New car vs. deer. It's a draw.

[Madrone]

I suspect we've both sustained some damage.

FIRST and ONLY time I left the house today - I'd decided I wanted something to eat and didn't want to cook. Off I go. One mile down the road BOOM - deer over an embankment and in front of me. I didn't even have time to brake. Poor thing was tipped over and skidded about 20 feet on his side. I thought I'd killed him - although it would be a slow and torturous death since it was obviously not dead on impact. After laying in the middle of the road for a few he got up and painfully stumbled to the side of the road. A few more minutes of standing there, while I'm almost in tears trying to figure out what to do for this injured wild animal and he hobbles/jumps off into the woods. Hopefully not to lay down and die somewhere....:cry:


Thankfully I drive an Element (front of the car is plastic) so all I can see is a busted headlight, some plastic clips snapped off, a small dent on the hood, and wiper fluid leaking out all over the place. I smell antifreeze but can not find any evidence of it leaking anywhere. And there's deer hair on the windshield, sideview mirror, and tufts of it stuck in my grill.

I don't NEED this extra hassle with my car, and I can't stop thinking about the poor deer - afraid he's laying somewhere in the damp cold and mortally injured. I hit him doing 45 MPH. :cry:

Can someone PLEASE give me a do over - starting at about one year ago? Please???

[radwriter0555]

1. Your insurance should cover all of this thankfully, under the

comprehensive part.

I hit a dog once, it was awful.... but it was covered completely, thankfully.

Good thing you stuck to the road too, and didn't go off and hurt yourself.

[Madrone]

3. No reaction time whatsoever. I saw him pretty much as I hit him.

Hitting a dog would be AWFUL. That's my big fear.

Yeah, I'm lucky I have insurace that will cover it. It just sucks. And I can't stop thinking about the animal and if he's injured. That's really what I'm upset about - the car thing just annoys and frustrates me, especially since it's included in what's been a very long string of unfortunate and traumatic events of late.

[Digit]

2. That sounds rather traumatic

I can understand how badly you feel for the deer, but thank goodness you are alright.
If only cars had a way to repel deer so we would not hit them..it would be better for the wildlife and for us.

[fishwax]

4. I think deer whistles work pretty well

though i've heard that they don't really do much. Alls I know is that I used to live in a heavily populated deer area, and we'd hit about one a year until my madre put on the deer whistles. Then didn't hit a deer for several years until one of the whistles broke and she neglected to replace it.

[fishwax]

5. damn. i'm glad you're okay

that's a scary moment. I hope the deer is okay, too :)