A date with a deer

Headed home from mountain biking wit my son the other night, I had an evening encounter with a suicidal deer. I was coming around a bend in the road with no shoulders on a 2 lane highway and I was able to avoid 2 of the 3. Considering the deer all but blew up on impact, the Tacoma fared pretty well. I mentioned getting both sides of my truck painted in this pattern and my wife called me a redneck. LOL

Luckily, damage looks to be limited to the bumper, grill, fender and alignment. All in all, it's hard to complain.

 

I say paint it that way makes people question if they wanna cut you off

 

Dang....that left quite the mark, thankfully it wasn't a Moose.

 

Good start to a zombie themed truck. Sorry about your ride, hopefully you get it fixed up quickly.

 

did you get some venison burgers out of it at least? LOL

 

"Considering the deer all but blew up on impact, the Tacoma fared pretty well. I mentioned getting both sides of my truck painted in this pattern and my wife called me a redneck. LOL"

I admire your humor in the situation, sorry about the truck, hope you get it fixed up quick.

 

You know, I didn't even go back to check. The Sheriff Deputy offered me a ticket for it. However, it was a pretty nasty stretch of road to stop and salvage the carcass. It would be too dangerous without some flares marking both sides of the bend in the road. And, that is not even considering that I am pretty sure that the Predator bars disembowelled the thing. The leading edges of the steps and various parts of my bed had what looked to be the stomach contents of the deer stuck to them.

 

Like I always tell my kids, it's a piece of metal than can be repaired. We were safe and that leaves little to really get upset about.

 

Man, you're killing me -- wife is giving me "the look".

 

Holy crap don’t let the vegans see that.

 

I feel like you should have a explicit pictures warning in title ... dam carnage lol

 

Looks like an easy fix-up, still sux - I got no use for fking Deer... they're stupid
and do nothing for nobody - had an encounter once where I actually was able to
stop but the stupid thing trotted right into my ( very old ) car. Always on the lookout
when riding a motorcycle for sure.

Good attitude and humor ... the world needs more of that - hopefully it'll be fixed up soon.

 

Nice carnage shot, truck looks good for what happened to the deer. Thankfuly the deer was the only causality.

 

Aftermarket bumper time. I did the same thing then hit one a year later with the SSO on. First one replaced the bumper. Second one we wiped it off.

 

Oh my god. That splatter is insane. I've never seen anything like that.

 

You ever had dear tamales? They do something alright!

 

Glad you’re both safe and looking at the brighter side of life…

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I guess you got to hit it on the first date huh?

 

I would just clear coat over it. lol!