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Old 10-25-2014, 05:14 AM
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Oh deer is right!!

Knock on aluminum, I've hit 2 with my Honda Pilot in the past 6 years but none with the RV.

When it happens you are extremely agitated but in time you just laugh it off, it's life in the country. Truth is there are too many deer everywhere and they need to be thinned out with a longer hunting season.

PS I bought a couple cheap Deer Whistles on line, have actually seen deer turn and run along the road, wonder if they would work on an airplane. It's my understanding truck drivers use these things and they work. Yet the last time it happened to me, the repair guy said he fixes cars that had the whistle so they are the total answer.
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Old 10-25-2014, 06:22 PM
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over the years ive lost two friends in motorcycle / deer accidents and have been seriously injured in a motorcycle / deer accident. The deer population is out of control.
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Old 10-27-2014, 08:59 AM
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Rest assured, it's not a fake. It happened right after landing. My parents live at a rural airport, and the deer around there are thick too! What are you going to do when they jump out in front of you? The engine is coming here. We don't have seven in the shop that have hit deer, but we did just complete one where this happened. I also have dear friend who is an airshow pilot and charters a caravan who hit one on landing a couple of years ago. Scared the bejezus out of him!
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Old 10-28-2014, 07:10 PM
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two coyotes at the run up pad tonight. it's a fenced airport. there are a lot of animals moving around this time of year.
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Old 10-29-2014, 05:06 PM
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Years ago, while doing touch and goes at McGuire AFB in a C-141 at night, just as we were about to rotate, a deer ran out in front of us. Small thump. Might have been a tar strip in the runway.
"Did we hit him"
"I dunno"
Asked the tower to send someone out for a look-see.
"Did they find a deer?" we asked.
"Well…he found 'parts' of one.

We were lucky that it only bent, instead of broke, a brake line, because we could have lost the left wheel brakes. The wheel well was…well…"redecorated".
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Old 10-30-2014, 08:58 AM
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Hand Proping a plane can be one of the most dangerous things a deer does. Check throttle and lock brakes !!!!!
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