Something very bad happened...this morning

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Was driving to breakfast, by myself this morning, then I was going to attend the Christmas service at the Catholic church.
Was driving 55 MPH and a deer jumped out and I nailed him square.

Totally fucked up the front end of my car and the hood has a perfect dent in shape of the fucker's shoulders and back, but thankfully he didn't break the windshield, deploy the airbag, or cause any damage to me (other than shoddy nerves).

The deer was a big-ass buck. Easily weighed 180 pounds.
I had a feeling something stupid was going to happen. That's what led me to write that post last night about anxiety. Do we make our own way or does destiny stoke the play?
Should've stayed in bed. Dammit!

Took over 2 hours to crawl home. The radiator was broken but the engine still has its oil system intact (from appearances). Had to keep stopping and waiting for the thing to cool down. The temp guage went to the max several times. Fuck, there goes the engine I put in last March. Another 5 grand down the toilet.

Fuck it, though, I'm glad to be alive. Shit, after puncturing an artery two weeks ago (which I found out the school cops didn't call 911 for at least a half hour while I sat there with blood spurting out of my arm), and this deer thing (which I was very lucky to be the only one on the road at the time and didn't crash), I think it's time to count my blessings, church or naught.

Have an eggnog on me today, I am a cat with nine lives and getting closer to the tail end every day.

Now where are those beautiful kids of mine..............Ho, Ho, Ho!
Gimme some hugs and kisses you two darlings!
 
Sorry to hear buddy.. Around here people are told don't swerve.. cause those who do usually get hurt worse..

I woulddn't count out the engine so quickly..
Thank God it's only the car that was damaged!!!
 
damn man..be thankful nothing happened to ya..material stuff is always replaceable.
 
oh wow glad you are ok. When i lived out in Jersey i was always so paranoid about the deer. everyone i know has hit atleast one and if one jumped out and i hit it in my little car the deer would have walked away and i would have been fucked hehe
 
mrhtbd,,, I feel for you my friend. Same thing happened to my neighbor a couple of years ago...and right before Christmas as well.

On the positive side, I hope you were able to go back and get a friend to cart your deer off to the local butcher. A lot of good venison goes to waste like that. ;)
 
mrhtbd said:
Was driving to breakfast, by myself this morning, then I was going to attend the Christmas service at the Catholic church.
Was driving 55 MPH and a deer jumped out and I nailed him square.

Totally fucked up the front end of my car and the hood has a perfect dent in shape of the fucker's shoulders and back, but thankfully he didn't break the windshield, deploy the airbag, or cause any damage to me (other than shoddy nerves).

The deer was a big-ass buck. Easily weighed 180 pounds.
I had a feeling something stupid was going to happen. That's what led me to write that post last night about anxiety. Do we make our own way or does destiny stoke the play?
Should've stayed in bed. Dammit!

Took over 2 hours to crawl home. The radiator was broken but the engine still has its oil system intact (from appearances). Had to keep stopping and waiting for the thing to cool down. The temp guage went to the max several times. Fuck, there goes the engine I put in last March. Another 5 grand down the toilet.

Fuck it, though, I'm glad to be alive. Shit, after puncturing an artery two weeks ago (which I found out the school cops didn't call 911 for at least a half hour while I sat there with blood spurting out of my arm), and this deer thing (which I was very lucky to be the only one on the road at the time and didn't crash), I think it's time to count my blessings, church or naught.

Have an eggnog on me today, I am a cat with nine lives and getting closer to the tail end every day.

Now where are those beautiful kids of mine..............Ho, Ho, Ho!
Gimme some hugs and kisses you two darlings!
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Oh man been there! My 2nd wife and I had been living out by DC. We were moving and about a 1000miles in with another 1000 to go towards our destiny. This buckjumped out and slammed through the windshield. We were stuck in some little town waiting for a windsheild for 20 hours! I was always paranoid about that rural riding on my bike. Yeah you could've been fucked up pretty bad.
 
look at the bright side, if you get the deer you can make some deer jerky, that shit is delicious
 
Sorry to hear...at least you didn't get hurt brutha....coulda been much worse. Venison is killa lean protein! :p
 
jaeger09 said:
^indeed.

what happened to the deer? just curious.
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I went back for it but couldn't find it.
It's weird, I was on the hyway which had one of those high concrete medians (about 5 feet). The deer jumped over the median, took another hop, landed right in front of my left headlight, and turned to look at me. I saw the two eyes reflect while it was way up in the air and remember thinking, "What was that," then the next thing I knew it was standing in front of the car looking at me.
It was a weird pause, almost like we both knew it was over. He tried to jump anyway, then, but when he landed on the right side of center of my car, he must have realized it was too late and he ducked his right shoulder into the grille. There is a perfect picture of his shoulders and back pressed into the grille and the hood just crinkled up. It's almost as if by ducking he sacrificed himself quickly rather than fly through the windshield.
It was crazy. I will post a pic. You will be surprised how I drove the 25 miles to get home.
I have had a twitch on my lip ever since.
 
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