oh deer

I was told that the headlights blind and confuse them. Much like the light of a monitor does some humans!

 

Looks great Ian, almost the same color.

 

Lookin a LOT better!

 

And this morning...my co worker hit a deer on his way in. same stretch of road. He was driving an 05 dodge ram.
Broke the drivers side headlight and bent the bumper in a little

 

My real job is running 48 states and all of Canada in my tractor trailer. In the past 35 years I have hit a total of 9 of the furry creatures. I agree with a quote from a prior post, best thing about them is when they are in the crock pot with some veggies and noodles...

 

When you are cruisin along the Snake River near Mr Jackson's Hole and a bunch of Meeses wander in front of your 48' reffer and Petercar it' causes a body to pucker and hang on tight.

 

We've got deer a-plenty up here in the Great White North. I've been fortunate never to hit one, although I've come close numerous times. On my last encounter one trotted out in the road in broad daylight. I was able to slow enough to avoid hitting a big buck. He turned to trot alongside my car for a bit before voicing his displeasure by leaping in the air and kicking my door panel with his rear hooves. Scared the crap out of me! Strangely there was no damage to the car but I had visions of a hoof coming through my window and clipping me on the side of the head.

 

Lucky for you it wasn't that elephant!

 

ian: wagon sure is looking a little long in the tooth since i let it go .you need to wash that thing and put the trim rings back on it.

 

Get after him. If he'd just stop deer hunting with it things would be better.

Wait, I'm not finished........CRAZYBOUTWAGONS you've been a member since April 2009 and only made two posts? Come on man tell us about your love for wagons and why you are crazy!

 

the trim rings well, a couple of them anyway....decided to go their own way.
those things used to be cheap! now they are $100 for a set. next club meeting talk my wife into letting me get a set. i agree the car does need run through the wash. it was a long week.

 

At some point you would think that the Laws of Evolution would breed the 'stupid' and/or 'suicidal highway jumping' out of the deer, right?

You would think that all those wagon-killer deer are being taken out of the gene pool...

 

the have learned how to run from gunshots...you think they would have learded to run from cars rather than toward them!

 

I would be interested to find out what the exhaust sound volume was for all the people involved in the run-ins (pun intended) with deer.

My guess is that the more your vehicle sounds like a loudly growling predator, the less likely deer are to kiss your fenders/bumpers...

 

STUPID is not cured by evolution or experience!

To prove it, take a drive in any southern town or visit your local Wal-Mart! Is Georgia in the south?

Some people say we evolved from monkeys. If this is true why are there still monkeys ?