I had the same thing happen to me in the WRX in Cold Spring a couple years ago. Only it was a pack of three deer. They ran out towards me on the road, but just before they were about to broadside me, they cut a sharp right turn and ran next to the car for about 50 feet or so as I slowed down. Then they darted off the road again.
when stationed at Ft. Lewis, Wa. We would get called to a number of deer/Elk vs. various vehicles. IF we could get to the scene within an hour one of the local butcher shops would take the kill and salvage what he could. The hour time limit helped ensure there was no real contamination of the meat, considering being whacked by a 12ton armored vehicle tends to scramble the guts a bit. After the meat was dressed we put the sausage, jerky, meat sticks, and steaks in a fridge in the patrol room as a free for all. I have no issues with eating the salvage meat, if it's dressed properly. And fret not good people, I will be in MN soon to rid you of some of your deer population hnoes:
Jesus man. I'm glad your ok. Cars can be fixed, but people are a little tuffer to do that with. I also hate deer. This happened on highway 7 in hopkins... Middle of the day. A deer F'in hit me. My wife and I had glass and deer hair all over her. On a side note, I'm so happy I sold that car. I <3 my wrx
Glad you guys are OK! you should have called, i still would have answered my phone. Why wouldnt you have your insurance fix it? do you have a high deductuble? fixing it yourself, unless you dont have collision coverage IMO is dumb, most shops have a fast turnaround, and its what you have insurance for, accidents! tThe first week I met my wife we got into a bad bad dear accident, IT SUCKS!
A deer hit should be covered under comp, not collision. Depending on your insurance, there's usually no deductible. AFAIK
and this is not considered a collision, it would be fixed under "act of god". My buddy went through a puddle when it was raining real bad one time, sucked up some water and it seized the engine up. his insurance fixed it for him under "act of god"
Yeah, i had a deer run into the front side of my car on 101 between 7 and 12 last year. I don't even think the ****er died, but I had 3k worth of damage because the deer slid down the side.
Sorry to hear about the cars, and glad everyone's ok. Just so you know, you can buy deer hunting licenses online now at the Minnesota DNR's website. I think you should DEFINATELY retalliate!!! I shot 2 bucks two years ago and a couple locals at the gas station thanked me due to the amount of accidents that had been happening.
The rule? It would RULE...and thats that ( I know that is not a submachine gun...but none the less..)
wow, this sucks! glad you guys are ok, for real. post up some pics! also, what are the rules about hunting deer with a civil war cannon?
zomg guns! I'm so glad i go to an online university, otherwise people like you guys would shoot me!!!
I think the .50cal round is illegal to use against living things as part of some sort of international law or the geneva convention or something. The primary purpose of the .50cal barret was to take out engine blocks on vehicles IIRC. None the less, it would be absolutely awesome to 'hunt' a deer with that. Although, you had better hit and kill with the first shot, because I think every animal (hunters included) would likely run like hell after they heard it.
I'm pretty sure it is legal to use. My uncle bought his specifically for bear in Alaska. However, there is a big push to outlaw the sale and possession of .50 cal weapons. Buy yours soon! :biggrin:
If you don't put more than one hole in a deer, you're not shooting enough. Every deer, except one, I emptied all five slugs. The first deer I hit him in the spine and he fell over. Either I'm a horrible shot, or I REEEEally like shooting. Most people in my party can tell when I'm shooting becaue they hear BLAM-BLAM-BLAM-BLAM..... BLAM! And I've got a buddy that hunts with two scoped 357 Magnums.
There is nothing that says you can't use a .50 against living things... that is a myth. But seeing first hand what the .50 can do to living tissue, I wouldn't want to use it against anything I wanted to eat.
Minnesota state law says, you just have to use a .243 or larger. So a .50cal is fair game. Also glad you and Steph are ok.
yep, just like that. Bam! And serve the chilly. I have spiders on my wall right infont of me. I had to much vine.
yeah, you cant use a 223 in mn, but you can in wisconson. which is dumb, the 223 is so damn flat, it's a perfect deer gun.
My dad hit a deer with the plow on the front of his truck like 10 years ago at like 50 or 55mph and it broke all of its legs, but it was still alive and nothing happend to the truck. And Steph your car is not as bad as I thought it was going to be.
I've ran into a heard of deer before. I counted exactly 8 of them running across the roads in brooklyn park. All-Wheel Drive safety?LOL
AWD does NOT save you from: Sliding out of control on turns when not applying throttle Sliding out of control when braking hard on a slick surface Death from slamming into a herd of deer or any other large grazing mammal for that matter Being totally submerged in water without an alternate source of oxygen A myriad of other things.
All but one deer I've taken(5) have been one shot, one kill. 30-06 spitting Nosler Partitions does some work.
See, that's all fine and dandy, and I agree a one shot kill is ideal and respectable. But I'm only in this for the uninsured accident mammal violence. I don't care if I don't shoot the one that did the damage, because odds are, 100% of all deer would die from a car accident if it wasn't for hunting. If it is going to be one or the other, I'd rather shoot them. And if I'm going to shoot them, I want the pleasure of expending a couple magazines of ammunition into the target. Execution style.
