I just got hit by a deer

USF Holland used to have a safety ahole that would base this off of your written statement.

"I hit a deer." Preventable charge.
"A deer hit me." Non preventable.

I am not joking about this.

 

Dont get the truck washed till you get back to a term. so co. can see hair in ft. of truck? you dont know how many drivers say it was a deer hit when it was a T/stop smash/up?

 

Few years back my son and i were pulling a long hill out of Trafford- Wall area in Pa. Think route 48 nb. He was not far behind me when he told me on the cb that a deer just came running out of the trees and smashed into his truck just behind the hood on the passenger side. Couldn't stop right there. Looked later and not much damage. Just cracked the small fender where the hood latches to. Truck was a 9400 IH. Had to fix it though. Small repairs turn into large if let go.

 

I live in deer city. (Literally have a deer stand in my back yard,) Down a gravel road and yes, deer definately hit you. I was leaving the house one evening going past the neighbors pasture when a bunch of deer came running and jumping over the fence to race across the road ahead of me. I literally had the car stopped on the gravel road, when a deer jumped the fence and slammed into the side of the car.

I've hit 4 other deer in my life. Two ran into the side of me while I was driving down the road, and the other two I creamed dead center with the bumper.

It's usually simple. If the deer hits me in the side I figure its their fault, if I hit it with the bumper it's my fault. Of course, if the deer wouldn't have been there I wouldn't have hit it so technically its always the deers fault.

(That last line, by the way, is what lawyers use against truck drivers when the are involved in an accident whether their fault or not.)

 

I got hit a few months back, took out my 1/4 fender. I knew it would happen, seems they watch for new chrome bumpers. Every time I put one on, it happens. Had this one in the garage for 4 yrs. finally put it on. This week, After 4 ran across in front of Me, I swear one waited till I got close, and darted out, like it’s a game of some sort. Like a risk taking dare, giving him some cred with his other deer buddies. Lol

 

It won't go to waste. Coyotes, bob-cats. bears, dogs, crows, buzzards,ants, flies, anything that eats meat will have a feast. Mark the spot and come back in a couple of weeks. Might be a couple of scattered bones left, maybe a skull, but everything else will go to feed another critter.