My sweetie bags a deer..... With her Mazda
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My sweetie bags a deer..... With her Mazda
Deer number two for her this year, this one buggered up the front of her Mazda last one ran into the side of her Subaru and crunched the door in, this chick is a deer magnet.:eek :Neither one could have been avoided as they both were on a suicide mission, one was successful the other will probably die a lingering death because she after laying in the middle of the road for five minutes with cars stopped all around her got up and ran away dragging a broken leg .I'm sorry for that but bad stuff happens if you play in the street All is well with the spouse.... Tedd
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From: Southside Vajenya
They make deer every day, and buzzards gotta eat too.
Used to be you heard of deer crashes mainly in the fall rut season but anymore seems they stay in constant rut with resulting craziness.
I've had way too many cars and crops destroyed by them. I really wish these state wildlife commissions would step up and manage their livestock, but instead of trying to control and cull the overabundant deer herds, Vajenya thought it would be a fine idea to introduce ELK into the mix.
So now we dodge elk along with deer and possums, and the occasional suicidal bear. The young state trooper cousin has worked 3 bear crashes in the past year, one with bad personal injuries.
Used to be you heard of deer crashes mainly in the fall rut season but anymore seems they stay in constant rut with resulting craziness.
I've had way too many cars and crops destroyed by them. I really wish these state wildlife commissions would step up and manage their livestock, but instead of trying to control and cull the overabundant deer herds, Vajenya thought it would be a fine idea to introduce ELK into the mix.
So now we dodge elk along with deer and possums, and the occasional suicidal bear. The young state trooper cousin has worked 3 bear crashes in the past year, one with bad personal injuries.
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Tedd - Glad your wife is ok! My wife has had that happen this year also. She came to a stop and the deer ran into her. Couple of years ago a friend stopped by and asked about the several sets of horns I had on my barn wall. He said I didn't know you were a hunter. I told him I wasn't - I got that one with a 78 Ford, that one with a 72 Dodge and the other with 80 Chevrolet.
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I have to tell you ... in all likelihood, that deer will live as long as it would have had it not been hit. Deer are stupid tough .. ask any hunter. A broken leg might make it an easier target immediately, but if it encounters anything looking to eat it, it was already drawing the short straw. Deer heal quick. More than one hunter has discovered an arrow head or bullet lodged in a carcass ... usually by slicing his finger open while dressing it.
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Deer are stupid, and relatively not perceptive. They also react to "pressure," by which I mean being hunted. During the off season, they'll stand and stare at you for 5 min, but once hunting begins, and they see their buddy get bagged, they're off like a shot if they see something wrong; but it's all back to the same once the season ends.
Turkeys see everything and are worse. Coyotes see and smell everything.
Glad the wife is ok. I usually try to have a knife or gun in the car for multiple reasons, including dispatching bambi if I hit one. Free venison.
Turkeys see everything and are worse. Coyotes see and smell everything.
Glad the wife is ok. I usually try to have a knife or gun in the car for multiple reasons, including dispatching bambi if I hit one. Free venison.
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I was in the truck behind her and saw everything. the deer was so intent on dodging the cars coming from the opposite lanes that just piled into her car after it missed all the rest. And yes I had two rifles in the car and a 100 rounds of amo ( I was headed for a varmint hunt) but the second car on the seen was a off duty prison guard and he advised me to let the hwy patrol take care of it he had already called it in and expected a quick response, took a half hour and the deer had gotten up and moved fifty yards up hill near a group of houses, cop was afraid to shoot in that crowded environment..... Tedd
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Had one run into me last Easter. Large dent in door and smaller in the front fender. Sanded and primed the door because the paint was cracked. Will finsh sometime maybe. 8 year old Hyundai elantra with 150k on it. Probably not worth the time but good for practice. Glad the wife is ok.
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They make deer every day, and buzzards gotta eat too.
Used to be you heard of deer crashes mainly in the fall rut season but anymore seems they stay in constant rut with resulting craziness.
I've had way too many cars and crops destroyed by them. I really wish these state wildlife commissions would step up and manage their livestock, but instead of trying to control and cull the overabundant deer herds, Vajenya thought it would be a fine idea to introduce ELK into the mix.
So now we dodge elk along with deer and possums, and the occasional suicidal bear. The young state trooper cousin has worked 3 bear crashes in the past year, one with bad personal injuries.
Used to be you heard of deer crashes mainly in the fall rut season but anymore seems they stay in constant rut with resulting craziness.
I've had way too many cars and crops destroyed by them. I really wish these state wildlife commissions would step up and manage their livestock, but instead of trying to control and cull the overabundant deer herds, Vajenya thought it would be a fine idea to introduce ELK into the mix.
So now we dodge elk along with deer and possums, and the occasional suicidal bear. The young state trooper cousin has worked 3 bear crashes in the past year, one with bad personal injuries.
I'm with you.
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