Close call

[OU812]

Taby was headin into town last night and when she was almost there she had a deer jump out in front of her and before she could hit the breaks another deer ran into the side of her luckily she was able to slowdown enough she didnt hit the first deer head on or it would have been really ugly. She was doin 60 MPH.

Needless to say when she called me she was freakin out, I had to calm her down. First are you all right, she said she was covered with glass. Get out of the car and walk in front, in the head lights and brush off the glass with something other than your hand. Ok. Now are you bleeding? No. Good now just sit on the hood of your car for a min and take a breath. Ok. I could hear in her voice that she was starting to calm down. Then I asked for the damage report, as she was explaining the what was messed up I could tell she was gettin back to normal.

That damn deer took out the window, mirror, flattened the hole side of the door and put one hell of a dent in the rear quarter panel.



I almost hit a deer on my way home later. Then when I got on the gravel I was comin around a corner and wouldnt you know it there stands another deer. I slammed on the binders and thump, I got one too. Damn It!

Only thing it did to my truck was mess up the licence plate holder upper.

[Tiny Tim]

Man, rough night.  Glad everybody is okay and it's only vehicle damage.

[OU812]

Man, rough night.  Glad everybody is okay and it's only vehicle damage.

You got that right, we can fix the car but we can never get Taby back.

Just about a foot back and the deer could have been it the car.

[Ka Honu]

Cars make very poor deer rifles.  Glad you guys are okay.  You might want to modify one of those alien abduction helmets to cover situations like this.

[KevinG]

Glad to hear she made it out ok! That's rough, hope the deer had insurance.

[pensrock]

Glad everyone is ok.

[Quarlow]

Glad to hear Taby is Alright. But the bruised composure can take awhile to heal. An angel was watching out for your angel.

[MPTubbs]

Wow OU!
      :o

Glad your all ok.

[squirtthecat]

Dang OU, glad to hear she is Ok..    I had a similar experience when I was 16.

I'm all for opening deer 'season' to be all year long...

[classicrockgriller]

Glad Taby and you both are Ok.

Deer can cause serious Hurt on vehicles and people.

[Paddlinpaul]

My brother is a cop and worked in a rural area for a couple years. He shot more deer in 2 years than my father has in 78 years alive. He can't prove they work but says he never once saw a car hit a deer that had the deer whistles mounted on them. They just stick on. No electronics, wiring or anything else needed. If they work great, if not, only cost about $5 each. Not much to lose, everything to gain.

[Ka Honu]

... he never once saw a car hit a deer that had the deer whistles mounted on them.

How do you get the deer to stand still long enough to stick on the whistle?

[Tiny Tim]

I've used them, but had closer calls with them than without.

[MPTubbs]

I think when the deer here the whistles they come onto the road to see what the hell is going on!

[NePaSmoKer]

Good to hear she is ok.

They make electric deer whistles that wire into your 12v

Need my son with his weapon to plow the road  ;D