Where I live, during certain times of the year, deer run acrossed the road like you wouldn't believe. Consequently, a lot of people hit deer.

My grandparents have lived in this area about 30 years and they have hit so many animals while driving, it's amazing. They have hit over a dozen deer between the two of them, once my grandfather hit 2 at once. my grandmother has even hit a couple moose . My grandfather has ran over dogs, hit horses, and once even ran over a baby bear!

last Sunday, the rest of my family drove to Spokane early in the morning. My brother has been working on his driving permit so he was driving at the time. About 5 minutes after leaving home, a deer ran out in front of him with out warning. My brother wasn't able to miss him, but was able to slow down a little. He hit the deer going about 45 miles and hour, killing the deer, and doing around $2,000 dollars worth of damage to the Explorer. luckily, the insurance is covering almost all of it.

ironically, our mechanic told my mom that there were 3 other people that day who hit a deer also. That night as I was coming home from work, a deer ran out in front of me, but luckily was just far enough out that I didn't hit him.

How about all of you? Is anyone here roadside aces like my grandparents?

Mark you are a deer behind me ....I only need three more to become an ace on that particular type.....insurance write-off on both of them too......On an interesting side note though, on a major hwy (401) in Ontario, if you travel west from Toronto to Detroit, you will come to the city of Windsor on the Canadian side of the border with the US......as you drive into the early part of that city and on the main roadway, you will pass a little restaurant, called the Roadkill Cafe......Honest.....someone actually named their place with that name..........I didn't have the time or nerve just to go in and look at the menu, but I guess I should have

apart from a duck or two and another bird nothing

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...Oh dear, oh dear..... ... ... ...!
LOL...!

Hi Dave... ...!

As a frantic biker, hitting or running over furry/hairy  animals*, or feathered birds is my biggest worry, especially at night when they all come out to greet me....!
Hitting a little bunny rabbit whilst banked over in a corner is sure to lead to lots of pain, (for me), a broken bike, and rabbit food for the fox....
And as for hitting a deer, (there are lots of them around here), that is sure to lead to certain death, (for me), and venison for the next motorist who passes by... ...!
LOL...LOL...LOL...!

Cheers all... ...!
Paul.
(England).

...*old ladies are my speciality... ...!
...(only jokin'...)....LOL...!

Well one of our school minibusses hit a deer once. It went straight under the bus and got stuck under the car behind. It took the teachers 1/2 and hour to get it out!

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Hi Maccers...!
Make sure your steering is not out of alignment now...!
Even a little tap of the kerb with the front wheel(s) will affect the steering, you will notice it in un-even tyre wear and heavy steering.
If the garage fitters replaced the wheels due to damage, they should also have checked the wheel alignment.
...blimey...you haven't had this car more than five minutes and here you are running into stationary kerbs...
Whatever next... ...!
LOL...LOL...LOL...!

Cheers mate...
Paul.
(Hereford).

Note - it is best to cook the bird first, my post implies eating it on the roadside

In a plane? Hmmmm, I will have to show pics of behind the prop - like the windscreen/windshield - heh, bet all you wimpy stomach people will love this *rolls eyes*

In a car, I have hit a deer. Served it right. It was in my way. It had absolutely no right to be on the sidewalk.

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Ouch, that would be an awfull thing to happen

A while ago I was in Australia for a year, and you get roadkill galore out there. I hit snakes (boink.....boink), broke the windscreen hitting a parot (thnk god they are laminated!), but by far the worst was *almost* hitting a herd of cows at night, 200km's from anywhere. I was doing 110Kph (about 68mph) and saw them at the last minute.  I stood on the brakes, and we stopped about 10 feet short. I filled my slacks that's for sure. 

You see some pretty terrible things on the highways out there. Even the roadtrains (Big-Rigs with 5-7 trailers on the back) get flipped when they hit herds of cattle and Kangaroos.

Probably the best roadkill I've had in my native England was a pheasant, which I hit at about 100Mph, out in the country. It just atomised on impact, and I had to SCRUB it's remains from the front of my car. Messy. 

I once hit a sheep on my pushbike, but that's a different story!

Ric B.