I with I had been driving my truck last night.

[AirSpeed]

Originally Posted by swamp rat

I think you would have had damage to your truck too, recall the post about a month ago titled "I got a deer...with my truck" He lost a fender, grill bumper and what else?

I'd rather loose a Honda than damage my classic truck.

Yea, it caused a lot of damage, grill, fender, core support, radiator, fender well, bumper, bent my hood, frame, cowel, door and it was only a 120/140 lbs doe at about 50 mph. Also knocked the front end out of alignment. The final bill was $7500. They had to repaint the front half of my truck.

[sawyerrm]

that's the funniest thing I've read all day ...

[cypressbog]

Glad you are okay!

[special-K]

Originally Posted by iostorm

I though this was a thread by Mike Tyson....

Thut up thupid or I'll bite your ear...Thucker!!

[72kool]

We have been getting rain,ice and snow here today and saw this on Facebook and laughed

[fartblossom]

Originally Posted by In The Ten Ring

Internet jokes and even insults have to get pretty bad (ie, actual threats) for me to get upset.

I guess the bear was about the size of two full grown German Shepherds. Wild animal bones seem very tough though. I think since I was hard braking and my front end was pitching downwards, that's why the hood took the brunt. I was perhaps doing 30 mph when I hit it. I am just glad I cruise at 55 and that I pay good attention.

I had already decided to put on the grill guard when the truck is running, but this incident cements it! The 1972 inner grill is weak as can be.

Sorry if I upset you in any way, wasn't my intention. I'm sure hitting anything 200 lbs would cause a lot of damage. I just imagine bears as big honking 600 lb things, so I'm guessing one that small would be under a year old?

[In The Ten Ring]

No worries.

With a name like "fartblossom" I'd laugh no matter what you posted.

I know very little about bears, it was perhaps very young. If I had been the only one to hit it, I am certain it would have shrugged that off and continued on its way.

Insurance will fix my car, although at 13 years of age the damage is "55 percent of blue book."

I had another look at my grill guard tonight, it is 3/8 of an inch thick. I really do think I would have ended up running it over had I been driving my truck. Hopefully none of us ever have to find out.

[68C15]

They're gonna fix your car? Damn! I was gonna hit you up for a front splash apron. You see, I have a 2000 Accord myself. Wouldn't give it up for anything. A deer fits in the trunk, an AR fits in a custome holder between speakers in top of trunk, gets 39mpg, has 4 doors and is very reliable. Good luck finding parts at salvage yard. Not many of these to be found there

[In The Ten Ring]

"Splash apron?" Is that the bumper cover?

It probably isn't cost-effective but I kept full coverage on the car all this time. I'll probably drop that and just keep a few thousand dollar "repair reserve."

My first deer, back in 1997 (30.30 Winchester 94), I took home in the trunk of my 1988 Honda Accord! "The head stuck out one side and the back legs the other" as I have told the story.

This Accord is much too nice of shape for deer (or bear) blood in the trunk!

The shop will try and use aftermarket parts but if I can find OEM or NOS I'll buy those and insurance can pay me back what aftermarket would have cost. I did that once before when a dog jumped out in front of me.

39 mpg? Is yours a manual shift? *I can get 39 mpg but only on an interstate trip and if I keep my speed to 55 mph. I would have replaced this car with another 1998 to 2002 Accord but a manual had this bear taken mine out.

[68C15]

"splash apron" as in the black piece under bumper and up each wheel well.

yep, 39mpg running 80mph with the automatic

a cheap tarp works to keep mess contained. Field dressing and a good washout using washer fluid jugs filled with clean water. I carry 8 of them in trunk when I go out

[EARNHARDT#3]

You can with in one hand and thit in the other and see which one fills up first LOL

Originally Posted by In The Ten Ring

You guys! I noticed the "with" in the

title but I couldn't edit it after posting.

I do have a southern drawl, when I let it show.

It was a crazy event. And had things gone differently, someone easily could have been killed.

I think my truck would have been OK......like jeffahart said, "run it over." Its head hit my front bumper cover (I saw it hit there and I saw the slobber mark) and its shoulder hit my hood. My car, I love my car, but it's 13 years old so this may total it out. I am weighing my options. If I let the insurance pay it off, I plan to take the money and buy another 1999 to 2002 Honda Accord but EX and manual.

I love these cars that much. Stay safe out there guys.

[In The Ten Ring]

Originally Posted by 68C15

"splash apron" as in the black piece under bumper and up each wheel well.

yep, 39mpg running 80mph with the automatic

a cheap tarp works to keep mess contained. Field dressing and a good washout using washer fluid jugs filled with clean water. I carry 8 of them in trunk when I go out

39 mpg cruising at 80 mph in a 2000 Honda Accord with automatic transmission? I do not believe that one. I am, however, open to being proven wrong.

So you use your Accord as your "hunting vehicle" then?

Splash apron sounds like inner fenders. :P

[68C15]

Originally Posted by In The Ten Ring

39 mpg cruising at 80 mph in a 2000 Honda Accord with automatic transmission? I do not believe that one. I am, however, open to being proven wrong.

So you use your Accord as your "hunting vehicle" then?

Splash apron sounds like inner fenders. :P

keep in mind our flat terrain here. I was surprised as well and have yet to duplicate it. Lately my goose hunt trips have netted a solid 34mpg.

Yep, it makes a great deer hunt rig. If there are spot checks by the game wardens I get waved to go through since I take my camo off. Just another guy cruising down the road. You just have to make sure and clean the blood off the bumper and back window prior.

[In The Ten Ring]

Results must be consistent or at least duplicatable. It could be a fluke in your calculation method.

Flat roads would help! I think if I could get my Accord onto some truly flat roads for a long run, I could see 45 mpg. The best I ever got was from WV to NY at 39 mpg even though it all seemed slightly uphill. That same distance back again was 38.25 mpg but I had to slow to 20 mph for a good bit due to heavy fog in PA.

I don't think I'd ever carry a deer in my Honda! (or on it). Hopefully I'll get the truck running by deer season next year.

[rusty knuckles 5]

I will put my two cents in , I look at the new cars as paper plates , use them up and go get a diffrent one , the older trucks i feel it is our family we must take care of and restore the best we can

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Better your Honda than truck. Incidentally, many believe you're safer in the old stuff than new. From what I've seen this is a myth. More steel on the classics, but newer vehicles are designed better for safety.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joMK1WZjP7g

[In The Ten Ring]

I just think my truck would have run it over/shrugged off the damage.

My car isn't worth as much as my truck nor do I have as much emotional attachment to it, but I still love my car. I have been looking online for OEM hoods....I'll call the body shop tomorrow to tell them to call the junkyards, get me an original hood, and I'll pay the difference if that hood costs more than an aftermarket (full coverage on the car you see). It's going to be hard for me to find the time to hit junkyards myself although I might can. Ski season my rental business really picks up you see.

[68C15]

I just saw one like mine at a car lot yesterday. 2002 with (not a lisp) 69K for almost $7000. Another one on facebook with 139K for $3500

Yeah, that 39mpg trip was Sioux Falls SD to Kenosha WI in late August. All flat except the "Cheddar Curtain" area of Tomah WI near the river

[special-K]

It theems thith thwead hath turned into a Honda Accord splath apron/gath mileage thwead. Ith your thwead, tho thay what you want. Ith ok, thath's whath's tho gweat about thith plathe

(Thath's it, I promith)

[In The Ten Ring]

I noticed that too Special K.

It's about time it faded away..... I have learned a few things. Mainly I learned to double check spelling more often.

[special-K]

I hate not being able to edit your title. You have to live with it, and I'm terrible with poof reading

[EARNHARDT#3]

Originally Posted by special-K

I hate not being able to edit your title. You have to live with it, and I'm terrible with poof reading

I see what you did there.

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by special-K

I hate not being able to edit your title. You have to live with it, and I'm terrible with poof reading

LOL. ...poof!!

[Shaky]

I hit a deer with my '68 Biscayne going 35 mph. It did a fair amount of damage. I was in my buddy's '65 C10 when he hit a deer at 60. It crushed some metal...

[In The Ten Ring]

I never posted a pic of the bear! I am going to fix that now.