A good rule of thumb in deer country (or any where else) is not to swerve to avoid animals in your vehicles path.
Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gonz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re: OT - Cat Stew >I hit a large coyote with a minivan once, at about 75 miles per hour. > It just ran into the highway at night, and afraid a sudden maneuver > would flip the vehicle, I just tried to keep it away from the path of > the tires and center the van. The impact cracked the plastic skirt > under the front bumper and left some marks on the bumper itself. If > it had been my bimmer, that would have been much worse, being much > closer to the ground. > > My sister-in-law is a nurse and once she was called late at night due > to a bad accident. A family of four lost three people due to the > driver trying to avoid a raccoon crossing the highway and running > their car off the highway and flipping it. > > On 9/5/07, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > >> > From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > I agree. If you are going to control animal numbers and a cull is >> > necessary, shooting - as long as it is with a rifle and not a shotgun >> > (unless at point blank range) - is fine. As long as death is instant. >> > Traps are a no-no. Anything that produces prolonged and sustained >> > suffering is bad. Like aiming a car and running over a feral cat. >> >> The suffering will not only be the cat's. Hitting anything substantial >> at speed (unless you have something like a Defender) will result in major >> bodywork damage and expense. Bones will easily penetrate tyres. Having >> seen the almost complete rebuild required of a (metal) front end once, >> due to (accidental) impact with a hare, I do think the original statement >> was hyperbole. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
