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_ForceD_ 04-24-20 08:32 AM

Oh deer!!!
 
Apologies if this video has already been posted.

https://i.imgflip.com/3xj9nz.gif


Dan

c_m_shooter 04-24-20 10:28 AM

Looks fake to me. I have hit deer with cars and motorcycle. Hit a full sized cow with a pickup awhile back. That is not how it goes.

hillyman 04-24-20 01:15 PM

Dang stunt deer

FiftySix 04-24-20 01:19 PM


Originally Posted by c_m_shooter (Post 21436540)
Looks fake to me. I have hit deer with cars and motorcycle. Hit a full sized cow with a pickup awhile back. That is not how it goes.

Considering the deer's velocity into the car, I believe it.

I've seen it myself years ago when a deer ran smack into the side of car that was only a few car lengths in front of me while I was driving down a county road. That doe I saw bounced clean off the side of that car like a basketball dropped from 3 stories up. The doe I saw was moving fast before it hit the car.

_ForceD_ 04-24-20 01:25 PM

This happened here in my community several years ago. There a ghost bike at the spot now.

https://patch.com/rhode-island/newpo...of-art-weekley

Dan

FiftySix 04-24-20 01:32 PM


Originally Posted by _ForceD_ (Post 21436844)
This happened here in my community several years ago. There a ghost bike at the spot now.

https://patch.com/rhode-island/newpo...of-art-weekley

Dan

Geez. Sad to read.

JayKay3000 04-24-20 01:43 PM

Keep watching it hoping the animal will make it - but it never does :(

Jax Rhapsody 04-24-20 01:53 PM

These things happen becayse we infiltrate their areas.

hillyman 04-24-20 02:04 PM

Deer are so thick in Southern Illinois where I'm from that collisions with cyclist happen more often than you'd think. Transamerica bike route runs thru there so be careful if you ride it in SI

tburke 04-24-20 03:03 PM

ooh my, poor fellow

tburke 04-24-20 03:10 PM

i have had such experience also with my bike hitting a deer, i tried avoiding it but it was too late, i just had few bruises, but the deer......, i don't think i have to give details of its condition

indyfabz 04-24-20 03:35 PM


Originally Posted by c_m_shooter (Post 21436540)
Looks fake to me. I have hit deer with cars and motorcycle. Hit a full sized cow with a pickup awhile back. That is not how it goes.

looks and sounds real to me


GlennR 04-24-20 06:14 PM

10 years ago my son was on a group ride and heading back at dusk. They were on a long straight downhill going over 30mph and two deer jumped out in front. The rider ahead of him his the second deer. It broke his bike in 3 pieces and he broke his collar bone and cracked a few ribs. The deer stumbled off into the bushes. The State Police came and as they were loading the rider into an ambulance, they heard a shotgun blast as a trooper found the deer 20 feet off the road and had to put it down.

Cougrrcj 04-24-20 07:31 PM

I narrowly missed hitting a HUGE buck while I was on my motorcycle 30+ years ago... That incident was just one of the many reasons I gave up motorcycles shortly after... I can't imagine what would have happened if I would have hit it at 40+mph -- dark country road, with almost no traffic at 2am... Heck, I hit a pigeon while riding a motorcycle at 40mph. Hit me square in the chest and damn near knocked me off the bike!

c_m_shooter 04-24-20 08:06 PM


Originally Posted by FiftySix (Post 21436837)
Considering the deer's velocity into the car, I believe it.

I've seen it myself years ago when a deer ran smack into the side of car that was only a few car lengths in front of me while I was driving down a county road. That doe I saw bounced clean off the side of that car like a basketball dropped from 3 stories up. The doe I saw was moving fast before it hit the car.

I hit a doe that was running full speed with a Kawasaki Ninja 650. It wrapped around the front of the bike and was split wide open. When I rolled off the throttle it fell down, wrapped in the front wheel and put me and the bike down and sliding for what seemed like forever. The road was covered in blood, guts, feces and Kawasaki green confetti for over 100 yards.

The only time a deer bounced off me was in a car. It ran across the road in front of me, hit fence, turned around and ran smack into my door. If you hit one with a car, they roll up the hood and break your windshield. Sometimes end up thrashing in your lap.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...624e5dff16.jpg
After
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...6621a02a4c.jpg
Way before.....

MattTheHat 04-24-20 08:24 PM


Originally Posted by Rider_1 (Post 21436436)
Poor guy (or girl). I now live in an area where I see deer crossing bike paths and I worry about hitting/getting hit by one. Bears, too. Does anyone here carry repellent?

You’d have to be pretty fast with trigger on the deer repellent!

Russ Roth 04-24-20 10:26 PM

That was a close one. I was nearly run down by a deer in Rochester while commuting to work once, it charged straight at me and even moved over as I moved over. Took a last second dodge to the left to not get run down. Deer can be some pretty dangerous creatures.

nomadmax 04-25-20 05:28 AM


Originally Posted by Jax Rhapsody (Post 21436899)
These things happen becayse we infiltrate their areas.

It happens mostly because deer herds aren't managed properly. They cause a lot of crop/property damage as well as fatalities in crashes here in Ohio.

bobwysiwyg 04-25-20 06:18 AM


Originally Posted by hillyman (Post 21436918)
Deer are so thick in Southern Illinois where I'm from that collisions with cyclist happen more often than you'd think. Transamerica bike route runs thru there so be careful if you ride it in SI

Likewise here. Ann Arbor, for the past couple of years, has employed "sharp shooters" :foo: to cull the herd within the city limits. Annual discussions about this subject generate as much opinion as a chain lube thread on a cycling forum. :lol:

Russ Roth 04-25-20 07:40 AM


Originally Posted by bobwysiwyg (Post 21437750)
Likewise here. Ann Arbor, for the past couple of years, has employed "sharp shooters" :foo: to cull the herd within the city limits. Annual discussions about this subject generate as much opinion as a chain lube thread on a cycling forum. :lol:

Don't know if they still do but some cities in upstate NY allow bow hunting in the forested city parks during the season, there was a blow-up once over a deer that ran from the wood into a neighbor's yard and died and the owner wouldn't let the hunter in and kept the deer. The whole thing erupted over trespassing charges due to the hunter not wanting to relinquish his rights to the deer and forgetting he can't go where he doesn't belong.

BlazingPedals 04-25-20 04:27 PM

My township has something like 20 deer per square mile. I've hit 2 over the years. The last time, I was only going 25-30 mph and it flew far enough to break a mailbox off at the ground. Yep, they can absolutely go flying like that! Although I think it's a fake, too, due to the fact that the car shows no damage.

curbtender 04-25-20 04:43 PM

This was just north of the Golden Gate. Went viral long ago...

indyfabz 04-25-20 05:12 PM


Originally Posted by curbtender (Post 21438506)
This was just north of the Golden Gate. Went viral long ago...

Scary stuff. Had one run out in front of me like that while descending during a tour across PA. A couple of seconds before I said out loud to myself: “Stay frosty. You don’t know what might come out of those wood.” He crossed my path maybe 10’ in front of me.

Scarier than staring at huge black bear while leaving camp four years later. At least he’d already eaten from the dumpsters.

indyfabz 04-25-20 05:16 PM


Originally Posted by Rider_1 (Post 21436436)
Bears, too. Does anyone here carry repellent?

I’ve seen four since 2017. Saw this bugger during a day ride into the woods during a day off while touring in Montana and Idaho.

In 2017 I was putting on my helmet in front of a campground when a huge one walked out from between two trash dumpsters. We were about 30’ from each other. Wasn’t stupid enough to ask him if I could take a photo.

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...c755828ee.jpeg

Gyro 04-25-20 05:17 PM


Originally Posted by Russ Roth (Post 21437556)
That was a close one. I was nearly run down by a deer in Rochester while commuting to work once, it charged straight at me and even moved over as I moved over. Took a last second dodge to the left to not get run down. Deer can be some pretty dangerous creatures.

Had something similar riding on the sidewalk along a curbed, four lane city street. I'm hearing a racket off to the front, right. Look over and see a deer trying to run across the road. His hoofs are sliding off the pavement and his legs are flailing about. On the brakes, he cross's right in front of me. Just missing my front tire.


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