It happens more often than you think

 

Nailed it!

 

 

Taken on the ride home from Fargo, ND to N.E.WA., by way of 200S.


Taken later that night at a gas station in Lincoln, MT. where I pulled over to check for damage under the lights.



I barely missed the little bastard with the front end but clipped his *** with my trailer. As I wobbled and weaved, regaining control of the bike, I glanced in the rear view and saw the stupid little forest rat spinning around like a top in the middle of the road. That's as close as I think I'll ever get and still manage to stay upright.

I don't count the ones in 4 wheels. You're not an official resident of Northern Idaho until you've hit a deer.

 

Here's a link to a Google Maps street view I discovered while virtually "traveling" through Wyoming. It shows the Google Maps car hitting a deer. Keep clicking forward little by little, and eventually you'll need to turn to the left and then behind you to see it all.

Stupid deer.
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Wow....never heard of that little gem.
wide open country too...ya'd think the deer could have had some avoidance there.

Speaking of "hitting birds" from some posts above...I took a seagull to my head, going down by the beach. Hit pretty good, I remember my neck hurting. But the worse part..gashed my scalp a bit...instead curtain of blood coming down the front of my face. Was early spring so the water was still ice cold but I had to go run in and dunk my head to wash off. Brrrrr.

 

Hey Frank that’s an Antelope not a Deer.

 

I live in Kansas, and we don't have any antelope...as far as I know...so they all look like deer to me. We do have Jack-a-lopes, though.

 

When I was younger we used to fill our tags every year but now I have a hard time staying up that late

 

Several close calls with deer, but lucky so far. Really try to avoid dusk/dawn and night riding. Those pesky things are so unpredictable. Passed by several moose on the side of the road while riding through New Brunswick a couple of years back. Hitting one of those would almost certainly be the end......