Deer Hit

I hit a deer on my way home this afternoon. I was approaching Cottonwood Corner at 1530 on a dry clear road when three large healthy does darted across the road from my left, straight into my path. I hit my brakes and dodged two of them but one went airborne and tried to jump my truck. There was a loud sickening thump as she connected with my roof, right above my windshield.

I pulled over fully expecting to see a dead deer lying in the road. All I saw was nothing because my drivers side mirror was gone. I jumped out and the guy behind me pulled up and said she rolled over the top of my truck, landed on her feet, and kept on going. I walked back up the road, collected my shattered mirror and continued on home.

Hitting a deer has always been my second biggest concern driving on Ski Hill Road. Sliding out in the snow and ice, rolling my truck and dying is always the first concern. I dodged a large bullet today, the deer and my truck survived, minus two side mirrors that I assume got taken out with her feet, and a bent antenna which straightened right up.

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  1. I’m so sorry for your cute little truck. My brother in law was driving our 1972 duster when a deer booked out of a gulley and plowed into the side of the drivers side door, flew over the car and died. Very scary .

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