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08-11-2014, 12:08 AM | #1 |
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Deer hit my brother; he's unscathed!
A few hours ago my brother Cory and I were out for a local ride through the country. We noticed a few deer grazing in the bar ditch along county road 109 so we slowed down to about 50 mph. About 100 yards later a white tail buck comes bounding across the road from our left, right in front of Cory. As he's looking at the buck, a doe jumps into the road and hits Cory's left arm and chest with its head and kind of glances of of him and catches up with the buck who is now in the right side bar ditch about to jump a barb wire fence. Cory's Suzuki Volusia 800 wobbled slightly and to my amazement, stayed upright and kept on going.
We pulled over so he could change his drawers and discuss what had just happened. That was a close one. Angels were working overtime tonight.
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08-11-2014, 06:28 AM | #2 |
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He was lucky. You read so many times of a person hitting a deer on a bike or in a car and the damage is usually more substantial. Next time he'll probably stop and take a break when he sees them on the side of the road.
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08-11-2014, 07:33 AM | #3 |
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That is scary. While riding across Pennsylvania a few months ago we saw over a dozen dead deer on side of highways. I was thinking how busy the state troopers must be from all those accidents. It made me a little nervous because it seems it could happen at any moment. I have a few friends that live upstate NY and they all have at least one story of deer incidents.
Glad to hear ur brother was not injured. Im sure he will never forget that one.
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08-11-2014, 07:57 AM | #4 |
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They are on the move here as well. Even in the truck I am looking twice around every corner now. Went out to the hunting land yesterday and didnt see anything, not even a track or sign. Driving to work this morning still in the neighborhood I saw 2.... Guess its time to put corn in the back yard.
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08-11-2014, 08:49 AM | #6 |
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Good to hear that he came out of it unscathed, a few years ago Trip had one jump over him while riding the bike.
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08-11-2014, 04:30 PM | #7 |
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Couple years ago I was behind a bike, didn't know them just caught up to them on the road, with a couple on it. From the left a herd of them come out..he is all over the brakes and down to about 20...looks like they are all going to pass in front of him when one falls down in the middle of the road. Not enough time to come to a complete stop so he gunned it to try and get by. I would have done the same. Deer got up and ran right into the side of the bike and pinned his wifes leg between the bike and the deer. Deer bounced off and kept running, dude kept it up just fine.
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On the bike I had three very close calls with deer. All three times they were buck at mid day. My wife was behind me on her bike and couldn't believe I didn't hit any of them.
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