Mrs.Cicero Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 unfortunately, it was with my truck and not my bow. I just got the truck out of the shop last week, and now it is going right back in for several thousand more dollars worth of work, of which I have to pay the $500 deductible. The truly annoying thing about this is that the shop says if I make an appointment, it will take 6 weeks (they are booked out a month+). If I just drop the truck off with them this weekend and leave it there, it'll be 2-3 weeks (cause they'll work on it in unscheduled down time when someone doesn't show for their appt or when they finish something earlier than planned for, etc). Car rentals have gone through the roof, and there aren't any available anyhow, so we are down to one vehicle... and this means there is no way I can get the seasonal/Christmas retail job this year. I don't know whether I'm annoyed by this, or not, since I can use the time to go hunting, quilt, can more stuff, do more of the endless homestead projects (I want to put in footers for the new rabbit shed before the ground freezes, and actually get to work on the shed before it snows). Oh yeah, and process two dozen chickens and a handful of rabbits. And see the doctor to get another referral for another round of physical therapy for the my shoulder, since I've managed to screw it up again. oh what happened AFTER I hit the deer was kind of funny. It's laying int he road, I get out of the truck and start walking back to it, a red pickup truck pulls over next to the deer and two guys get out. They ask, "Are you ok?" I say, "Yeah, I'm fine. Deer's not, though." They say, "Can we have the deer?" I think, I don't have time to butcher the stupid thing this weekend with my daughter visiting (she was in the truck when this happened), so I say, "Yeah, just let me get a pic for the insurance company." The deer we thought was dead lifts up its head and start thrashing in the road (both back legs were broken). The guys grab the deer and haul it to the side of the road (oncoming traffic appreciated that). I shoot the deer. They grab the deer and throw it in their truck and drive away. I call 911 to report the accident so I can get a police report for the insurance company. Police arrives in 5 minutes (WAY FASTER THAN USUAL FOR OUT IN THE BOONIES, because he was getting gas at the only station on that 18 mile road). He looks at the truck, looks at me, looks around and says, "did you notice which way the deer went?" I said, "Well, theoretically, since it was thrashing in the road, it might have gotten dragged to the side, and theoretically, I might have shot it, (he's not looking at all surprised by any of this so far), and theoretically, two dudes in a red pickup might have stopped and tossed it in the back of their truck and taken it away. But if that's more than a theoretical problem, it went got up with two broken legs and ran off that way... (pointing into the woods on the other side of the ditch on the side of the road." He looked mildly amused, and said, "Ok, I'll need your license, registration, insurance, and CPL if you have it, please." So... he got all that and I got my police report number and I managed to drive the 4 miles home very slowly. I hope he was glad I saved him the trouble of shooting the deer himself and having to fill out paperwork for firing his pistol. After the last time someone hit a deer in front of our house and left it thrashing in the road, and I called 911 and asked them if I could shoot it and they told me "No, you have to wait for the officers," who wouldn't get there for 28 minutes (the usual response time due to distances involved), I decided I'd rather ask forgiveness than permission so the poor deer didn't have to suffer so long. Even leftist twits should approve of my compassion for animals. And the meat wasn't even wasted. I'm going to fix myself some steak now. 3 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maser Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 You sure you really didn't pull a Tommy from Goodfellas with this supposed "deer" that needed killing? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 That’s never a good way to get a deer. Glad you are okay. Btw my son got his car back today after someone hit it in an insurance fraud scam. One week to get it into the shop, 5 weeks to get it fixed. All over parts availability issues. It sucks right now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuteTheMall Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Did you hit him in a marked deer crossing, or was he jaywalking? Asking for the insurance investigators. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 If you had comprehensive insurance, you shouldn't have to pay a deductible. And perhaps your insurance will cover a rental while your truck is being repaired. BTW, when we whack moose here in the North, the vehicle is almost always totaled and often the people in the vehicle require medical assistance, or a coroner. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWARREN123 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 I was going to ask what caliber vehicle you used but I see it was a pickup. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Walt Longmire said: If you had comprehensive insurance, you shouldn't have to pay a deductible. And perhaps your insurance will cover a rental while your truck is being repaired. BTW, when we whack moose here in the North, the vehicle is almost always totaled and often the people in the vehicle require medical assistance, or a coroner. I thought I shouldn’t have to pay the deductible either, since they did say covered under comprehensive and not collision. But the next thing they said was that I would have to pay the $500. MI auto insurance is seriously screwed up. I’ll go online to their website and see what I really have to do. And the truck isn’t totaled, it just needs a bunch of cracked/broken panels and a headlight and cosmetic work on the front and left side going back to the wheel. The hood didn’t get bent, it’s not leaking fluid, and I did drive it home (slowly). It’s 10 years old and has over 250K miles on it, but used vehicles are so expensive now, I think it’s worth fixing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 Thank you all for making me laugh about it. Everyone here was being kind of grumpy… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 1 hour ago, DWARREN123 said: I was going to ask what caliber vehicle you used but I see it was a pickup. My friend got his with a 455........in a Buick. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbie18 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Yesterday at work I got dispatched on a deer. It had attempted to jump over a tall rod iron fence and didn't quite make the jump. The poor doe impaled herself. This is a fancy neighborhood with million dollar houses. It had been dead for hours by the time I got there. They expected me to clean it up for them. Um.....nope! Bye! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 The only time I've ever hit a deer was a few years ago and it was a small fawn about 50-60 pounds and it dashed in front of me at night and I was going about 45 on a 2 lane road at night and it just jumped out in front of me and I hardly even had time to put on the brakes and I was in a jeep and basically just ran over it. There was a deep ditch on both sides of the road and hard to turn around so I had to drive a ways until I found a driveway that I could turn into and get turned around so I could go back and look for the deer and see if it was dead or dying. The only gun I had on my was 32 Keltec in my pocket but that would have worked to put it out of it's misery but I never found it. So it did almost no damage to the jeep except it broke one of the deer whistles off the front bumper. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Glad everyone got home safe, Mrs. C! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deputy tom Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 I'm sorry for your misfortune but happy you weren't injured, Mrs. C. tom. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 A few years back. Driving on a divided highway bumper to bumper , a beautiful bright sunny day Sunday, everyone heading to the lakes up North. Stop and go, stop and go. We just got to go to about 50 MPH, when I'm in the inside lane and see a flash of movement on the car right alongside of me. I glanced and saw that in all this traffic, Sunny day, a Deer jumped between cars a car length apart, to get hit in the grille of the car next to me. What the Hell? It was like rush hour in the middle of the day and the Deer pops up. We don't see them moving normally till dusk or sunrise in the populate areas. Anyway the grill and radiator at least were toast. Glad I didn't get messed with. Suicide? 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricordo Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 1 hour ago, janice6 said: Suicide? For all we know, he was spending too much time with squirrels... 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 All my years and miles in the PNW with Blacktail deer and Elk galore, I only hit one. A doe that made a break for it across the Spirit Lake Hwy while I was driving a crew of loggers to work in our crummy. 80 mph smacked it right in head with the headlight. DRT. It spun down the highway in circles, it's hair smoking from the friction. Tossed it in the back and since it was Friday, we had a bbq at my brothers place that night. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minderasr Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Glad you're okay. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbie18 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 12 hours ago, Walt Longmire said: All my years and miles in the PNW with Blacktail deer and Elk galore, I only hit one. A doe that made a break for it across the Spirit Lake Hwy while I was driving a crew of loggers to work in our crummy. 80 mph smacked it right in head with the headlight. DRT. It spun down the highway in circles, it's hair smoking from the friction. Tossed it in the back and since it was Friday, we had a bbq at my brothers place that night. Of all the road kill I've seen, I've never cooked one on the BBQ. That's definitely different. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 A while ago, I was on the interstate (3 lanes each way), in the fast lane, passing a truck. Very light traffic. I saw him way up, running across the road. Then he stopped dead. In the middle of my lane. (a big'un, with nice rack) I was passing, no where to go. Truck on the right, jersey barrier on the left. 75 mph. I instantly decided to just take it. Inevitable. Gonna hurt. Then, I guess I closed my eyes by then, it vanished. I saw the back hoofs in the corner of my eye, as I passed. It jumped over the jersey, into the opposing three lanes. It had made it across the first three lanes, so who knows? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 I once hit an armadillo (as big as a garbage can) in Dad's pickup truck. The front bumper made it home, dragging, and hanging by one bolt. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 On 10/15/2022 at 10:31 PM, kerbie18 said: Of all the road kill I've seen, I've never cooked one on the BBQ. That's definitely different. Meh, if I see it killed and there's nothing obviously growing on it or anything, it's not really that different from shooting it myself, right? One thing though, we hunt the trophies, i.e., the best of the species. But the deers that get their foot (hoof? paw?) caught in the grill are the slowest ones, the anti-trophies. Something to think about. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 6 hours ago, Huaco Kid said: I once hit an armadillo (as big as a garbage can) in Dad's pickup truck. Cape Buffadillo. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 On 10/15/2022 at 6:31 PM, kerbie18 said: Of all the road kill I've seen, I've never cooked one on the BBQ. That's definitely different. Saw an ambulance smack a buck right in front of us one night. It was still kicking when we tossed it in the truck. We were making jerky from it before the sun came up. 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbie18 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 10 hours ago, Walt Longmire said: Saw an ambulance smack a buck right in front of us one night. It was still kicking when we tossed it in the truck. We were making jerky from it before the sun came up. I work in a suburban-ish area. Not the inner city, but not out way in the country either. I have had to finish off many deer with my shotgun, after they got wounded by a vehicle. It never ceases to amaze...every time. Two seconds after I put down a wounded deer, a couple rednecks in an old pickup truck show up. They kindly offer to take the remains off my hands. They ask for my police business card in case they get accused of poaching. EVERY TIME. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 I had two deer run out in front of me today. No I did not hit either of them. I saw them coming out of the woods in time. Deer are not as huge a concern to me as wild hogs. Those dense critters can do some serious damage! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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