I HATE DEER!!!

[THE COLONEL]

Well, I left work early last night at 3am to start my vacation a little bit early.  15 minutes later, I hit a deer with my Caliber, which is only 6 months old.  My wife and I are going to the Pocono's tomorrow, and then this happens.  This happened before too.  I was leaving (10 years ago) to see my brother across state, when I hit a deer the day before also.  Did I mention...I HATE DEER!!!  The deer caught me on the driver side, and took out my headlight, which still works, and dented the fender, front bumper, and back door. 

I have always joked that if I hit a deer, the thing better be dead, because if it's not...I will run back and forth over it until it is.  Well.......I didn't because the car is so new.  But...if I had my old Dodge Stratus and it happened, I would have.  What also sucks is that for the last few days, I have had mine, and my sons, hockey sticks in the car....and I took them out yesterday.  If I still had my sticks, I would have beat it over the head until it died.  Did I mention I HATE DEER!!  After a few minutes it got up and ran away just as I threw a couple rocks at it's head while screaming obsenities at it as well. 

[PocketThunder]

I like deer, especially the back straps with some fried onions and salt and butter.. MMmmmmm

[moparstuart]

  nothin runs like a deer !

[TruckDriver]

I like deer, especially the back straps with some fried onions and salt and butter.. MMmmmmm

[THE COLONEL]

I like deer, especially the back straps with some fried onions and salt and butter.. MMmmmmm

Ok....I hate LIVE deer.

[Todd Wilson]

AT least it wasnt the Charger!


Todd

[Drache]

I bounced a deer off the roof of my '76 Aspen 

[FJMG]

A friend of mine did the same thing to his car (also only a few months old). He commutes an hour each way and decided to install an electronic (switched from the battery) animal "whistle". You can barely hear it but he claims it works almost too well, not only has he not seen any deer since but he has not noticed an animal of ANY kind anywhere near the road.

[BMOTOXSTAR]

I like deer, especially the back straps with some fried onions and salt and butter.. MMmmmmm

Deer Jerkey with cheese.....

[THE COLONEL]

AT least it wasnt the Charger!


Todd

that is wghy I like that big push bar on teh front.  If I ever hit a deer with The Colonel, I hope it hits right on that bar.  That is all that will be damaged is the bar.

[Orange_Crush]

Don't blame the deer, it was just doing what deer do. 

Blame people.  We are the ones putting pressure on the deer's habitat.  People feeling the need to build ridiculous McMansions out in the outskirts of town and being followed in by strip malls and Wal-Marts and Home Depots.  Then, they have to build roads to service these areas and what's left of the deer's habitat gets criss-crossed by heavily trafficked roads.  The deer get pushed out farther and farther until there are too many of them in the small green space they have left.  This results in more and more "collisions" between deer and humans.  Whether it is eating the plants in your garden ot destroying the front end of your Caliber.

It ain't the deer's fault.  Nowadays...its just one of those things that "happens" and all you can do is shrug your shoulders and let the insurance company deal with it.  That's what they are there for.

[Fitz73Chrgr]

I like deer, especially the back straps with some fried onions and salt and butter.. MMmmmmm

Have you tried them wrapped in bacon?   

[mikepmcs]

I like deer, especially the back straps with some fried onions and salt and butter.. MMmmmmm

Hey, that's one of the ways I cook em' too.

Should have taken the tire iron out and stabbed it right in the brain.  Don't wanna miss though cause that thing will kick some arse.

Colonel, sorry about your car.  Insurance can be frustrating to deal with nowadays, both for the customer and the collision center doing the work.  We want to put all new OEM stuff on, replace what's needed and make the car look brand new again(with brand new parts) and insurance wants to cut corners fix massive dents that should never be fixed and not pay for simple things like emblems, retainers, etc.......(they want you to reuse everything)
D-O-D-G-E 4 x 4(all single letters) SLT takes a long time to scrape the gum off the back and reapply 3m tape and slice and dice so no tape is showing and they pay you squat to do it.
Sorry end of rant. 
Hope you get your car fixed soon and you have a great vacation.

OC,  I'm not attacking or trying to provoke an argument here, just offering a different POV, but if states would up the deer and moose bag limit, say, like Pennsylvania(deer),of course except in "The Colonel's" situation cause he happens to live in PA, there would be a lot less accidents IMO.  Deer and Moose in Maine are killing people and cause lots of accidents each year.  I do see your point on the driving of game by the construction etc.... however make it legal to get rid of them all year round and it would solve a lot of problems.  My buddy kills over 100 nuisance deer a year at his buddy's farm alone.  Warden gets a call and deer eventually makes it to the butcher, gets cut up and makes it's way to the soup kitchens to feed the hungry/homeless in this state, which in my opinion is the only use for deer and moose, to eat, whether it's me and my one a year or multiple families that need to put food on the table. 

v/r
Mike

[mikepmcs]

Wow, I just read what I wrote again and it really seemed like I focused on Orange.  That wasn't my intent OC, just venting a little and offering a different view point of a couple situations that are home to me.
This ones for you 

v/r
Mike

[twenty mike mike]

Last time I was in Wisconsin, I noticed that a lot of people who lived out of town had deer whistles on their cars. Do they really work or is that on the same level as gas mileage improvers? This type was activated by the airstream created by driving.

[Vainglory, Esq.]

Deer suck ass.  Except if someone shoots them and gives you the chops...

The whistles don't work, by the way.

[mikepmcs]

Scientific studies of these devices have indicated that they do not in fact reduce collisions.

The whistle's DO NOT WORK! to answer your question, it's just a scam to make cash.

[THE COLONEL]

Yeah, I think someone proved (mythbusters maybe?) that the whistles don't work.  PA does have the #1 deer / car related accidents.

[Charger-Bodie]

I own a body shop and its funny , but just about every front end deer job we do has atleast 1 broken off deer whistle.  And then you get the occationall customer who wants a new set put on afterwords . How much proof do you need? 

[mikepmcs]

That was kind of funny.

Colonel, didn't they up the bag limit in PA to try to mange the population a little better?

[craigandlynda]

We hit 2 deer -
Incident #1- driving '98 dodge ram truck...doing 65 mph on open hiway...deer ran out, hit him w right front, he went sailing off to the side like a soccer ball...result- dead deer, 1/2" dent in bumper. dent almost invisible.
Incident # 2- driving 2000 caravan, hit deer center front at 15 mph..deer rolled up over wipers, rolled back off, and ran away...result- deer ran away laughing; van damage $2,750....

Conclusions: 1- i will never own another minivan;
                2- we need more hunters.

[THE COLONEL]

That was kind of funny.

Colonel, didn't they up the bag limit in PA to try to mange the population a little better?

I'm not sure, but they need to make it a longer hunting season.

[Steve P.]

Years ago I had a brandy spankin new truck. Less than 400 miles on it and nailed a deer. It was still drivable and not terrible, but I traded it in a month or so later with 01414. miles on it.. 

A customer dropped his daughters car off for repair one day. I fixed him up and he picked the car up that afternoon. The next morning I see the car sitting on the far side of my lot. When I walked over to see if he left the keys and note I see that the car has no interior left or windshield. His daughter hit a deer that came in through the windshield and landed in her lap. Luckily it was knocked cold and she got out. A few minutes later the deer came to and kicked the crap out of the inside of the car. It was demolished....  The sheriff shot the deer right there in her front seat..   What a mess....   

[THE COLONEL]

I'd say I got off lucky on that one.  That would really have sucked!