Frazz by Jef Mallett for November 15, 2014

Almost hit a deer once. It was huge. Still don’t know how I swerved out of the way and how it didn’t end up in my lap.

I herd that!

I was riding a bike in the Hill County west of Austin, TX, one day. As I was going up a steep hill, I saw broken glass strewn up the road. After a couple minutes, there was a red smear in the middle of the lane. A few minutes more, I reached the back half of a deer lying at the side of the road. Finally, I got to the car. The front end was completely smashed in, and the front half of the deer was lying in the passenger seat. The driver was sitting on the ground next to the wreck, picking broken windshield glass out of his hair.Wish I’d had a GoPro camera back then.

I’ve bagged tow deer via auto- cide. Or maybe they bagged me.

When driving in deer season, usually in November, always scan back and forth watching the sides of the road. After dark, do the same. Deer can come up on the road at any time during the year, so if you’re driving where there are deer, do this, all the time!

I know a man that hit a deer, got his car fixed, sold it to his son , and the son hit a deer a year later. Same car, almost the same spot.

I hope we leave the deer hunting storyline next week (and never go back to it), it’s getting annoying and isn’t funny.

Someone hit a deer in front of our house a few years ago. It was still fresh, so we butchered it out and filed the freezer. No point in wasting free food.

My brother and a cougar collided in the same way, but as the cougar rushed into the side of his car, we say the cougar hit him. It was bad, all ‘round. The cougar, in case you’re wondering, was in the habit of running across this stretch of road to harvest cats from a rural home.

Most kills: moose, deep snow, train tracks..

And if you see one deer cross the road ahead as you approach, get ready because there are usually more to follow. I’ve never hit a deer but I did run over a duck at night once. What a duck was doing in the middle of the road at night I have no clue. Just trying to get to the other side I suppose

Our Office Manager had the nickname “Dianna, the Huntress” ‘cause she’d totaled two company cars on deer. The Boss wouldn’t let her use the company ride after #2. Nobody worried about the cars, we were worried about her and the “third time’s the charm” hex. :-)

pumaman: Probably a bit like pajama-wearing elephants. We will never know. But enough of this Marxist humor.

Sorry to hear that little girl.

As an auto appraiser, I saw hundreds of cars damaged by deer.One of the scariest deer hits I remember was a BMW convertible with an 8 point rack embedded in the windshield, inches from the driver’s face.But, my friend in Calgary tells me, deer hits are nothing compared to damage done by hitting a moose.

They do, but then the body just lands on the cabin. The damage is massive. Those animals are huge.

I live in Michigan I have hit 13 deer ns had one hit me it is a common problem here ..