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Well my thanksgiving weekend just went down the drain. Tonight we took the triplets to Liberty Lake to look at the Christmas lights. On the way back home on a twisty Va. two lane Rt.122, I slammed into a F'ing deer. Everyone is fine except my 2004 suburban.
It had just started raining there was a car behind me, two cars approaching me in the other lane. I saw three deer leap over a barbwire fence about 15 to 20 feet in front of me, I hit the brakes, I couldn't swerve because of the oncoming cars on one side and the deep ditch on the other. I hit the lead deer. The oncoming cars saw it and slowed down. The car behind me never became a factor. I was able to keep the burban in my lane and miss the other two deer somehow.
That bitch (doe) took out my driver side daytime running light and front signal light. The entire light bezel shattered. The bumper appears to be slightly bent down. The wheel has several hair samples for DNA analysis (that way we can see if she was breeding under the influence) trapped between it and the tire. Somehow it missed the fender slamming into my door leaving a basketball sized dent. It hit the door so hard that it pulled the upper door out creating a nice air leak.
Having worked in the autobody field, I already know I going to have to fight to have the door replaced. They will only want to replace the door skin.
The state trooper told me he had worked 40 deer hits the previous week. I hate the rutting season. We have had to many mild winters, and no extended hunting seasons around here that the Deer population is out of control.
I did my part this year, I got one.
It had just started raining there was a car behind me, two cars approaching me in the other lane. I saw three deer leap over a barbwire fence about 15 to 20 feet in front of me, I hit the brakes, I couldn't swerve because of the oncoming cars on one side and the deep ditch on the other. I hit the lead deer. The oncoming cars saw it and slowed down. The car behind me never became a factor. I was able to keep the burban in my lane and miss the other two deer somehow.
That bitch (doe) took out my driver side daytime running light and front signal light. The entire light bezel shattered. The bumper appears to be slightly bent down. The wheel has several hair samples for DNA analysis (that way we can see if she was breeding under the influence) trapped between it and the tire. Somehow it missed the fender slamming into my door leaving a basketball sized dent. It hit the door so hard that it pulled the upper door out creating a nice air leak.
Having worked in the autobody field, I already know I going to have to fight to have the door replaced. They will only want to replace the door skin.
The state trooper told me he had worked 40 deer hits the previous week. I hate the rutting season. We have had to many mild winters, and no extended hunting seasons around here that the Deer population is out of control.
I did my part this year, I got one.
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