It's Monday.
I live in the country.
I know it's spring.
Deer live in my hood.
But do they HAVE to die because of my hood?
Minor damage to the Cruze, new hood, grille, headlamp mount panel and maybe condenser. No airbag deployment but I did get a service warning post accident.
Arrived at work an hour later than planned. All in all a normal Monday.
Bummer, glad you're OK, cars can be fixed.
Free venison! (Or, well, it'll help you offset the cost of repairs anyway)
Are you going to get the head mounted? 
Venison for dinner tonight?
I found out it's illegal to take a deer you hit with your car here in Texas. Well I heard it from an idiot so I'm not sure if that's true or not.
Sorry bout the car.
Bummer about the car.
Saw three fresh kills on the 40 mile commute home this morning. Nothing but blood n hamburger, nothing to shovel, it'll become road tar by tonight. Had to be semi trucks. Must be a good moon for feedin'
Man, that really sucks...However, a similar encounter totalled my brothers Maxima, so it couldve been worse. Glad to see that the Cruze can soldier on after such an event. How fast were you careening along in such a careless, deer-blivious manner? 
If you wait for the police, they can give you the proper paperwork to take the deer. At least then when you get to work late, you can fry up the back straps with some butter, onions, and mushrooms for everyone to share.
In reply to 4cylndrfury:
He was clearly driving at a highly excessive rate of speed. Just look at that impact crater in the 2nd to last pic! 
I've taken out 2 with a Lexus. Both cost me over a thousand in deductible.
In Arkansas, Road Kill Deer is legal if you call the state and tell them. Fresh Road Kill Deer rarely lasts longer than a few hours before someone picks it up for dinner.
My dad was once the guy the troopers called To come get the deer after it had been hit. We ate lots of venison.
Bumper deer are the best way to get hamburger.
In reply to Dusterbd13:
Pretenderized!
Furious_E wrote: In reply to 4cylndrfury: He was clearly driving at a highly excessive rate of speed. Just look at that impact crater in the 2nd to last pic!
That thing went straight up and over about 30 ft. so yes... what Furious said.
I was going from stop to "55" went I saw the herd. On the binders a little then Bambi thought he was going to play with Thumper... then Thump. I was at about 25 for impact. I intentionally turned to center it in the grille because I didn't want a full on air bag deployment at 5:45am.
No where to store the venison so it's Kalamazoo counties problem.
In reply to QuasiMofo:
Storage? I'd just cut out the backstraps and cook them on the coffee maker in the break room for lunch.
WI motorist handbook says (I'm going from memory here - so many not be exact words but it is close):
If a deer is killed by a motor vehicle accident, the driver is entitled to take the deer. If the driver declines, the next driver to arrive is entitled to take the deer.
The0retical wrote: In reply to QuasiMofo: Storage? I'd just cut out the backstraps and cook them on the coffee maker in the break room for lunch.
Bacon wrapped venison backstraps, slow grilled. OMG.....
RossD wrote: If you wait for the police, they can give you the proper paperwork to take the deer. At least then when you get to work late, you can fry up the back straps with some butter, onions, and mushrooms for everyone to share.
Three cloves of garlic and one finely diced habanero in the butter sauce,
The0retical wrote: In reply to QuasiMofo: Storage? I'd just cut out the backstraps and cook them on the coffee maker in the break room for lunch.
Our break area sits about 195 people. The coffee maker is just a bulk storage dispenser. The chef in the cafeteria would love to prepare it but he'd eat it all himself
Grtechguy wrote:The0retical wrote: In reply to QuasiMofo: Storage? I'd just cut out the backstraps and cook them on the coffee maker in the break room for lunch.Bacon wrapped venison backstraps, slow grilled. OMG.....
Yes please
Back in the day, I had a buddy who would go deer hunting with a dart.
A '75 Dodge Dart, to be precise. He claimed the 5mph bumpers damaged the meat less. It probably didn't hurt that he'd welded 4 steel spikes to the bumper.
Nick (Bo) Comstock wrote: I found out it's illegal to take a deer you hit with your car here in Texas. Well I heard it from an idiot so I'm not sure if that's true or not. Sorry bout the car.
it is, but i think if you call the game warden they can give you a tag to allow you to keep it.
so what did weigh out fully dressed?
Try hitting one with your bike. My shoulder still hurts from that. It was a big reason why I parked my bike.
Robbie wrote: WI motorist handbook says (I'm going from memory here - so many not be exact words but it is close): If a deer is killed by a motor vehicle accident, the driver is entitled to take the deer. If the driver declines, the next driver to arrive is entitled to take the deer.
I like how there's state sanctioned higharchy of calling dibs on roadkill since it doesn't make me feel like such a redneck when other states also allow the same. Pennsylvania has a similar set of rules but we're supposed to inform the warden. (I think, generally I call them anyway because questions get asked when you drag a deer in with a couple of .45 rounds in it unannounced.)
I've hit them before out in the rural areas and before I can assess if the animal is dead or not I've had trucks pull up behind me and ask if I wanted it.
I briefly worked with a guy(Bill) who was an avid outdoorsman, and he told me a story about a time he was in training up in Wisconsin. Some of his classmates, who were local, invited him to go out hunting with them one evening after work. So they meet after work and hop in a guy's old beater pickup. Bill notices the lack of guns and asks about it, but they just laughed off his question.
So they get out to an empty country road and park the truck. They're chatting, Bill is getting somewhat nervous, and several minutes later the driver hits the lights, the accelerator, and drives straight into a herd of deer that's gathered on the road. They do a u-turn, toss the dead deer in the back, and head back to town...
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