I killed a deer with my Jeep on Dec. 1
This is the front grill of my 1999 Jeep Cherokee after colliding with a large deer while heading south on East Canyon Road just outside of Orem. You should have seen the deer.
I’m happy to report that Lindsey, Sadie, Maddie, and I are all fine — though it could have been much worse had I not just plowed through the thing, especially given the snowy conditions. Jeep is currently under repair at the body shop.
Immediately after hitting the prancing beast at 55 miles per hour and pulling over to power down my smoking engine, Sadie kept repeating, “Scary.” It was.
December 3rd, 2007 at 3:25 pm
I want to see the deer. Don’t tell me you didn’t take a photo of it?! I ran over a deer carcass in my Hyundai once. Fur came out of the air vents, and the car smelled like cooking venison for weeks every time I turned the heater on.
December 3rd, 2007 at 3:56 pm
Glad everyone is ok……..the entire state of West Virginia wants to know if you’ll send the meat before Christmas.
December 3rd, 2007 at 4:00 pm
I am glad that everyone is ok. Scary is RIGHT!
December 3rd, 2007 at 4:40 pm
“prancing beast” .. that’s your new nickname!
December 3rd, 2007 at 5:38 pm
This is what talks me out of getting a motorcycle.
Glad you and your family is okay.
December 3rd, 2007 at 6:19 pm
Way to think fast, Blake. Did you actually think about braking and swerving? Or did you have enough time to know, “Okay — we’re hitting this thing”? I wish you had a picture of the deer on here, too . . . :(
December 3rd, 2007 at 6:26 pm
@sara.
My gut reaction was to hit the breaks, which I only did gently after realizing that avoidance wasn’t an option.
December 16th, 2007 at 2:12 am
Joined the club eh? I hit a huge buck between Boise and Las Vegas when Cami and Summer were little. I shrieked, were going to hit a deer, just after dad crawled into the folded down back seat curled up with Cami and Summer was on the front seat in her carrier. I headed for the stomach, figuring it would be the safest. SCARY is the Perfect word. Then of course, dad jumped out and started shooting with his pistol at ???? who knows what. The deer was already off the road. Another car came by seconds later and ran over all our stuff which spurted out of the front trunk when said deer hit.
All at 4:00 am in the dark! Then of course, Summer and I have hit more of them here close to the neighborhood. All together it makes 4 for me!Little sucka’s, jump out of nowhere!!! Good job steering.MOM
April 11th, 2008 at 2:23 am
Yeah I hit a deer once , in my Lifted YJ (5′inch 33’s) , with a massive brush guard on the front …. that was pretty entertaining … i was driving down a road and me and my friend were in the car and we go , no way in hell … and just thunk … jeep was fine , and its got a nice pair of antlers mounted to the brush guard now
November 17th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
I have the same exact jeep and hit a deer last night… it looks exactly the same but the other head light is smashed…lol.
December 20th, 2008 at 12:01 am
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