Deer verses Hog
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Deer verses Hog
My riding pardner hit a deer tonight,Him and his GF went over the handle bars. Lucky they were dressed for the crash and only came out with minor road rash. The deer was DOA. The 103 Anniversery Addition is totaled. I'm pretty sure the deer did not dress out 20 lbs. My bike and I know one other had the deer whisles on them. Don't believe the deer knew that thought.
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My riding pardner hit a deer tonight,Him and his GF went over the handle bars. Lucky they were dressed for the crash and only came out with minor road rash. The deer was DOA. The 103 Anniversery Addition is totaled. I'm pretty sure the deer did not dress out 20 lbs. My bike and I know one other had the deer whisles on them. Don't believe the deer knew that thought.
I'm glad to hear they're okay. That's a pity about the bike. I hit a deer back in July. I should be picking up my bike this week. You mentioned that you have deer whistles on your bike . . . In your opinion - do they work? I'm planning on getting some for my bike.
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IMHO - Deer whistles work about the same as ride bells. If ya think they work, then get one. If I had one on my bike though, I would not trust the deer to understand that he should not jump out in front of me because I have a whistle. Deer are unpredictable and I think that even if they did hear the whistle, they would not have any idea that it was a signal to them to stay out of your path. I do have a ride bell on each of my bikes, but I really do not believe it keeps retards from pulling out in front of me.
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Glad they are both OK. In my experience deer whistles do not do anything other than make an annoying noise that the deer ignore.
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20 pounds??? We got groundhogs bigger than that here! Glad they ain't hurt real bad...condolences to the scoot....
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we had a deer run out in the middle of a group once. Damn thing stopped in the road did not respond to revving engines or anything just stood there looking into the ditch at whatever scared it onto the road. I got going rode with the clutch in when I got close....right up behind the deer a bit and gave the deer a swift kick in the *** as hard as i could without affecting the bike direction and let the clutch out and gassed it. Perfect timing! Deer jump about 10 feet right into the ditch. He hit the ground running.
everyone behine me was laughing all the way to the next stop, then i got a bunch of pats on the back. Oh and one guy telling me I was an idiot. I dunno it was fun!
everyone behine me was laughing all the way to the next stop, then i got a bunch of pats on the back. Oh and one guy telling me I was an idiot. I dunno it was fun!
