The heck with the pics....any good "tenderized" meat left? :)
- bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: Don Rey [mailto:radon220@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 11:05 AM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: DML: Deer hit!
My truck was victimized by a 110lb buck last night. In all seriousness, he
ran into me.
So I had just left my house, was traveling down my road at 60mph (in a
25 zone... but you'll see speed actually helped me so don't go preaching
against my lead foot just yet!) He jumped out in front of me so fast that I
actually hit him at full speed. I only saw his head before contact. After I
hit him, my brakes worked nicely! (recall brake job from hell.)
I got out of the truck, looked at the front end and found *very* little
damage for such a hard hit. My brush guard was slightly bent but there was
zero fender damage and just a hole cracked in the turn signal assembly.
Cool! Easily replaceable! But wait... there's more. I close my door and look
down the rest of the body. The rear quarter was cruched! The deer hit ME!
There's some body damage in front of the wheel well too. Now, I didn't run
him over... my wheels never left the ground. Here's the slow motion play by
play.
My brush guard hit him square in the face at 60mph, sending a piece of
antler bouncing off my windshield and landing 30 feet away. Any slower and
he would have had time to get more of his body in front ot me.
Hitting him in the head spun him around like a top. It was either that
leverage or his own momentum (or a combination of both) that sent his rear
end into my wheel well and rear quarter, causing most of my body damage.
I called and waited for an officer to arrive. He promptly shot the deer and
gave me a deer kill note. I don't think I'll use it though...
I think my deductible will be more than the reimbursement.
I'll post pics when I get a chance this weekend.
Don in CT
89 Dak Vert 318 NV3500 4x4
74 Dart Sport 340
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