The Maverick drivers deer hunting thread...

Well shoot. The title threw me. I thought you meant Deer hunting w/ a truck.

 

Picked up a beer load at Coors in Golden, CO yesterday and saw a nice 5x5 Elk standing outside the fence.

 

So did I... Darn.

Well, I've never "hunted" one with the truck, but I had to get out of my truck while stopped in the middle of Interstate 90 to literally kick one out of the way so I could go on...

(Yeah, I actually got out and physically kicked him lol)

 

Used to get a deer every year with my bow......after starting trucking.....3 years no deer.

 

I always swerve cuz they are so CUTE!

 

Lol I know you're joking jxu, but for those that are new drivers or considering becoming drivers, it's a bad idea to swerve.

if you swerve to miss an animal on the highway, and to lose control and hit something, it's an instant DOT citation for Failure to Maintain Control. If you hit it head on, obviously there will be damage, but it'll be considered by DOT to be an unavoidable accident because the animal was in the road.

Just an FYI for new drivers, a DOT officer told me that.

 

I don't swerve for much of anything. If you swerve even in the car you can go into the other lane and if you hit another car it is failure to control your vehicle. Any officer will tell you that! I'll brake and if the animal doesn't move oh well! Might be dinner for later on! It is actually always better to slow down stay in your lane and hope the animal is smart enough to move than to swerve around it no matter what you are driving.

 

Venison, pre-tenderized, $0.00 per pound. You'll be eating good while your truck is in the shop for 3 weeks