This deer was aiming for us

[JackCypher]

Sorry for your incident, glad you are ok.
Apparently Deer 'jump in front' of on coming cars as I have been told is they are expecting your car as a predator heading straight for them.

So the combination of us intending to 'drive by' them any they attempting to escape to the most open route for them to use their speed - they head onto the roadway in front of oncoming cars.

Deer collisions are often fatal to the occupants, as their body shape - torso being at 'hood height' often causes them to roll onto the vehicle hood and into the windshield.

So brother - your 'F***in lucky' God Bless!

Regards and Happy Holidays
Jack

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[PungoteagueDave]

I feel badly for the deer, the pain it went through and losing its life. I don't think this is funny!!!

It’s hilarious. Deer are forest rats, a true pestilence. Their overpopulation and related starvation and disease is the real tragedy. We have about 6,000 deer on our farm that the naturalists tell us can safely sustain 1,500. We kill several hundred per year through managed hunts but it’s not close to enough. My driveway is just over a mile long, entirely through woods. We are regularly hit by or strike deer despite driving 15 mph. I have been struck by deer twice in the last ten years on my motorcycle, with brain bleeds and helicopter rides both times. A deer once hit me so hard from the side that after picking up the knocked-over machine, I had to take it into the dealer to have the front tire dismounted because the fur was embedded between the rim and tire and couldn’t be removed any other way. Deer are a scourge. Dead deer are way better than live deer because the threat level declines. It’s almost akin to terrorism. I admit being traumatized but if you lived where I do you wouldn’t think they’re cute.

 

[PungoteagueDave]

In all fairness, the deer did hit the truck and not the other way around. So if you ask me, he's responsible for damages. Besides OP said the deer ran off, so maybe he's back in the woods telling all the female deer how he attacked the big silver dragon to make himself look cool.

When deer run off after being shot or hit by a vehicle, it’s typically to die. That’s one reason I always carry a shotgun in the back. I am called on to dispatch a wounded animal and collect them for harvest at our local food bank at least once per year (ground for sausage). The record was six two years ago. The F350 gets that duty, not the CT. But I do keep an AR15 in the CT’s rear storage for dispatching rabid fox and raccoons, which are also becoming overpopulated and diseased. Three fox and two raccoons so far this year, albeit none directly from the CT.

 

[Blue Oval Ron]

Moose are our problem here in Alaska. 1000# of horned fury.
Key Details on Moose Collisions in Alaska:

• High Risk: Moose are often struck on Alaska's highways, with hundreds hit annually, causing significant vehicle damage and fatalities.
• Driver Vulnerability: Due to their height, moose often strike windshields, leading to severe injury or death for occupants, even in sturdy vehicles like Subarus.
• Recent Fatal Incident: In August 2025, a tourist driver died near Denali after hitting a moose, serving as a recent reminder of this danger.
• Past Subaru Incident: A 2004 report mentioned a man dying after his Subaru Legacy hit a moose on the Parks Highway, demonstrating the long-standing risk.
• Low-Light Conditions: Activity increases during dawn, dusk, and nighttime, making these times especially hazardous.

 

[CT_AZ_4x4]

Moose are our problem here in Alaska. 1000# of horned fury.
Key Details on Moose Collisions in Alaska:

• High Risk: Moose are often struck on Alaska's highways, with hundreds hit annually, causing significant vehicle damage and fatalities.
• Driver Vulnerability: Due to their height, moose often strike windshields, leading to severe injury or death for occupants, even in sturdy vehicles like Subarus.
• Recent Fatal Incident: In August 2025, a tourist driver died near Denali after hitting a moose, serving as a recent reminder of this danger.
• Past Subaru Incident: A 2004 report mentioned a man dying after his Subaru Legacy hit a moose on the Parks Highway, demonstrating the long-standing risk.
• Low-Light Conditions: Activity increases during dawn, dusk, and nighttime, making these times especially hazardous.

Here in Az we have both deer and elk.

 

[65SoYoLO]

Moose are our problem here in Alaska. 1000# of horned fury.
Key Details on Moose Collisions in Alaska:

• High Risk: Moose are often struck on Alaska's highways, with hundreds hit annually, causing significant vehicle damage and fatalities.
• Driver Vulnerability: Due to their height, moose often strike windshields, leading to severe injury or death for occupants, even in sturdy vehicles like Subarus.
• Recent Fatal Incident: In August 2025, a tourist driver died near Denali after hitting a moose, serving as a recent reminder of this danger.
• Past Subaru Incident: A 2004 report mentioned a man dying after his Subaru Legacy hit a moose on the Parks Highway, demonstrating the long-standing risk.
• Low-Light Conditions: Activity increases during dawn, dusk, and nighttime, making these times especially hazardous.

AND, the DRIVER has to pay for the friggen moose! I was on a road trip to Alaska years ago and a pickup hit a deer. They were carving it up for he local food back and I was helping. The LEO said the moose belongs to the People of the State of Alaska and that the driver will be responsible for paying $2000 (or something like that, it was 20 years ago.)

 

[Blue Oval Ron]

Of course......Damaging the "king's " moose is punishable.
OOOPS

 

[hemiarch]

Of course......Damaging the "king's " moose is punishable.
OOOPS

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