Deer vs 430
Driver School Candidate
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From: CA
Originally Posted by KANEDL25
Damn did the deer hit your cell phone as well?
Originally Posted by cliffud
take more pictures!!!
I hit a bunny one time... it was freakin huge but didn't do any damage to the car...
It affected me though... so I wrote a letter...
To the bunny...
To the poor bunny on I-8 West,
I didn't mean to do it. I swear. It was 6am in the morning. I normally wouldn't be 150 miles away from home on the freeway at the time of our meeting but my friend wanted to leave for California early so we left at 3am. I'm not saying its her fault but she DID want to leave that early. It's a fact- you gotta believe me. I also told my roommate I wouldn't speed so I was only going 80mph. We wouldn't have met if I had gone faster. I'm not saying it's his fault but I DID promise I wouldn't go over 100mph. Well, I guess what I'm trying to say is - I didn't mean for us to meet like that and I want you to know that I'm sorry.
It all happened so fast. You hopped out two little hops and stood up with your ears all tall. You faced us with an inquisitive look like I had just asked you what the square root of 81 was and your paws were in front of your chest all together like the cartoon bunnies in the cartoons. I swear, your ears were taller than the headlights of my car so you must have been an old fella. I yelled out "Holy ****!" and suddenly "Thwump Thwump!" later - it was done. My car continued on its way as expediently as it had been seconds earlier and my jaw just dropped. My friend just sat there and she couldn't talk for like... 4 minutes.
I don't even want to know what you look like now. But I will forever remember what you looked like in your full glory, on your haunches, paws up by your chest, ears perked up tall... looking straight into my HID headlights.
Sorry bunny. It was an accident. Not like that guy who's going to eat your cousin, Toby on SaveToby.com. If it helps any, I told all my friends about SaveToby.com and hopefully they will help raise the necessary funds to save your cousin from the frying pan. I tell my friends about it because I don't really feel like buying a product with a bunny on it - it would remind me of you too much.
Just in case you were wondering - your light and fluffy body didn't do any damage to my bumper. I have to admit, I was worried more about my bumper at first but that's only because I've known my car longer than our 2-second encounter.
Respectfully Yours,
Clifford
I hit a bunny one time... it was freakin huge but didn't do any damage to the car...
It affected me though... so I wrote a letter...
To the bunny...
To the poor bunny on I-8 West,
I didn't mean to do it. I swear. It was 6am in the morning. I normally wouldn't be 150 miles away from home on the freeway at the time of our meeting but my friend wanted to leave for California early so we left at 3am. I'm not saying its her fault but she DID want to leave that early. It's a fact- you gotta believe me. I also told my roommate I wouldn't speed so I was only going 80mph. We wouldn't have met if I had gone faster. I'm not saying it's his fault but I DID promise I wouldn't go over 100mph. Well, I guess what I'm trying to say is - I didn't mean for us to meet like that and I want you to know that I'm sorry.
It all happened so fast. You hopped out two little hops and stood up with your ears all tall. You faced us with an inquisitive look like I had just asked you what the square root of 81 was and your paws were in front of your chest all together like the cartoon bunnies in the cartoons. I swear, your ears were taller than the headlights of my car so you must have been an old fella. I yelled out "Holy ****!" and suddenly "Thwump Thwump!" later - it was done. My car continued on its way as expediently as it had been seconds earlier and my jaw just dropped. My friend just sat there and she couldn't talk for like... 4 minutes.
I don't even want to know what you look like now. But I will forever remember what you looked like in your full glory, on your haunches, paws up by your chest, ears perked up tall... looking straight into my HID headlights.
Sorry bunny. It was an accident. Not like that guy who's going to eat your cousin, Toby on SaveToby.com. If it helps any, I told all my friends about SaveToby.com and hopefully they will help raise the necessary funds to save your cousin from the frying pan. I tell my friends about it because I don't really feel like buying a product with a bunny on it - it would remind me of you too much.
Just in case you were wondering - your light and fluffy body didn't do any damage to my bumper. I have to admit, I was worried more about my bumper at first but that's only because I've known my car longer than our 2-second encounter.
Respectfully Yours,
Clifford
Thats good that you're ok and didn't fly off the road or something. When I lived in Clovis(NM) I never saw any deer around Lubbock or Amarillo....just car sized tumbleweeds. 
You must have hit the only one. 
You must have hit the only one.
Pole Position
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From: Washington
Sorry for your loss, I have had a number of close calls with deer, I guess they aren't any smarter in Texas than in Washington.
If it's an consolation to you, I have a friend who was towing a race car on I-90 east of Seattle. At that time, the Black Angus restaurant chain had a ranch that was right alongside the freeway where they raised - what else- Black Angus cattle. They also raised horses. He found himself, at 60 MPH in the middle of a herd of horses that had broken through the fence and were running across the freeway. He managed to miss all of them and was starting to relax when one ran right in front of him that he couldn't avoid. He hit this one in the rear, it kind of sat down on the hood and slid back, ending up inside the race car. Car and race car totaled. Four people had an extensive stay in the hospital but they came out of it lucky.
Once again, sorry this happened, hope everything works out.
If it's an consolation to you, I have a friend who was towing a race car on I-90 east of Seattle. At that time, the Black Angus restaurant chain had a ranch that was right alongside the freeway where they raised - what else- Black Angus cattle. They also raised horses. He found himself, at 60 MPH in the middle of a herd of horses that had broken through the fence and were running across the freeway. He managed to miss all of them and was starting to relax when one ran right in front of him that he couldn't avoid. He hit this one in the rear, it kind of sat down on the hood and slid back, ending up inside the race car. Car and race car totaled. Four people had an extensive stay in the hospital but they came out of it lucky.
Once again, sorry this happened, hope everything works out.
Lexus Test Driver
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: CA
One heck of a story. Glad to hear you are ok, to bad the car is damaged. Hate to see Lexus vehicles in those stages. But it's replacable. To bad for the deer 
That semi must of destroyed the deers body, yikes.
That semi must of destroyed the deers body, yikes.
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From: tx
Originally Posted by DruMnBaSS
THAT POOR FREAKING DEER!!!!! DOESNT ANYBODY CARE ABOUT THE DEER... MY GS THIS MY GS THAT.... WHAT ABOUT THE FREAKING DEER PEOPLE!!!??!?!?!?!? 
oki_boy
I've seen a few on the way to lubbock in the past but never on the way from lubbock to el paso (through clovis)
billh2
I remember when i lived in woodinville wa (like an hour outside seattle) my dad also hit one going around a bend and there were 6 of them right there crossing the road. It was crazy. they always came and ate our roses in the morning.
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