The $12000 deer

[TJP440]

The insurance companies have the shops screwed tightly to the wall so it's get it done as quickly and as cheaply as possible. Just like beating the flat rate

 

[Fatbob Frank]

I used to live in Wyoming and worked all over the place with lots of wildlife. I worked with a guy that had hit 9 deer in his life. Early and late in the day expect animals to be on the road. At night they can show up any time and are harder to see.

At deer thirty and at night our rule was to drive below the speed limit. We would always have a spotter in the passenger seat. Hitting a deer causes damage to your truck. Hitting an elk, a horse or worse yet a moose can come in through the windshield and kill people.

Be alert. Modern headlights are much better for spotting animals. Don't drive impaired in game country. In Nevada we have a lot of horses and cattle on the road at night. They are big animals compared to deer and can really wreck vehicles.

Driving fast over the crest of a hill is not a good idea.

Most of the summer I'm commuting on my Harley...I happened to be driving my truck because it was raining...
I can't even estimate how many deer I've seen riding to work at midnight.
They are definitely unpredictable...

This is my front yard...

 

[Hagar1]

I live in Northern Ontario and have had several close encounters with "grilled Moose" The most recent one was a bit un-nerving, Moose came up out of the ditch and fell in front of me, I'm guessing that her hooves were wet and slipped on the pavement. She was so close that only her ears were visible, I got stopped just in time.
I looked over to the right side where she came from and there was a calf just waiting on mom's instructions. Fortunately, it ended well for both Moose and truck. ............. Still got decent reflexes for an old guy.

 

[rzr6-4]

I used to drive to my girlfriends house most weekends through deer county and regularly had deer jump in front of me. That was the inspiration for the forward swept design, try to push the deer down and around from the grill, and if the bars do get pushed back they would have to bend 18" or so to actually make contact.

Now that we are married and I don't have to make that commute as often, its still fun when working cows and a cow or calf doesn't like me coming through and wants to challenge the truck. I'm just like "I'll do it mfr" and keep going. Luckily just been rubs so far, no one has tried to really fight it yet.

 

[jejb]

I live in Northern Ontario and have had several close encounters with "grilled Moose"

LOL! Love it.

Wife just hit a deer a couple of weeks ago. On I-70, just east of St. Louis, 9:30ish PM. It ran into the side of the vehicle and did some decent damage. It was still drivable though. No injuries to humans, no other cars involved.

Lucky part was that it was a rental. Our car policy covers the damage and our credit card company covers the deductible, since we used the card to rent it. I told her it was a total win. $0 out of pocket, no having to go car shopping or dealing with a body shop.

 

[MrBonez]

Star, you were lucky, you should try it on a motorcycle! I hit one doing 60 on my Honda VTX about ten years ago. Totaled the deer, my bike and messed me up. Didn't eat the deer, did buy my bike back from insurance company and rebuilt it and still riding it. The wife wasn't too excited about me continuing to ride, but a guys got to do what he's got to do!

Been there, done that..... And didn't like it one bit.

Had a mama deer run out in broad daylight (2PM) with me on a bike with a car in front of me, she got clear of the car but then baby Bambi came out - Missed the car but I caught it.
As soon as I saw mama run out I knew something was going to happen (Usually does) and sure enough it came out following mama and I tagged the rear of it, sending it kinda flying while spinning at the same time to the ditch.

All I could do was grip the handlebars tight and brace for impact....

Which resulted in a busted front fender I was able to finish breaking off after I got it stopped and rode it home. Ordered a new fender, installed it and that's all I had to do to fix it - Lucky me.

 

[Sherman Bird]

They must import them for the tourists.

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Oh! "Deer"!

 

[Hagar1]

Been there, done that..... And didn't like it one bit.

Had a mama deer run out in broad daylight (2PM) with me on a bike with a car in front of me, she got clear of the car but then baby Bambi came out - Missed the car but I caught it.
As soon as I saw mama run out I knew something was going to happen (Usually does) and sure enough it came out following mama and I tagged the rear of it, sending it kinda flying while spinning at the same time to the ditch.

All I could do was grip the handlebars tight and brace for impact....

Which resulted in a busted front fender I was able to finish breaking off after I got it stopped and rode it home. Ordered a new fender, installed it and that's all I had to do to fix it - Lucky me.

Years ago, there was a fellow that hit a horse at night while on a motorcycle. He knew that he couldn't get stopped so he hugged the fuel tank with his chest, hung on to the bars and went through the horse. He survived, horse didn't.

 

[Sherman Bird]

Years ago, there was a fellow that hit a horse at night while on a motorcycle. He knew that he couldn't get stopped so he hugged the fuel tank with his chest, hung on to the bars and went through the horse. He survived, horse didn't.

Boy! THAT took a lot of GUTS!!!

 

[Hagar1]

Boy! THAT took a lot of GUTS!!!

Yup!! All over the road.

 

[star_deceiver]

very nice bumper by the way. is it painted by the body shop? if so do they use a different paint than the factory style non-automotive grade paint lol?

https://www.moparpartscanada.ca/oem-parts/mopar-bumper-5sx95rxfab?srsltid=AfmBOoqPtyeYG9zpSc9crPGssM7ZSF5MsimXu2srIkKy8fFA-38SPGEf

https://www.moparpartscanada.ca/oem-parts/mopar-bumper-5sx96rxfac?srsltid=AfmBOopcLglSqzeGQbCgsEZMFHsDUAl9Se9Gtsv1NFL4ZfYsQ28V5KA9

They appear to come painted already.

 

[star_deceiver]

Which shop did you take it to ? I've never had good luck with any of the local Airdrie body shops

Car star. They have a 4.4 on Google.