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Hey all,
Just wanted to post some pictures of how the element withstood a 'glancing blow' from hitting a huge buck!
I was finishing up a road trip with friends from Vegas on March 28th and was just entering Oregon--Ashland Oregon, to be more exact. We were rotating drivers, at it was my shift to sleep, and my friend's husband was driving the E.
It was a super luck hit!!!! 7am - 2 Deer-s (1 doe, 1 buck) were crossing I-5 about 1/2 mile before the first off ramp to Ashland Or. I can't say it enough, my friend's husband did great, he was able to steer (NOT Swerve) and miss one deer and hit the rump of the buck with the front quarter panel. Split second decision - amazing it wasn't worse!!!
Just duct taped it, and drove it home! Amazing!!!
I keep on praising my friend’s husband!!! The day after we got back, I read a story about some teenager down near Sequim, WA and swerved to miss a deer and hit a tree. He died, and his passengers were in critical condition. DO NOT SWERVE !!!! Hit the damn deer!!!
Another ‘lucky’ thing about this accident, is that I reduced my deductibles when I switched to State Farm insurance. $100 deductible for $3,400 worth of damage!!!!!
Here's the pictures!!!
Had to mark the date
yeah... we couldn't open the door any further....
lucky!! the axel/mechanical stuff wasn't damaged!!! The tires didn't even need re balancing!! Look closely, you can still see some deer fuzz
Before we got the duct tape on
- had to take a picture of the Buck!! 5 minutes after we hit the deer, a passing ambulance made sure we were okay, and called DOT to pick up the deer—looks like he’s immature, and hasn’t grown any spikes yet…just little bumps on the head. Still a huge deer!! My hunting friends actually wanted me to strap it on to the roof
*found out..even though it was an accidental death...if I took it for the meat...it would have been poaching and not using legal weapon.. ha!
Just wanted to post some pictures of how the element withstood a 'glancing blow' from hitting a huge buck!
I was finishing up a road trip with friends from Vegas on March 28th and was just entering Oregon--Ashland Oregon, to be more exact. We were rotating drivers, at it was my shift to sleep, and my friend's husband was driving the E.
It was a super luck hit!!!! 7am - 2 Deer-s (1 doe, 1 buck) were crossing I-5 about 1/2 mile before the first off ramp to Ashland Or. I can't say it enough, my friend's husband did great, he was able to steer (NOT Swerve) and miss one deer and hit the rump of the buck with the front quarter panel. Split second decision - amazing it wasn't worse!!!
Just duct taped it, and drove it home! Amazing!!!
I keep on praising my friend’s husband!!! The day after we got back, I read a story about some teenager down near Sequim, WA and swerved to miss a deer and hit a tree. He died, and his passengers were in critical condition. DO NOT SWERVE !!!! Hit the damn deer!!!
Another ‘lucky’ thing about this accident, is that I reduced my deductibles when I switched to State Farm insurance. $100 deductible for $3,400 worth of damage!!!!!
Here's the pictures!!!


Had to mark the date

yeah... we couldn't open the door any further....

lucky!! the axel/mechanical stuff wasn't damaged!!! The tires didn't even need re balancing!! Look closely, you can still see some deer fuzz

Before we got the duct tape on

- had to take a picture of the Buck!! 5 minutes after we hit the deer, a passing ambulance made sure we were okay, and called DOT to pick up the deer—looks like he’s immature, and hasn’t grown any spikes yet…just little bumps on the head. Still a huge deer!! My hunting friends actually wanted me to strap it on to the roof