[redneck]

Driving to work Wednesday and I was attacked! It was a surprise rush from the left flank. Luckily I was traveling with heavy armor and used evasive maneuvers to avoid contact.
Cruising down the road between cornfields, Hank Williams III on the radio. I was just about to pass a house and was taken by surprise.
A small buck with about a 6" spike rushed me. Cornstalks wrapped around his head rendered him nearly invisible in the surrounding scenery. It was clearly a suicide attack as he bolted into the road less than 50 ft in front of my truck. Brakes grinding, tires squeeling I swerved just enough that the right corner of the hood on big green seemed to pass under his rump in mid leap.
He crashed head first into a chain link fence, wrestled himself free and ran behind the house before I could counter attack. I've placed the house under observation as I now beleive they are sympathizers.

Consider yourself warned :D

[Preacherman]

At least it was a single-shot... you have to watch out for those herds of full-auto deer! :D

[4v50 Gary]

My uncle was in his small Ford P/U when he was assailed by a buck. He saw it on a quiet country road and stopped. Hoping it would go off the road, he sat there idling his engine. The buck snorted, lowered his antlers and charged the P/U. :eek: My uncle sat there horrified as it ran directly at the truck. One dead buck and one smashed radiator later, my uncle, in a shakened condition, calls the CHP who respond. The patrolman congratulated him on bagging the biggest buck he's seen in the area.

[redneck]

Preacherman
Yeah I was glad it was just a straggler an not a full blown attack. What worries me is the careful use of campflauge while launching a quick strike. Seemed to be a lot of thought in how those cornstalks were wrapped around his head ;)

Gary
Thats wild! I think my buck was aiming for the driver side door, but lead a little much and overshot when I slammed on the brakes. Had it been a head on attack, I think I would have had to go hand to hand since the front end of my truck is the only place not needing hopeless amounts of bondo and a paint job already :D

[PATH]

Hit the gas if you can't stop in time. The front of the car rises and you'll plow him under. Hit the brakes and the front of the car lowers which can bring him over the hood into your lap. Ow! Judgement call. What about napalm?

[Glamdring]

"With a combination of hand to hand techniques and small arms fire...I am completely out of ammo! That has never happened to me before." Burt in Tremors II (IIRC) :D

[gun-fucious]

it also seems like gunning it and heading right at were he is standing,
is better than swerving and heading right for where he is about to go.

the do run in groups thou...

sometimes the lead deer is a diversion

Last week i was probed by a spotted fawn that ran down a hillside
then ran along the roadside

cute little bugger
it could prolly cause a few grand in damage
or kill someone if someone slams on the brakes to avoid it and causes a pileup

i am thinking a scorched earth policy is prudent for metropolitan deer

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[PATH]

B52 strikes seem in order at this point!;)