I was stopped at a traffic light in my dakota two years ago when a
buck attacked my driver's side tail light. I guess he had something
against the red light or against the gen-II tail light design.
WiLieR
On 1/18/08, Christopher Orr <corr@manual-override.net> wrote:
>
> Don-
>
> How many points did he have? :-)
>
> I had something similar happen to me once.
>
> 1. Deer ran out on gravel road.
> 2. I slammed on the breaks.
> 3. Big side view mirror smacks buck in the side of its head, catches on
> antlers and rips it out of the door.
> 4. Deer takes a step back, rams the side of my Ram.
> 5. Deer decides that wasn't enough and does the same to the tailgate.
> 6. Deer runs off.
>
>
> Don Rey wrote:
> > 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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