Deer Bumper
I've been thinking about getting a bumper to protect the front end of our truck from deer. How many of you have hit a deer or other large animals? I'm wondering if it's worth the trouble. One thi...
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I hit a deer once driving an Oldsmobile Calais. It was about 3:45 in the morning, dark as a cave at night, skipping along 50 mph on a highway, all alone after getting off work at 3:30 am. All country roads, minding my own business, when all of a sudden ... there's a dear head looking in my windshield. His tongue is sticking out licking my windshield. His eyes are bulging like two beach balls. His body is laying on the hood of the car. I slam on the brakes in absolute horror shock! The deer slides off the hood. He's behind me now. I bring the car to a complete stop, open the door and look behind. The thing is laying in the road, then all of a sudden, springs up, and hops over the fence and gone! And $4000 damage to the front of the car!
A couple nights later, I was driving the Chevy S-10 pick-up, same road, same time of night, same conditions.
All of a sudden I saw this "thing" standing on the side of the road. It caught my headlights. I slammed on the brakes. It didn't move! I then started moving forward slowly. It was playing "chicken" with me, almost defying me to come forward. It stood there just as stout as can be! The headlights weren't quite on it enough to identify it yet.
I moved forward, literally, a foot at a time. It just stood there, waiting, waiting, waiting. Finally, I got forward enough my headlights finally landed on it! It was a mail box!
Oh, if only I would have had my shot gun with me that night, I would have blown that mail box away!
Would a deer bumper have helped? Maybe for the deer, but definitely NOT for the mail box!
A couple nights later, I was driving the Chevy S-10 pick-up, same road, same time of night, same conditions.
All of a sudden I saw this "thing" standing on the side of the road. It caught my headlights. I slammed on the brakes. It didn't move! I then started moving forward slowly. It was playing "chicken" with me, almost defying me to come forward. It stood there just as stout as can be! The headlights weren't quite on it enough to identify it yet.
I moved forward, literally, a foot at a time. It just stood there, waiting, waiting, waiting. Finally, I got forward enough my headlights finally landed on it! It was a mail box!
Oh, if only I would have had my shot gun with me that night, I would have blown that mail box away!
Would a deer bumper have helped? Maybe for the deer, but definitely NOT for the mail box!
