Another deer thread.
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Big Kahuna HDF Member
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From: Calgary eh
any law against mounting one of these on the hood of your pickup?
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From: Grand Rapids MI
LOL... i think i knew what ya meant, just razzin the way ya put it...lol
Actually, I think they are plain dumb, all of em. On the other hand, they have one instinct that resembles "a thought", that being....when they hear noise, they haul ***....unfortunately, we never know which way or how they will proceed to haul it.
Agreed, kill em all!
Actually, I think they are plain dumb, all of em. On the other hand, they have one instinct that resembles "a thought", that being....when they hear noise, they haul ***....unfortunately, we never know which way or how they will proceed to haul it.
Agreed, kill em all!
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Big Kahuna HDF Member
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From: Calgary eh
I think anyone who rides shares our opinion about exterminating them. They are my biggest fear when I ride. I'm always scanning for them, but they run about 50mph, so they can come out of the ditch, cross the shoulder and be right in front of you in about one tenth of a second. There's nothing we can do at that point. Just hope that the prayers are up to date..
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From: USA
My theory is that 10,000 years of being hunted by humans causes deer to try to get away as quickly as possible from anything human related like cars and bikes. They see in 2D and have no depth perception so they get hit. Tame deer with no fear of humans stop and look both ways before they cross, or if a car comes they just hustle out of the way. Around here there about 1 million rednecks in the woods and 1/2 million deer.
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From: Toledo Bend Lake Texas
Nuther Problem Critter!
Here in Deep East Texas, we got em everywhere!
My wife and I were coming home from Shreveport about dark. I noticed a Buck break the tree line, and start down thru the ditch. I grabbed all the brake I had, I was overtaking him fast, and he was running parallel with us, easing in toward the road. kept drifting left and he kept moving left. Finally, got down to his speed and he ran along beside us for about 30 or 40 yards, we could hear him breathing! We finally got down slow enough, that he was moving faster than us, and he darted across in front of us!
The "pucker factor" was intense, you couldn't have drove a toothpick in my *** with a sledge hammer.
While deer are a huge problem, we got another problem here that is worse than Deer, Wild Hogs, they out number the deer and you can't see them at all.
I killed this one in my front yard last week!
My wife and I were coming home from Shreveport about dark. I noticed a Buck break the tree line, and start down thru the ditch. I grabbed all the brake I had, I was overtaking him fast, and he was running parallel with us, easing in toward the road. kept drifting left and he kept moving left. Finally, got down to his speed and he ran along beside us for about 30 or 40 yards, we could hear him breathing! We finally got down slow enough, that he was moving faster than us, and he darted across in front of us!
The "pucker factor" was intense, you couldn't have drove a toothpick in my *** with a sledge hammer.
While deer are a huge problem, we got another problem here that is worse than Deer, Wild Hogs, they out number the deer and you can't see them at all.
I killed this one in my front yard last week!
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From: League City, Texas
We had an incident about a month ago. 5 bikes on straight flat road at 2 in the afternoon. Blazing daylight, not a cloud in the sky and at 70 mph the number 4 bike harpoons a little spike square in the headlight nacelle. I asked him if he saw it coming and his reply was "i didn't see the thing until it was on the bike with me". Luckily the injuries weren't excessive but the bike got goofed up pretty good. Keep an eye out people, there's things out there gunning for you.
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From: 40 miles Northeast of Indy..
listening to the county police scanner there's been 2-3 car-deer collisions almost every nite for the past several weeks in our county.
haven't heard of any involving bikes,, that the good news...
haven't heard of any involving bikes,, that the good news...
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From: S.E. NC
Oct 28th, went to a local bike night with friends. I keep my 73 Sportster at work for just this type of thing. I have an Ultra at home for serious riding. We hung there a while then rode through a drizzling rain to another bar. Had a beer and two of us decided to go back across town to our side. We went to the original bar for one more beer. She left south bound to go home. I headed back north, into town to take the bike back to the shop.
Just before getting to the bypass, I hit a four pointer at 55 or 60 mph. Flipped the bike, landed in the median and we all slid from there. 131 feet from point of impact.
I went a little farther than the bike and deer. I also went to the hosipital for a week.
Three broken ribs, broken thumb(they operated on it last Friday), 8 stitches in the back of my left thigh. Bruised over probably50 percent of my body. The impact to my chest knocked my heart out of wack and I now have a defribrillator in my chest. Really I came out pretty lucky for what happened.
The bike wasn't so bad. Knocked the bars back down to the tank, just pulled them back up. Two dents in the left side of the tank, dents in the left gas cap. Right forward control bent back 180 degrees and left one slightly tweeked up. Seat torn and worn on both sides and the seat pan pushed up on the right. Biggest problem is the air cleaner, S&S Super E Shorty and intake are now missing. A few other little wires and oil lines, etc.
Just before getting to the bypass, I hit a four pointer at 55 or 60 mph. Flipped the bike, landed in the median and we all slid from there. 131 feet from point of impact.
I went a little farther than the bike and deer. I also went to the hosipital for a week.
Three broken ribs, broken thumb(they operated on it last Friday), 8 stitches in the back of my left thigh. Bruised over probably50 percent of my body. The impact to my chest knocked my heart out of wack and I now have a defribrillator in my chest. Really I came out pretty lucky for what happened.
The bike wasn't so bad. Knocked the bars back down to the tank, just pulled them back up. Two dents in the left side of the tank, dents in the left gas cap. Right forward control bent back 180 degrees and left one slightly tweeked up. Seat torn and worn on both sides and the seat pan pushed up on the right. Biggest problem is the air cleaner, S&S Super E Shorty and intake are now missing. A few other little wires and oil lines, etc.
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From: Calgary eh
Oct 28th, went to a local bike night with friends. I keep my 73 Sportster at work for just this type of thing. I have an Ultra at home for serious riding. We hung there a while then rode through a drizzling rain to another bar. Had a beer and two of us decided to go back across town to our side. We went to the original bar for one more beer. She left south bound to go home. I headed back north, into town to take the bike back to the shop.
Just before getting to the bypass, I hit a four pointer at 55 or 60 mph. Flipped the bike, landed in the median and we all slid from there. 131 feet from point of impact.
I went a little farther than the bike and deer. I also went to the hosipital for a week.
Three broken ribs, broken thumb(they operated on it last Friday), 8 stitches in the back of my left thigh. Bruised over probably50 percent of my body. The impact to my chest knocked my heart out of wack and I now have a defribrillator in my chest. Really I came out pretty lucky for what happened.
The bike wasn't so bad. Knocked the bars back down to the tank, just pulled them back up. Two dents in the left side of the tank, dents in the left gas cap. Right forward control bent back 180 degrees and left one slightly tweeked up. Seat torn and worn on both sides and the seat pan pushed up on the right. Biggest problem is the air cleaner, S&S Super E Shorty and intake are now missing. A few other little wires and oil lines, etc.
Just before getting to the bypass, I hit a four pointer at 55 or 60 mph. Flipped the bike, landed in the median and we all slid from there. 131 feet from point of impact.
I went a little farther than the bike and deer. I also went to the hosipital for a week.
Three broken ribs, broken thumb(they operated on it last Friday), 8 stitches in the back of my left thigh. Bruised over probably50 percent of my body. The impact to my chest knocked my heart out of wack and I now have a defribrillator in my chest. Really I came out pretty lucky for what happened.
The bike wasn't so bad. Knocked the bars back down to the tank, just pulled them back up. Two dents in the left side of the tank, dents in the left gas cap. Right forward control bent back 180 degrees and left one slightly tweeked up. Seat torn and worn on both sides and the seat pan pushed up on the right. Biggest problem is the air cleaner, S&S Super E Shorty and intake are now missing. A few other little wires and oil lines, etc.