the barn where we hung it within 20 minutes and no blood came out. Blood was jelled into the meat and ruined, we skinned it and it looked all high impacted.
Some deer hits have minimal damage to the car, others go all as bad as it could be.
Double Naught Spy
New member
That car had to have been hauling ass. There's no way that was a normal speed collision.
I don't know that he had to be hauling as you say. The deer hit him on the rebound from another vehicle. Potentially, it impacted them whilst airborne. Additionally, it may have impacted more lengthwise than the normal broadside hit. As such, it would have a greater potential for penetration.