...and it was a beaut. Four-point whitetailed buck. Unfortunately, I killed it with my front bumper over this weekend while driving down the highway at ~75-80mph.

I'm 100% unharmed, which I consider a testament to how well this car is designed and the safety features we've got. I thought I'd share this fact with everyone, because I doubt I would have been that safe in most other cars.

My car's seen some better days though, since I know I'll be needing at least a new bumper assembly, lip, fogs, hood, radiator + rad support, 2 new headlights, at least one fender, the 2 driver airbags (main + knee), the ELR seatbelt, etc. I didn't get any pictures, since this happened around 10:30pm and I don't typically carry a camera.

Anyone else have damage estimates from similar accidents? I want to prepare in case the car is declared a loss, since I'm currently working 200 miles away from my home (which the accident happened near, thank goodness).

 

Poor dear, imagine being hit by a car.

 

At least you're safe. Any pics of the damage?

 

Yikes - hitting a deer at that speed is no joke. I've seen plenty of examples where the deer went through the front windshield and caused harm to the occupants. Good thing only the car was damaged!

 

^^ +1 The main thing is that you're ok and only got car damage.

 

This was the first thing I thought when I felt the airbag -- that the deer had gone through my windshield and into the passenger compartment. I'd never been in an airbag-deployment collision before this. It looks like the hood right above the grille took the brunt of the damage, and the deer flew 125+ feet (since i slowed down and pulled to the shoulder with about 15 feet to spare before hitting it).

This was quite a stunning impact on all fronts.

 

 

pics of the deer??? andthe car???

 

wow... they really need to make more animal crossing bridges for highways...
well at least you are okay though

 

RIP .......Bambie

 

OOHH NNOO...BAMBI...

 

it sucks that the deer died

 

Sorry about your car but at least you came out okay.
Thought this thread was about hunting. I don't like hunters. Man uses guns and bows to hunt down defenseless animals for sport??? What kind of sport is that??? No competition. No life or death for the hunter, just the unknowing hunted. I don't get it. That's not proving your manhood. Killing animals for food is okay. That's why they are there....but to put a head on a mantle....just cowardly.
I tried it many years ago but thought it was cowardly. No one can convince me otherwise.

 

Even if the deer just has broken, legs it will be put down. They wont survive, if they cannot walk.

 

I had a similar accident but the deer went underneath the car instead of over it. My car was in the shop for about 5 weeks and there was 5k in damages. Replaced front bumper, headlights, stabilizer bars underneath, panels underneath, and a new exhaust.