Posted by New Handle on November 10, 2008 at 13:04:01 from (208.81.157.90):
In Reply to: Re: Deer Damage... posted by Dave_Id on November 10, 2008 at 09:14:14:
In about 1965, my Dad hit a 10 point buck with our VW Bug. He was coming home from work late at night in the Summer and was probably going about 60. The buck hit the driver's side front fender and front hood and then bounced over the top of the car, leaving 2 long dents in the top. When he got stopped my Dad couldn't see where the buck had gone in the dark.
Dad was only about half a mile from home, so he continued the rest of the way. The fender was rubbing on the tire pretty bad and it was very hard to turn into the driveway.
The next morning we checked out the damage. He and I were able to pull the fender and bumper out with a jack enough to make it drivable again. The hood initially would not open, but finally we pried on it enough to get it to pop open. With some hammering, it would operate again. The doors were another matter. The impact had tweaked the body enough so both doors would no longer fully close and the famous Volkswagen seal no longer worked. But after a wheel alignment and reaiming the headlight, our family drove the beat up VW for about another year and a half. It looked bad, but the accident didn't seem to change the way it ran and drove. A little draftier though.
My brother and I found the buck a few days later the hard way--by smell. It was pretty ripe by then in the hot Summer weather. We just left it there, for the coyotes and magpies to clean up. The huge buck had 2 badly broken legs and somehow made it almost a quarter of a mile from the impact point.
After the dead buck was pretty well cleaned up by the scavengers and it quit smelling so awful bad, I collected the skull and antlers. They hung on the barn for years and I still have the antlers in my shop. 10 full points. Not too good for the VW though. But thankfully, my Dad didn't get hurt. Lots of memories...I hate deer!
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