Hit a Deer

Thaiblue12, when I was a teenager, still living at home (MS at the time), some of our calves got out and a man from Memphis hit one. We were responsible but since he was a married man visiting his MS sweetie, he didn't file a police report for fear his wife would find out. We so lucked out that the man was a philanderer because his car was really torn up.

The calf didn't die right off so we were able to salvage the meat. The calf was a youngish one--the meat wasn't at all like beef more like veal, very bland and flavorless. Every time my mother tried to serve some of it, she was met with complaints and should have laid down the law on us or prepared it with a sauce or something to camouflage it. She wasn't the best or most imaginative cook but no one went hungry. I think she finally ended it up giving it to friends. Oh, well.

The deer that tried to jump my truck was only about 80# but in MO, it belongs to the person who hits it. Since we were supposed to go out of state 2 days later, we gave it to the 3 men who stopped to check on me and stayed until the authorities and my husband arrived.

Our auto insurance figures deer jumping out in front of you is an act of God or unavoidable or something because that is the one thing we don't have a deductible on. A regular fender bender we would have to pay a deductible. Here in PA in the country if you HAVEN"T hit a deer sometime in your life you are an oddity! When we got our "new to us" 4WD hubby took it to work the first night we had it. He called me on his way home the next morning and said he had hit a deer. I thought he was joking but unfortunately not! Most deer accidents are not to bad but I do know of a person who had the deer come through the window and it kicked his girlfriend in the head and she suffered from brain damage and was never quite right after that.

I sure don't think that is the case either. 1,000's get hit here in WI that would be such a large hit for the State.. Heck they don't even pick up the dead ones anymore, to save money, they sure are not going to pay a person to get their car fixed.
But your insurance sure should cover it.

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[[[[.....Oh yea cause you see the deer right before it darts out in front of your car....]]]

While you don't see all of them, you can actually see quite a few of them. Their eyes shine like spotlights when the headlights hit them. If you live in deer country, you pay attention when you drive at night, watching for that eye shine on the side of the road.

Deer have some sort of suicidal death wish and if they have their choice of 19 different ways to flee, they will always choose the route that goes right in front of the speeding car.

in colorado you better hit the deer and not let it get away otherwise you get a wreckless driving ticket. to many people around here used the "a deer ran in front of me" to explain why they are in a ditch, cops just laugh and say sign here.

Goodness, hope y'all were all ok. :/

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when I drove a big rig one place had a sign saying to watchout for the wildlife. They are suicidal.

Your joking I hope.

We will see 20 or 30 on the way to the nearest grocery (22 miles) and 5 or 6 dead along side the road and like another poster I had one run into the side of my truck when I was going about 20 mph. Even the Interstates around here have dead deer all over the place.

To the OP I used to live in Alabama and dont remember anything like that and it sounds highly unlikely the government would pay for a deer collision. But I am curious to know what kind of car you had that deployed both airbags and shattered the windshield like that at 45 mph. The Mrs wanted to get a Chevy Aveo or Ford Fiesta for gas mileage and I talked her into a midsized because of the narrow two lane roads around here and all the deer (it still gets 29mpg). Maybe I can have her read this as I dont think she is really as aware yet of the dangers.

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The best deer collision storey I have ever heard was my best friends gradfather hit a doe with his truck just a few miles from his house. He got out of the truck and looked at the deer and since it was hunting season he just zip tied a tag to the deer and put it in the back of his truck. He was only 5 miles from home and was going to dress it at home. He got half way home and the deer came too and jumped out of the truck and ran back to the woods with his tag attached to it's leg.

It is a 1996 Buick Riviera. I would hate to see what a deer would do to a small economy car. The more we have looked at the car it looks like the deer hit high, more on the hood than the bumper area. The hood is crumpled, windshield shattered and a medium size dent in the side fender. Car goes to the shop this morning, so we will find out the extent of the damage. Right now it doesn't look like it is going to be beyond repair, but you never know. Blessings, Kat

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A friend has a Smart Car which he dearly loves. Spotting some deer ahead, he stopped before he got to them to let them across the road. The does crossed then the buck crossed, turned and charged his stopped car trashing the windshield with his horns. So Mr.Smartypants Drive Slower and Watch Out, how you going to handle that?

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Not only is the owner of the cow not responsible for the accident, the driver is responsible to pay the cost of the cow to the owner. This is a free range state. Doesn't matter if there are fences or not in the area.

Whisperwindcat,

Sorry, but no, Alabama does not pay for your vehicle if you hit a deer. That is an old rumor/urban legend/wishful thinking. In Alabama too.

In TN, the critter owner is responsible. It only added a few bucks a year to our farm insurance to get the animal thing added.

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DD's van is in the shop being repaired from a run-in with a deer. She wasn't hurt but said everybody asked about the deer; some about Bambi, some about venison. She didn't know what happened to it-it didn't hang around.

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I am concerned for your lives and other readers here that's why I telling you this.
He must have been driving recklessly the evidence shows he had a wreck. He came very close to dieing. Think about that as you read the rest of my post. He came VERY close to dieing.


Often times the speed limit is HIGHER than the safe speed OBVIOUSLY this time was one.
I'm guessing here the situation was caused by at least two things too high a speed and the woods being to close to the road for him to have sufficient time to react at that rate of speed. If you had changed either thing the accident MIGHT not have happened. If the clear distance on each side of the road was more he would have had longer to recognize the thereat and avoid it
OR if he was driving slower aging he would have had more time to avoid a accident.
Of course you could clear the land back farther from the road but that's probably not practical for you is it?
Thus the only safe way to cope with the situation would be to slow down. He didn't do that he decided to take the gamble that this was a unexpected time for a deer to rush out of the woods and across the road.
He Lost.

Reckless driving.

LOL your absolutely right. Speed has very little effect on telling the future.

You seem very hung up on the speed limit please remember its the MAXIMUM safe speed under perfect conditions. and yes you are right if one can jump out in front of you , you are driving totally recklessly.

That seems sensible to me.

There are some folks in the world who I would not allow to drive a nail for me, much less a car.

I don't care what they are running for.

Have you never hit a deer? Most of the time you have no idea they are their until you've slammed into one.

My friend came across 2 deer while she was driving, a doe and a buck (in town!) and she slowed down to a crawl waiting for them to cross the road and they just stood there at the edge of the road, she went to pass by them slowly and they started crossing the road so she stopped, and they stopped to so she started to go ahead and pass them and as she did the doe jumped in front of her and she clipped her with the edge of the car. So once again my friend stopped and the buck as if to say "Don't hit my girlfriend!" rammed into the front of her car with his antlers and then ran off after his girl.

I was glad she was OK but this story was hilarious when she told me.

I don't drive for many personal reasons but my biggest fear when i'm in a car isn't of hitting a deer its of being hit BY a deer. My aunt had a Buck jump right into the driver side window and into the back seat of her car, his antlers cut her on her cheek pretty bad but she was other wise OK. they had to saw the antlers off the deer to get it out of her car and they let her keep them so she still has them.

Sometimes when people hit deer its because of reckless driving but in my experience it seems to be more because deer are like suicidal ninjas.

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I have never hit a deer.
Or an Elk.

A lot of people have in NM and TX. Yes, you drive carefully & slow down, hit the horn, and they will generally get out of the way.
I've been driving 32+ years, and never hit anything larger than a coon. And yes, I was driving too fast for the night conditions.

There is an element of unsafe driving in hitting animals.

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