Car vs. Deer - Car 1, Deer 1

Firstly, my condolences for the Dear deer. I've had to finish other people's handiwork when they just hit and ran. It wasn't pleasant, and will remain in my mind for eternity.

Nextly, you're lucky the deer went OVER the car. On a friends VW, it went through the windshield, brain damaging the female passenger forever.

As to the vehicle, hell if it is a $300 beater, just DRIVE it. Make it legal by putting some lights on it somewhere and drive it. Nobody cares about the *looks* of a beater, even the owner. If it runs OK, it runs OK. BTDT.

Lg

Damn, daniel, I needed that! Thanks!!!

(I wonder which newsreader is mis-handling the accented character? Yours, or mine? Or maybe the 'net is mangling it in transit?)

You need to get a deer whistle, often called deer repeller or deer sonic avoidance. They make passive ones that work with airflow (kind of work) that are cheap, and active ones that plug into the vehicle electrical system and cost about $60 or so. They mount on the front bumper.

Ted

Once it's "driveable" again, take it to a frame/alignment shop to make sure you didn't tweak the structure in some undetectable way that will cause your car to wear tires funny. (not Sears or a tire chain, a real frame shop)

good luck

nate

"Ted Mittelstaedt" writes in article dated Wed, 2 Nov 2005 03:40:00 -0800:

I hear they work great for all those blind deer who can't see cars coming. (I had a buck race me once -- he saw me coming and then decided he had to cross the road before I got there.)

To the OP -- you might have broken your AC condenser. It's a good time of year to do that, assuming you're in the northern hemisphere.

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Unfortunately, despite the fact that I've got some hearing loss, (never mind that us two-leggers aren't supposed to be able to hear them) I *DO* hear them - as a non-stop "screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" right at the edge of hearing that gives me a case of the willies the same way as the screech of fingernails on a chalkboard.

Had a doe do that a few years ago - She apparently mis-judged, and wound up body-checking the pasenger-side mirror clean off the car when she hit. (That one bounced across the ditch under her own power, and was last seen heading toward a stand of trees on the other side of the field at high speed)

Well, since the AC didn't work anyway (needs a conversion/recharge and a new belt, at the very least), busting the condenser would be one of those "Oh well, don't that just suck?" things. But it doesn't look as though the hit did anything more than mash a handful of the fins out of their nice little pattern - The actual plumbing attached to the fins appears to be undamaged.

I have had that happen a couple of times.. Once in a Blazer, and it did several hundred dollars worth of body damage, but nothing serious. Second was in a Buick, and she nearly took the front end off. Still, no alignment, A/C, or windshield problems.

Female deer get a little crazy this time of year here in Texas. When it gets cool, the moon is full, and they are in full rut, they are very nervous and unpredictable.

With recent studies that show that CWD is increasing in both wild and farmed animals, and is moving eastward at unexpected speed, I have decided not to eat anymore venison until the whole issue is a lot clearer.

There is a special rock that you can buy as well. They're quite rare, but they work. You put it anywhere in your car, most people put it in the trunk. The natural frequency of this rock repels deer, only they can sense it. I have one here I could sell you, $300 + shipping, I accept Paypal. I'll even give you a money back guarantee: if you hit a deer while this rock is installed, I'll give you your money back.

BWA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA.

Glad to hear you're okay and that the car is in okay shape.

I'm also glad to hear you took out yet another deer. Tall rodents, they are.

Just be glad you werent on a motorcycle, as some people that I know that have hit deer, and myself, as I've had deer cross my path.

Good riddance!!

I think they are beautiful creatures. People wouldn't have so much trouble with them if they would just SLOW DOWN AND PAY ATTENTION at dusk and dawn, when they are most likely to be crossing roadways.

It is the driver's fault for going too fast for conditions...conditions being DEER CROSSING, posted or otherwise.

Lg

and tasty too!

nate

(unashamed carnivore)

The only venison I ever ate was *gamy* in flavor. Awful stuff. Maybe if you get one that is corn fed and young.

Deer do far more damage to crops and residential plantings than to cars. Here in PA it's got so bad that there are no limits to the sex or number of deer that can be "harvested" during the regular hunting season. Many deer are simply popped in the backyard regardless of hunting season.

I lived in Rochester NY for many years. Not too far from PA. We have an overabundance of deer here also in the forest preserves where hunting is not allowed.

Every now and then they have to be culled by Dept of Natural Resources. Evidently hunters can't be trusted to do this work as this is a highly populated area, human wise. A mistake could cost a human life.

About 3 a.m. one morning I came across a herd of deer crossing a road in a forest preserve. My best guess is there were 50 on one side of the road and another 50 on the other side. It looked like a cattle drive.

But it is my understanding that more deer a killed in PA every year by cars than hunters.

Lg

Your understanding of many subjects is incomplete. The reported kill by hunters in PA is over 500,000/year. Many more are unreported. Reported kills by car is not accurately tabulated but is estimated at around 15,000. Some accidents with deer do not result in the deer's death. I have stuck a number of deer in my 45 years of driving and do not know if any of them died.

Do tell. Post it up so we know you aren't lying.