Author Topic: My first critter KIA (Read 2015 times)

BlueJ1 · « **on:** July 03, 2007, 12:06:37 AM »

Driving home tonight in a 01 4 door saturn I was doing 45 coming around a corner of a 4 lane road. Just coming out of the corner a huge raccoon decides to make his great escape across the road. He could have competed in the Olympics at the speed he was running. Anyways, I immediately did as I was always told by family. I slowed down alittle, not stomping on the brakes and not serving for a dumb animal. I still caught him right about where the license plate is. Good thump felt throughout the car. Looked in rear view mirror and saw him still running his arse off into the woods. Got home, no apparent damage, just some fur stuck into 2 of the bolts attached to the front bumper. Feel sorta bad about the dumb animal. Not the same as hunting for one. Hopefully he lived and learned his lesson.

My first critter hit. Anyone else have stories? I remember a thread a long while back of some of yall hitting deer. A much larger and dangerous critter.

LePaul · « **Reply #1 on:** July 03, 2007, 12:22:03 AM »

I tagged a raccoon back in 2004. It pretty much finished off my car, a 1995 Saturn SC2. I was driving home from work and as I was coming upon a turn in the road, there was this huge raccoon just casually strolling across the road. I couldn't swerve...car coming the other way, rock wall on the other side. Sure enough, I hit the fella...KAAAFOOMP FOOOMP....

After that, the car tugged to one side....tie rod/alignment was pooched. It wasnt worth fixing since the car was 9 years old, was burning oil badly....so while the raccoon technically lost, he finished off a car

Sandman · « **Reply #2 on:** July 03, 2007, 12:30:43 AM »

Clipped a cottontail a few months ago. Thought I missed him... but then when I got out of my truck the side was just sprayed with blood and fur. Thing must have exploded.

Have yet to hit anything but rabbits and birds... That said, a ring-necked pheasant can really wreck your grill work.

SaburoS · « **Reply #3 on:** July 03, 2007, 12:37:08 AM »

Well clearly these are cases of the manufacturers of the vehicles being responsible for the deaths of those poor, defenseless creatures.
We must outlaw cars and make the manufacturers pay!

SteveBailey · « **Reply #4 on:** July 03, 2007, 12:37:47 AM »

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Originally posted by LePaul
I tagged a raccoon back in 2004. It pretty much finished off my car, a 1995 Saturn SC2. I was driving home from work and as I was coming upon a turn in the road, there was this huge raccoon just casually strolling across the road. I couldn't swerve...car coming the other way, rock wall on the other side. Sure enough, I hit the fella...KAAAFOOMP FOOOMP....

After that, the car tugged to one side....tie rod/alignment was pooched. It wasnt worth fixing since the car was 9 years old, was burning oil badly....so while the raccoon technically lost, he finished off a car

a perfect example of how the collision model should work. Dale?

BlueJ1 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 03, 2007, 12:45:44 AM »

Just checked car again. Pulled it into garage. Bottom spoiler is missing some pieces. The left front of the bumper was pushed up and out of place, fixed that easy. Lucky no damage to radiator. Gona paint the broken pieces of support plastic for the guard in front of the radiator white. Will look like teeth when Im done.

Animals should be outlawed from the roads SaburoS. Or put cow catchers on all cars. So when hit they are pushed aside into oncoming traffic.

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #6 on:** July 03, 2007, 12:50:01 AM »

Coulpe weeks ago I had one of those arrogent Canada Geese play chicken with my work van.

You know the big ugly ones that actually EXPECT you to slow or stop for them or move out of their way.

Hit the gas and plowed right over the bastad

Xargos · « **Reply #7 on:** July 03, 2007, 12:51:25 AM »

A deer totaled a CrownVic the day after I bought it, so that makes four deer, three birds, five cats, two dogs and two possums I've hit so far.

Does hitting an inmate trying to escape count?

Sandman · « **Reply #8 on:** July 03, 2007, 12:51:47 AM »

I have it on good authority that a bobcat can indeed puncture a radiator.

SaburoS · « **Reply #9 on:** July 03, 2007, 12:56:12 AM »

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Originally posted by BlueJ1

Animals should be outlawed from the roads SaburoS. Or put cow catchers on all cars. So when hit they are pushed aside into oncoming traffic.

No, No, No! Get with the program!
Clearly one has to outlaw the car as well as sue the pants off the manufacturers!
It is their fault!

Listening to the anti-gun "arguments" from the various gun threads from the anti-gun crowd has convinced me. It is clearly the fault of the vehicle and the clearly evil manufacturers. These vehicles of mass destruction should now be known as assault vehicles.
We all know that it has to be because the US has more vehicle deaths than those in Europe, that we MUST ban all vehicle ownership in America!
Do it for the innocent animals! Just think of the children!!!!

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #10 on:** July 03, 2007, 12:58:52 AM »

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Originally posted by Xargos
A deer totaled a CrownVic the day after I bought it, so that makes four deer, three birds, five cats, two dogs and two possums I've hit so far.

Does hitting an inmate trying to escape count?

Same thing happened to a buddy of mine the day after he bought his new car.

Said he got out of the car and could head the deer crying and initially felt bad for it.

Then he said he saw the damage the deer cause and he felt like running it over 3 or 4 more times LOL

Cougar68 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 03, 2007, 02:11:48 AM »

I was riding my motorcycle (when I had it) home from a gig one night and hit a possum. Not with the bike, but the heel of my boot as I leaned into a curve. Kind of a sickening feeling. Not because he was dead, but because I touched a possum!

Xargos · « **Reply #12 on:** July 03, 2007, 02:26:20 AM »

I have more miles on a bike then in a car. I'm so glad that of all the animals I've hit, it was never while riding.

Obie303 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 03, 2007, 03:28:09 AM »

Up to this day, I've hit two deer, 1 skunk, countless squirrels, a bat, and a couple of pigeons. I work nites and spend a lot of time driving. Eight hours a night on average and sometimes at really good speeds.

I hate hitting the deer because the paperwork is brutal for me and I usually have to put them down if they are injured.

The worst I've seen was a beaver. I didn't hit it but I had to move it out of the road. They smell worse than the skunks! Big sucker too. Must have weighed around 35-40 lbs.

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Does hitting an inmate trying to escape count?

Did this too and it should count. He wasn't an inmate but the guy started a 20 minute pursuit. After the guy crashed, he tried to carjack a pick up truck being driven by a teenage kid. I just hit the gas and sent the suspect over my hood.

Amazingly, he landed on his feet and continued to run for the wood line. He was tackled by two female officers. The best pursuit I've been in since!:aok

Obie

Geary420 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 03, 2007, 03:42:53 AM »

Had a deer run into the side of my friends Beretta back in High School. Coming home from the casino at 2AM one night a deer runs out in front of us. My moron room mate swerves, hits the deer, spins the car 270 degrees and ends up in the ditch. Went to a gas station to call the cops and the pony emblem off the front of the car was wedged under the passenger side windshield wiper. In my best friends Z28 we hit an already dead raccoon going about 100, it made the loudest most sickening thump when it flew up and hit the floorboards under my feet. Hit a hawk in a crown vic doin 65. But by far the grossest was when I was slowing down to turn into my drive way and the front drivers side wheel hit a squirrel that had already been squished. The brake locked up on the slippery lil bugger and dragged him about 10 ft, there was lots of nice chunks hanging from the tread on my tire.