stupid deer

Never argue with a Moose.
Back in 75 when I was driving team, we had a load that followed some back roads at night.
Came upon a moose in the middle of the road.
My co driver was at the helm.
We sat there for a minute or two while the Moose did the same. Finally Paul gave a honk on the airhorn.
The Moose's demeaner changed in a New York Second!
He lowered his antlers and ripped the crap out of our truck!
I was crawling up the ceiling of the sleeper trying to keep away from that thing!
Paul was trying to peel me off so he could hide.
Windshields were broken, driver door half ripped off, front grill torn loose.
The only good that animal did for us was get us a new truck and out of that old Freightliner COE.
And ####, those animals are big!

 

That is when you put it in drive and go.... trust me, he won't win against a diesel engine and 80,000lbs.

My uncle did the same thing when I rode with him in '85 up to his cabin in Wyoming. Moose just stood there so he blew the horn on his K100 and the thing lowered it's head and came at him. He poped the clutch and knocked it on it's ### and it got up and ran away. It's a show of dominance and once the big guy falls, he has lost and will be on his way.

 

Do you think if we extend hunting season to ten months out of the year we might eliminate some of this damage being caused by deer? The other two months we can use for reloading.

 

Michigan is already a warzone with bullets buzzing your head two weeks out of the year, I don't need a year-round finale. Thanks lol

 

This made me seriously LOL!!!!

 

ok guys just an FYI moose think the horn is a sing of aggression so it attacks ya saw what it did to your truck, I saw what it did to a early 80's ford compact. man i would not want to have been in that car. oh and only reason my boss would take for being late to work ( when i lived in maine) was there was a moose in the road. Nothing else was acceptable.

 

Come on, we work in a war zone out here, what's a few bullets whizzing around? Just duck. LOL

 

Now THAT was funny....

I was driving home last night when an SUV passed me. Once they cleared my front bumper, they did the one thing that tends to get on my nerves more than most other things...despite the fact that it was a 4-lane road and there was NOBODY else on the road, they changed lanes right in front of me so that I did not have as much room as I'd like between their back bumper and my front bumper. So, just as I'm backing off the throttle and preparing to change lanes to the left to regain my space cushion in front of my truck, I see a deer run out of the median and the SUV got all of it. As they slowed and I eased on around 'em, there wasn't much left intact on the front of their vehicle. Serves 'em right.

 

I needed that belly laugh!

 

The wife had a big buck commit suicide in W. Va. 6000 for the repairs. Insurance took care of all of it, less the deductible. I tried to have them pay for therapy since I was sleeping at the time. No chance LOL!