Me, with my fucking car. Bastard jumped right out in front of me. Both headlamps on the passenger side gone, pax side fender bent out of line, grill bent to hell. Grrrrrrrrrr.

Sorry to hear about the car, bro. But, be thankful you're OK, those bastards can do some serious damage to life and limb when the come into contact with an automobile.

Pour out your drink, and call the insurance company

before and after pics?

Not enough damage to get those bastards involved. I'll bang out the fender and try to bend the grill back in shape on Thursday--the only real tricky part will be re-alligning the headlamp housing--it's shooting about 45 degrees to the left right now.

Are you at least having venison over the holidays?

now you join the ranks of Joe as an animal killer

I smashed into a big buck just about a year ago, too. About six grand damage on a car that I was hoping would be totaled. Shortly after I saw a stat that slightly over half of all deer/auto collisions end up fatal - for the driver.

You are a lucky billzebub. Did you even see it coming? I never even saw mine - it was like smashing into a brick wall.

On my recent drive to Texas, I was amazed at the amount of deer I saw while driving at night. It was my one fear that while white lining it down some lonely road, a buck would jump out and that would be the end of the deer and me. Luckily, it didn't happen and Bambi and family stayed on the side of the road where they belonged.

Deer roadkill make a horrific sight after being struck by trailers.

Nope, didn't see him until a nanosecond before "BLAM!". I wasn't going all that fast, maybe 40 per, and I clipped him with the front corner of the car--not a full head-on.

The Illinois State Fuzz website says there are over 22,000 deer-car collisions a year in the Land o' Lincoln. (I checked to make sure I wasn't obligated to call this in). They said most human injuries come from exagerated evasive manoeuvers--i.e. swerving into a tree or another car.

The car is still drive-able, and hopefully I can get it banged back into shape so that when painted it'll be un-noticeable. I can't do anything with it 'til Thursday.

In hindsight, it could have been a lot worse.

Yep, best thing to do is brake, but keep going straight...

I counted 33 deer one night driving from Montgomery to Mobile on I-65.

At least it's in season. Do you have to get a license though since it is already dead?

Glad you're all right.

Well I shot 3 deer this year to try to make up for your banged up car.

I don't know about the US but I'm fairly sure if you kill it in Canada, it's yours, with or without a license.

This thread isn't about Godzilla?

I see we have come back from Iraq in full force. I dub thee Forss Fagerstrom.

My folks live WAY out in the country in Southeastern Virginia. One of their neighbors hit a deer and it flipped up and slammed through the windshield. I was a huge mess. Driver was alright and deer went through passenger side. 6 point buck, so they said.

The craziest experience I have ever had is driving through the mountains in WV/MD on my way home from school and seeing a deer dart in front of a semi going 80 on the downslope. I have never really desired to be in raining deer parts less. It was like a child competing with a locomotive. The deer just obliterated. Turned into a nice chunky mist of red and brown.

You ever seen those red spray/arrows on the road driving through the mountains? Yeah. That's the remnants of Deer vs. Semi.

i did this last year april 8. totalled my car (just because of a little bent axle) hitting a deer going 80. didn't see him until he was a couple car lengths ahead of me. my first thought when i saw him: "i can't miss him", rather matter-of-fact like.

i actually didn't see what kind of a rack he had. Not that i'm gay and beastial. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

man, my jokes are bombing like kramer tonight.

quit trying to stick a fork up my @ss!

cmere you

I thought you killed this Bambi

Crashed a friend's place last night, and this morning's train hit a cow on the way in. I just got to work now, 3:15 later than planned.

Gentle pretty thing
Who only had one spring
You bravely faced the world
Ready for anything
I'm happy that you lived
For your life is mine
What have I except to cry
Spirit never die
Birds of the air
Beasts of the earth
Overjoyed at Bambi's birth they gambolled in the glade

[Chorus]
Who killed Bambi? [x9]

Murder murder murder
Someone should be angry
The crime of the century
Who shot little Bambi
Never trust a hippie
'Cause I love punky Bambi
I'll kill to find the killer
In that rotten roll army
All the spikey punkers
Believers in the ruins
With one big shout
They all cry out
Who killed Bambi?

[Chorus x2]

that's immediately what I thought.