Vehicles and deer hits
Had some hail damage here over 2 months ago. They had to order a new hood. Came in 6 weeks ago. Stopped in there today and they apologized for not contacting me and told me they have been seeing 2-3 cars per day with deer damage coming in that were not drivable! So I guess I wait. No biggie and I guess it's that time of the year😉
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I was driving the Big Rig down I 10 about 3 am, rolling west about 60 miles from San Antonio. In fact I was in Luling near Buckees.
A big 8 pointer was walking across the road from left to right. Hard to slow down 80,000 pounds, I did swerve to the left a little, didnt want to jacknife. I hit the deer right at his backside. Tore up the rt fender but the truck still rolled. I went back to the site of the crash. The magnificent whitetail was 50 feet from I 10, his hind legs were crushed, and he was trying to get up with his front legs. It was pitiful.
I wasn't packing, so i cut his throat with a knife. My dispatcher told me I had to call the cops. The deputy came out, he looked bored. He handed me the paperwork and told me to fill it out myself, said he was leaving. I told him I was just going to cut out the backstraps and I would leave. Deputy gave me a funny look, and he said ''Don't let Game and Fish catch you.'' And he left.
I inferred that he meant it was illegal to cut up road kill. Back in Georgia the cops loved it if you picked up a road kill deer. I decided I had better leave the straps alone, so I headed on to San Antonio. Left all that meat to rot.
I posted pics on this forum, some of yall might remember.
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By God's grace I've never hit one but the wife swears she hit one on the way to work one morning and the deer got up, looked at her and called her a bitch and ran off.
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Was coming home, turning into driveway- as my lights came around, there was this huge Doe, laying there kicking. Someone had hit her- and she was not going to get up again. Called our little country Sheriff's Dept, told them what I had- and if it was going to take a long time to get a Game Warden or a Deputy out, tell me and I'll put her down. Lady at dispatch said there will be a Deputy there in about 3 minutes.
Said "Ma'am, not to be disrespectful, but this IS the country- NOTHING happens in 3 minutes." She laughed said "Usually, you would be right- but it was the Deputy's wife that hit that deer." She had already called him. 2 minutes later he was there, used a rifle to put her down.
Varies state by state. When I lived in Colorado, they would have an attack of the vapors if you put down a fatally injured deer out of season.
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I dodged a big buck, only to total my GMC out on an oak tree. Never will I try to evade a deer again!
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Mrrlinnv12, when my buddy hit his deer he got it with the prop . Deer looked like it had gone thru grinder . Did about 12 thousand in damages and this was in about 2004 .
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Interesting. I wonder if there is a listing of States laws regarding hitting deer and then what is legal/illegal for the individual that hit it??
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