I hate deer!!

[orange72c10]

Last night I was coming back from a local parade which is about 35 minutes from my home and was cruising in a line of traffic about 55 mph and out of knowhere I saw a deer and slammed on my brakes but it was to late "BOOM". I figure there is going to be a new outer grill, inner grill, new front quarter panel and a new front bumper not sure until I get it torn apart.

Here is the pics, this makes me so mad I was headed to the Syracuse Nationals this weekend with it with a bunch of my buddies, I guess now I will be a passanger

[Bishops Trucks]

I know just how you feel! I'll find my pics of the run in I had and get them posted.

[GMC AMI]

Man that sucks, just be happy it wasn't a Moose. They are long legged and if you hit one they will end up in your lap thru the windshield. Glad no one was injured.

[Yukon Jack]

What a bummer!

[shaneschevys]

Ouch!

[barraza]

Sucks, but I hope it tastes good

[67ChevyRedneck]

I'm originally from southwest NY. We lived way out in the sticks. I was lucky and only ever smacked one deer, but I have LOTS of family members who have had multiple hits. I've hit my brakes for them more times than I care to remember, literally almost every night during mating season, but when I moved down here... it was like.... where the hell did all of the deer go?

Hopefully insurance will cover it?

Until then, pull the fender, smack it a few times, put it back on, the hood should go back down, duck tape a head light in and go to nationals

[BACKYARD88]

That sucks, you got dinner out of it though right

[rambler]

been there and done that, my damage was a lot worse,, I'll have to find my pics as well. at least no one (besides the deer) was hurt... these trucks can take a hit!

[orange72c10]

Thanks guys, I must say I am pretty lucky, I took off the fender today and got it looking OK, not like it was but good for now. I also took off the grille and am looking for a replacement as we speak. Things could have been a lot worse, I could have been on my motorcycle and that could have been a real mess.

Make mee feel better guys lets see the pictures of your accidents.

[Walts_restoration]

My brother hid a deer in his 68 chevelle, put a few crinkles in the fender, and needs to adjust it becuase his passenger door pops when you open it, but for hitting a dear at 80 solely on the right side of the car, im amazed it didnt do anything more than reangle a headlight bucket.

[72CSTC5]

Sux, trying to match that paint is going to be heck too. Is that original paint? Truck looks clean from this angle.

[kevncar]

I had a friend completely lose the right front fender and half of the door skin on a 68 nova. I almost couldn't believe an animal could do that much damage. It could have been worse, glad to see your alright and the truck will survive.

[special-K]

I don`t hate deer.I hate hitting deer.I imagine they don`t like getting hit by vehicles any more than we like crunching our vehicles.There`s a dead or mamed deer somewhere and you`re whinin` about not making a run.Sorry,it sucks,but I just gotta put things in perspective.

[67ChevyRedneck]

Originally Posted by orange72c10

Make me feel better guys lets see the pictures of your accidents.

I got rear ended on a highway offramp a few months ago.

It's all fixed now, but I needed a new bumper and license plate bracket and had to straighten the bumper brackets. When I took the bumper off, it was much worse than it looks in the pic, but I was still really lucky. It also bent my exhaust pipes, they weren't fun to straighten

I also hit a deer with the 67 way back in 97. I saw it and was almost stopped when I hit it. No visible damage to the truck at all.

[biglou55]

I drove my son out too rochester ny. two weeks ago. On the thruway I must have seen eight deer on the trip just grazing on the side of the thruway and traffic was doing between 70 and 80. They were not more than 5to10 feet off the shoulder. All I kept saying on the 720 mile round trip is I hope they dont dart out in front of me.

[orange72c10]

Originally Posted by special-K

I don`t hate deer.I hate hitting deer.I imagine they don`t like getting hit by vehicles any more than we like crunching our vehicles.There`s a dead or mamed deer somewhere and you`re whinin` about not making a run.Sorry,it sucks,but I just gotta put things in perspective.

You right I don't hate deer either but I had to come up with a title and that was the one I wrote being sarcastic at the time I wrote it. Just to let you know our family has a 500 acre farm, an 80 acre piece of woods and I have 7 acres at my house and I spend my free time either working on my truck or planting food plots for the deer that are on those pieces of property. It costs me a lot of money a year to do this for the deer. Deer are one of my favorite animals to watch and I am a very avid hunter, I do a lot for the deer population in this area and yes I am "whinin" as you say and feel I have the right. I was just venting about my accident and I feel that is ok also.

[orange72c10]

Originally Posted by 72CSTC5

Sux, trying to match that paint is going to be heck too. Is that original paint? Truck looks clean from this angle.

I just painted the truck my self last year, it is just a one step paint, plan on doing a base clear probably in a year or two so I pounded out that dents for now and it looks ok, just need to get the inner and outer grill now.

[mvfd70]

I'm in southern Illinois and deer/car strikes happen every day it seems like. Luckily i've only hit a couple of them and no real damage was done. Of course when I get my truck back together i'll probably total it out on a deer. Thats my luck. Glad that you're ok and like someone else said above, I hope it tastes good.

[SOON2BLAZE]

:m4: the deer. sorry to see that happen to a nice truck

[RustyParts]

Same thing happened to my '40 Olds coupe going to a Saturday night cruise-in. Haven't found a grille for my Olds yet, been four years lookin'.

[orange72c10]

Originally Posted by RustyParts

Same thing happened to my '40 Olds coupe going to a Saturday night cruise-in. Haven't found a grille for my Olds yet, been four years lookin'.

That sucks!! At least in my case I have lots of parts to choose from when buying.

[68c-10]

There was a complete frontend for that year olds in the swapmeet at the Columbus ohio Goodguys show. Mabie somone knows who had the parts.

[mvfd70]

Originally Posted by RustyParts

Same thing happened to my '40 Olds coupe going to a Saturday night cruise-in. Haven't found a grille for my Olds yet, been four years lookin'.

Well so far you win (or lose. however you want to look at it) at damage. That really sux to see too.

[bad6772]

that sucks man but glad you seem to be ok, i hit a dear 3 years ago on my ultra classic, at about 30 mph, knocked my clean off the bike, and threw me into a bean feild , i thaught i was a goner but i walked away and rode the my bike home, slowly, only broke my windsheld, and bent my triple trees back alitlle ( COULDA BEEN WORSE).good luck on getting your truck back together, and just go to the nationals, there be lots worse looking vehicles there than yours, that things to nice to miss it.