I hit one a couple of weeks back at 3 in the morning but it never got up and ran away. I never saw it in my headlights, it crashed into my front left tire as it tried to run across the highway. Luckily the damage to the pickup was minimal, but I had to put the buck down. I didn't get the meat back yet but talked to the processor on the phone and he told me that most of the meat was in good shape.
Wow! Whitetails are some of the toughest animals in the States. I can't think of any other animal that could get hit by a vehicle and just keep on running like nothing ever happened.
Wow! Whitetails are some of the toughest animals in the States. I can't think of any other animal that could get hit by a vehicle and just keep on running like nothing ever happened.
I hit one in WI with my '79 CJ with a basher bumper he was running out of a corn field and I was going about 50. It flew over oncoming traffic with a spin like I'd hit it with a driver and landed in the ditch on the other side of the road. It did not get up again. Stupid herbivores.