I just got hit by a deer

You didn't learn from that one video? You're supposed to pick it up and put it in your back seat! Then, when you're down the road. Discover it ain't dead.

 

Oh yeah, what I said has nothing to do with what the Safety A-hole will do. Just the insurance side of things. Some people always look to mess up people's lives. Some don't.

 

Your looking at >$1k in parts and a few hours of fighting plastic.
Ofc you will need painting.. ~ $400

2 part bumper with reinforcing panels behind the skins.

Run some bungee cords & gorilla tape until you can get to a shop. DOT wont bother you if nothing is falling off and lights work.

 

Deer don't stop like other animals. Once they start they never stop until you hit them or they hit you, especially if they are in a pack, or rutting (in heat).

 

They fall down when they are on the roadway.
Try to run, no traction and down they go.
Now the ones still standing are scrambling to get around the ones that have fallen. They start to fall and make things worse. Now you have a big pile of flailing deer in the road.

 

Oh well......
You said " Just got hit by a deer"...... You did not say: "I just hit a deer".
So....the first one is NON PREVENTABLE.
The second one ....IS PREVENTABLE.
Your opinion counts.

 

Debrie could be a problem.
Duck Tape with it to prevent chunks of the bumber to fly out.
Dot will give You "thumbs up"
Happy trails.

 

yeah goes back to it not being a collision, but being an "other than collision" or comprehensive claim. It's not considered a TA. It's treated like hail damage or other "acts of God." Not sure how Safety looks at it. But that is how the law and insurance look at it. Live animal comprehensive, dead, collision.

 

I didn't realize that the Disney Bambi remake was going to be so soon.