Holy crap - deer in the headlights, literally!!

[BeenThereDoneThat]

Today I drove out towards the Disney area to meet my parents for dinner - their 50th wedding anniversary is Friday, and sadly I have to work the rest of this week so we got together today instead. Hubby couldn't come with me because he's on the Homeowner's Association board here and they were having a budget meeting tonight...my weekday off is usually Thursday but naturally this had to be the week it got switched to a different day So, it was just me, my car and my Sirius XM radio.

There is about a 30-mile stretch of highway between my home and that area that is fairly deserted, especially at night - not much but a few scattered homes and side roads. I've learned to take a 5-hour Energy shot before even attempting that drive at night...sometimes during the day too. Also, there are often deer by the side of the road, usually at night. You can probably see where this is going...

Tonight as I was driving back, at one point I saw a couple of medium-sized adult deer off to the right, back from the road. I like to see them as long as they're out of the way. A few minutes later I was happily singing along to Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Alone Again, Naturally" on the radio when all of a sudden I see another deer about the same size as the others...only this time it was IN MY LANE!!! Fortunately I had time to react and swerve into the left lane to go around it...and fortunately it didn't run in the same direction I was going. I'm also glad I didn't overcorrect and end up flipping the car or something. Damn!!! For some reason, though, my heart was only in my throat until the danger passed...then I went back to singing the song, and the rest of my trip was uneventful.

Sad that I can't tell this story to my husband or parents...they'd never let me drive alone at night on that road again without giving me a long lecture. (I'm 43 years old, dammit!!)

[redsox33413]

I've done that drive. Also nearly "bowled" through a HUGE herd of deer going through the Osceola Forest at night... On the highway. And when I say HUGE herd, I mean at least 500 head. I was on my way to Pensacola to pick up my brother from his Naval training base for Thanksgiving. He took one look at my face and said, "I'll drive us back". I happily handed over the keys! LOL!

[DGoddessChardonnay]

That is scary as Hell.

December 2 will be a year since my Mom and I had our Bambi incident . . . even though the deer hit us, it was still an awful mess.

We did get our car fixed back in February and so far, we've seen a few deer, but so far no more have decided to commit suicide by running into us.

Main thing is that you're okay. It's also a plus that your car was not hurt, but even if it had been, it can be either fixed or replaced. You, OTOH, cannot be replaced.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Coming home from work last night I saw my first buck--darting across the road in front of me. I was able to slow down well before I ever would have hit it.

I've seen plenty of deer in my time. They're everywhere here. This is the first one I saw with a rack. Not a big turdy-point buck rack, but antlers nometheless.

Thing may not have long to live. Gun deer hunting season starts next weekend, along with its retail counterpart; Hunting Widows Weekend.

[BeenThereDoneThat]

Main thing is that you're okay. It's also a plus that your car was not hurt, but even if it had been, it can be either fixed or replaced. You, OTOH, cannot be replaced.

Thanks So sorry to hear about what happened with you...scary and sad.

[kpzra]

If bison are on the road, just wait for them to pass, I got charged by one driving through the middle of Canada...right before a bear tried to go under my husbands rear tire. The drive down was fun...

[Becks]

This is the first one I saw with a rack.

*snickering*

I taking things out of context.

[bhskittykatt]

I've done that drive. Also nearly "bowled" through a HUGE herd of deer going through the Osceola Forest at night... On the highway. And when I say HUGE herd, I mean at least 500 head. I was on my way to Pensacola to pick up my brother from his Naval training base for Thanksgiving. He took one look at my face and said, "I'll drive us back". I happily handed over the keys! LOL!

That's nuts!

I see deer just about every night on the paper route. Usually several every night. Never more than a dozen, though.

Once, during the day, we were driving through downtown, when a buck came running towards us in the opposite lane. I slowed down, and Hubs said, "Why are you slowing down? He's in his lane!" Hubs' colleague who worked a block down said he later saw the deer running in frantic circles in an intersection, stopping all traffic there, until it could figure out how to get out of downtown.

[Victory Sabre]

I often see deer on my way home from work. I just hope that I never hit one. Totaling my car doesn't sound like my idea of fun. Now if someone in front of me hit a deer, I'd try to get some meat off it.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

This is the first one I saw with a rack.

How many shotguns did it hold?

[BeenThereDoneThat]

How many shotguns did it hold?

Maybe it's because I'm a (straight) female who lives in semi-redneck country, but that's actually the first thing I thought of when I read Irv's reply, too

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Maybe it's because I'm a (straight) female who lives in semi-redneck country, but that's actually the first thing I thought of when I read Irv's reply, too

We have our fair share where I'm at, too.