>From what I've heard from relatives in Wisconsin, a deer hit by a vehicle or
blunt instrument will go bad very quickly. The impacted meat will have some
sort of reaction from the impact and start producing toxins.
I don't know the exact details of this, but I can't think that it would be
good.
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Chris Reck
Bloomington, IL
'99 Dakota Sport + CC 4x4 V6 (Deep Amethyst)
"It's not the meat, it's how you apply the rub"
""Dustin Williams"" <dustinewilliams@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> A college buddy of mine hit a deer on a Yamaha R6 in either Northern
> Idaho or Eastern Washington, the deer in that part of the country are
> a tad bigger than what you might find on the coasts. He was doing
> about 150 (or so he says) when he saw it, he let off the gas but
> otherwise held his course not wanting to lay down the bike and not
> being able to judge what the deer was going to do, he hit it right in
> the middle of the belly and cut it clean in two, never laid down the
> bike, and had no injuries. He also couldn't ride the bike until he
> walked to a near by farm and cut some of the plastic off the front
> fender.
>
> His insurance company totaled the bike so the following spring he
> bought a R1, after a few months of fun he passed a game warden doing
> about 140 or so, got pulled over and got a misdemeanor for reckless
> driving and lost his license for a few months.
>
> On Jan 18, 2008 12:21 PM, Don Rey <radon220@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Unfortunately I have niether the time or the expertise to cut/hang/etc
>> a deer, though the thought crossed my mind. I anticipated the cop
>> asking if I wanted it... so I called a few friends. They either had
>> too much venison frozen already or had no time to take care of it.
>>
>> I dunno about the 25mph comment... I've been in three accidents now.
>> Two involved a deer, one involved a Saturn (same thing). I took on
>> severe front-end damage in both accidents where I was traveling the
>> speed limit. I received only relatively minor rear body damage in the
>> one where I more than doubled the speed limit. Soooo I dunno I tend to
>> learn (stubbornly maybe) from experience ;-)
>>
>> Don in CT (total score 3 points)
>> 89 Dak Vert 318 NV3500 4x4 (1 deer, 1 saturn)
>> 74 Dart Sport 340 (1 deer)
>>
>>
>> On 1/18/08, Kurt Cypher <cyphercats@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > Only if you had been going slightly slower than 60. But, if you had
>> > been doing 25, the deer would have had plenty of time to get across the
>> > road and well out of the way before you got there.
>> > ;)
>> >
>> > I'm with Bernd, was there anything left that was still edible?
>> >
>> > Kurt
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
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