Author Topic: My first critter KIA (Read 1981 times)

AWMac · « **Reply #30 on:** July 03, 2007, 11:56:55 AM »

Coming home one night down a country road as I hit a curve doing about 65 MPH. I had the brights on and noticed a Bunny in the middle of the road. I slowed down and it started to run as I approached it. It was gonna make it across no problem then outta nowhere "WHAMMMM" on the windshield.
The biggest Owl it ever seen with some serious Target Fixation on the Bunny. I don't know if it killed the Owl but I can remember the big eyes it had as it bounced off.
Somewhere in the edge of the road a Bunny crapped his fur laffin he's arse off.

Mac

vorticon · « **Reply #31 on:** July 03, 2007, 12:15:48 PM »

nope, almost hit a fox just going into a fairly tight S curve, and another one just coming out of it...

WMLute · « **Reply #32 on:** July 03, 2007, 12:25:29 PM »

In my younger years my Sister called me on her Cell freaking out and screaming. Turns out she had run over a puppy. It wasn't dead and was makin' all sorts of terrible squashed puppy noises. (this is fairly late at night btw)

I was about 3-5 min. away, so I drove to the scene and sure 'nuff a cute little puppy was all squashed, but still alive and squeaking. Heart breaking really. It's back 1/2 was squashed, and it's guts were all over the road. Poor thing.

Was a crowd of about a dozen people gathered around this poor pup who was making quite the racket. Couple 3-4 guys, and @ 8 girls all crying and being hysterical.

I popped my trunk, grabbed a tire iron, walked over and stoved in the pup's skull. Killed it in one hit. It was the humane thing to do. I was kinda pissed that nobody had killed it yet.

You think the girls were hysterical before, you shoulda heard 'em after I put the puppy out of it's misery. TOTAL freak out.

There was NO WAY it was going to live, and they were just standing around watching/listening to it suffer. It's not easy killing a puppy, but I think it's ever worse just letting it sit there in pain.

Also on my Mom and Dad's 1st date, my Dad borred his soon to be Father in-law's car. While taking my Mom back home after the date my Dad hit a deer which totaled the car.

Quite the auspicios start. I'm lucky to even exist.

Seagoon · « **Reply #33 on:** July 03, 2007, 12:33:30 PM »

By some odd twist of Providence, its my wife who generally does in the animals in our family, which is a shame because she always bursts into tears and feels terrible about for the rest of the day, whereas I've gotten over the Possum and Squirrel deaths my vehicle has caused in a few moments.

I actually saw my first animal meets vehicle death in broad daylight just a few days ago. Sadly I've seen two people killed by vehicles - bike messenger in NYC and a pedestrian with an I-Pod and no SA whatsoever, but never an animal hit by another motorist before last week. It was a squirrel that had run onto a four lane road and was running about in both directions at lightspeed. I didn't hit him, but eventually a pick-up behind me did. What was unusual was that he went right under one of the wheels and was literally shot up about 10-15 feet into the air behind the truck, his tail made him look a bit like a rocket, and the car behind the truck swerved like mad to avoid the incoming squirrel lawn-dart headed for his windshield.

- SEAGOON

xbrit · « **Reply #34 on:** July 03, 2007, 12:42:05 PM »

So far since arriving in US 13 years ago 2 deer and numerous coon and possum, my favorites are when I get a skunk I have no sense of smell but my wife and son normally rolling around choking on the smell.
First deer I hit I was in a cavalier doing about 60mph did around $2500 worth of damage. Second I was in Chevy Astro at about 70mph that was about $5000.
Glad it wasn't anything larger but these deer in Illinois are big enough for me.
I remember one time in Niarobi heading from airport to city there is a tight-ish bend in the round and large bushes just off the road, well half way around this bend a giraffe stepped out from behind the bushes. We avoided the collision but it was close enough I can tell you it was a male.

Waffle · « **Reply #35 on:** July 03, 2007, 12:52:04 PM »

It wasn't this one was it?

http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=208078

Hornet33 · « **Reply #36 on:** July 03, 2007, 02:10:31 PM »

I hit a turkey one morning on the way to school, way back in 1989. Anyway as I pulled into the parking lot everyone was looking at my truck and me like I was crazy or something. Got out and looked and the head and most of the neck of the turkey was hanging out of the grill and there was blood all over the front of my truck. It was pretty nasty.

Also killed my neighbors cat one evening. Guess it crawled up into the fan shroud of my truck when I got home from work to get warm. It was late November. Anyway I had to run up to the store for some stuff and when I started the truck I heard this awfull noise and a bunch of banging around under the hood. Opened the hood and all there was left was parts scattered all over the front of the motor. Even after I washed the motor down 3 or 4 times it still stunk when it warmed up for a couple of weeks. Hated that damn cat anyway and my neighbors where a bunch of ******s so I didn't feel to bad about it.

Terror · « **Reply #37 on:** July 03, 2007, 03:38:08 PM »

Back when I did alot of MotorCycle riding offroad, I was buzzing along at about 50mph on my Yamaha XT down a little trail in Central Illinois. Up pops a smallish cotton tail rabbit that tries it's hardest to outpace my Yamaha. Seeing as I had the jump on him, I quickly overtook him and somehow he and my front wheel spokes tried to become one. Spokes and Rabbits do not mix. I watched as two pieces of rabbit cartwheeled forward and to each side of the bike and his insides straight up in front of me.

I spent the next 10 minutes cleaning the entrails from my helmet, chest, legs and motorcycle. I've dressed many a rabbit for dinner, but this mess was one of the most disgusting things I've ever had to cleanup.

Terror

vorticon · « **Reply #38 on:** July 03, 2007, 03:49:46 PM »

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Originally posted by mentalguy
I hit a bear on my 4wheeler while on a hunting trip in British Columbia.

ow.

i saw a 1 ton dodge get hit in the front quarter by a black bear once, the bear bounced backwards, and the dodge almost hit the ditch, i'm certain the outer tire of the duals left pavement...

eskimo2 · « **Reply #39 on:** July 03, 2007, 04:20:49 PM »

I must be sick, but this is a great thread. I love the duck, owl and turkey stories the most so far.

Hornet33 · « **Reply #40 on:** July 03, 2007, 05:37:37 PM »

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Originally posted by eskimo2
I must be sick, but this is a great thread. I love the duck, owl and turkey stories the most so far.

Heres one even better for you then. Right after I graduated from high school I was going to visit a buddy of mine that lived out north of town. Well just a few miles out is the slaughter house. At that time they were rebuilding the incinerator there so they were having to truck all the waste (entrails and such) a couple of miles over to the landfill where they had set up a temporary incinerator. Anyway as I'm heading out that way I see a truck off in the ditch, couple of firetrucks, and cops blocking the road. Seems one of the trucks made the turn onto the highway a little too sharp and ended up loosing control and rolled the truck off the other side of the road, in the process dumping several TONS of cow, and hog entrails, hoofs, ears, and noses onto the highway. That was a huge mess, but it did make the front page of the paper the following day.

kamilyun · « **Reply #41 on:** July 03, 2007, 05:59:45 PM »

I was driving down a very straight stretch of highway in the country. Saw two little dots on the road ahead, some sort of critters with tails. Started slowing down (no brakes, just foot off gas). Honked a little bit. They didn't move. Got closer. Two squirrels that aparently lived on opposite sides of the road (blocked by the other squirrel) but didn't want to let the other pass so that they both could run to safety. Just kept staring each other in the eye. A 3-way game of chicken or something...

Ran right over both of them. Felt bad for 1 second, then decided they were too squealing stupid.

DiabloTX · « **Reply #42 on:** July 03, 2007, 06:13:06 PM »

My old '96 Camaro had 2 confirmed kills of birds in flight. A pigeon that was trying to cross my 12 was taken down by the right front corner as he tried a snap-shot and failed and a gackle that was HO'ing me met it's fate by flying into my antenna at WEP-like speeds.

2 confirmed kills of in flight birds.

Can your car claim that?

Hornet33 · « **Reply #43 on:** July 03, 2007, 06:41:54 PM »

I've got one kill and one assist of in flight birds.

KIA Sparrow that decided to try and fly through my windshield. Scarred the crap out of me.

Assist Red Tail Hawk that I clipped with the 102 inch steel CB antenna I had on my truck. My buddy that was behind me pulled over after I knocked it out of the air and shot it with his .22 since it was hurt so bad.

Man I loved growing up in SW Oklahoma!!!!!

eskimo2 · « **Reply #44 on:** July 03, 2007, 06:43:29 PM »

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Originally posted by DiabloTX
My old '96 Camaro had 2 confirmed kills of birds in flight. A pigeon that was trying to cross my 12 was taken down by the right front corner as he tried a snap-shot and failed and a gackle that was HO'ing me met it's fate by flying into my antenna at WEP-like speeds.

2 confirmed kills of in flight birds.

Can your car claim that?

My brother (other one) "vulched" 8 in one pass! Mama duck was walking her babies accross a busy freeway and made it about 1/2 way into the first lane. My older brother wasn't about to risk the lives of his family and me, he kept straight in the lane and clobbered about 8. Mama and one baby made it into the second lane, not sure if they made it any further.

I should have painted 8 little yellow puff balls with red X's through them on the side of his car...