Motorcyclist Hits Deer

[Bocephus]

Needed to run a few errands yesterday. Was almost home when I encountered an accident scene. A bike was lying in the road, still running. A local biker(he was out of sight over the SW road bank) had just had a collision with a deer(it was out of sight in the NE ditch). Apparently, after the impact(I've never seen as much undigested fecal matter scattered about in one place) he and the deer rode the skidding machine for about 146', where the deer exited left. He and the bike stopped about the 276' mark. Found him, made sure he was stable, climbed back up, killed the engine on the bike and with the help of another passer-by, got it up and out of the road. Took a bit for the local volunteer Rescue Squad to arrive, and quite some time to get him loaded up and on the way to the hospital.
I'm convinced the coyotes and bears are putting so much pressure on the does and fawns that they are staying close to houses and roads for security. Of course it didn't work out very well for this doe.
Bottom line gentlemen, if you ride, do be careful. This is not the way, time or place to fill that tag!

 

[Louisiana Shooter]

Glad the guy didn't get killed.....

 

[Bocephus]

When I saw all the fecal matter in the road and on the bike, along with this tongue stuck to the asphalt, still not knowing what had happened with no deer or rider visible, I was thinking, "this may not end well." Still not sure how this organ was removed, but it did not belong to the biker.
It sure could have been worse.
Here's the picture.

 

[Louisiana Shooter]

Yeah...that would've been my thoughts as well..........was it obvious that it was a tongue when you first saw it?

 

[avidflyer]

Last month in STL a couple hit a deer on the great river road. Both were thrown from the bike and died from the injuries. One thing I never really gave much consideration too when riding, but do now.

 

[Bocephus]

Last month in STL a couple hit a deer on the great river road. Both were thrown from the bike and died from the injuries. One thing I never really gave much consideration too when riding, but do now.

Yessir. Was an avid recreational biker for several years. Many years ago I was doing a night ride and had a close call with "venison on the hoof." Parked the bike, sold it to the first offer. Haven't looked back.
Now I know why.

 

[Brians356]

How do you ride carefully enough to avoid a deer springing out in front of you?
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[nakneker]

Glad he survived, he’s lucky someone cared enough to stop and help, It isn’t always the case. I’ve logged a lot of miles on a motorcycle. I live in deer and elk country and usually head for Utah or Colorado for extended trips. My wife rides with me 80% of the time. We’ve had two near misses, we were traveling at very reasonable speeds both times, things happen fast though and sometimes they happen so fast your not given any time to react. I rarely ride at night unless I have to and when I do speeds are reduced. The older I get the more defensive I get when riding motorcycles, deer and elk are bad enough but people on cell phones are the biggest threat now days. I’ve had bad experiences with them.

 

[DiffEQ]

276' of skid mark? How fast was the biker going? I dropped my bike at 55 once and only slid ~60'.
Looking at your picture of the road, that's not one I'd race upon for the simple reason of too many potential dangers. A possum can kill in that instance.

Highway 2 through Montana and Idaho comes to mind as a beautiful ride, but there you risk deer, wild turkey, and elk in addition to farm implements and stupid drivers.

How do you ride carefully enough to avoid a deer springing out in front of you?
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You can't, but when you ride, your head should be on a swivel. I've passed deer midday, feeding at the side of the road. One of those risks you take.

 

[Bill Norris]

The very reason I sold my Harley awhile back. Just too dangerous anymore with as mentioned above all the driver/cell phone operators and more animals seemingly wanting to play in or around the the road.

 

[SSL]

Maybe unavoidable, but sure sounds like he was flying low. I hope he was wearing a helmet. I'm bad about wearing one, even though my sister and my daughter (both nurses) tell me they have a name in the emergency room for motorcyclists that don't wear helmets...organ donors.

 

[No.343]

Please remember that does often travel with fawns and other does. If you see one look for its friend in the woods. I had to lock my brakes up one time. I was watching the lead doe and its friend jumped in front of me. Luckily, there was no collision.

 

[Iowa Fox]

Its not even safe to drive a car around here day or night. The state has a problem and they won't address it.

 

[KMart]

I hope he was wearing a helmet. I'm bad about wearing one, even though my sister and my daughter (both nurses) tell me they have a name in the emergency room for motorcyclists that don't wear helmets...organ donors.

In 1971, I witnessed a motorcycle hit a car in New Bern NC. I was getting gas at the time and the car pulled out of a side street crossing 2 lanes of traffic to turn left. the MC hit the car at the drivers side front wheel.
The first thing that came off was the helmet along with his shoes. The guy was launched over the hood and traveled some 20 yards before he hit the road. The helmet was ahead of him bouncing down the road like a basketball and traveled about 50 yards.. He was alive when the EMT's got there but I don't know the final outcome.

 

[Louisiana Shooter]

When I was young I rode street bikes and dirt bikes. I started getting really stupid by riding between lines of backed up cars and other really stupid things and realized just how stupid that was. One person opens the door.......I die.

Sold them all and never went back. Get the urge to ride every once in a while but then..........I know me, my 18 year old would wake up again and get me killed.

 

[itchyTF]

The old saying of "it's not if, but when" (getting in an accident) was getting to me as I was advancing in my 60's. Really didn't want to spend hospital time getting over who knows what in my advancing years. So, I sold my Wide Glide. Hated to do it but since it wasn't being used, I used the money to buy a Bridgeport. Swap one hobby for another.

 

[Tommie]

Sold my motorstatistic years ago. Deer and cell phones finally scared me off.

 

[Rocky Mt High]

Interesting to see this…two days ago had a friend hit a deer with his cycle. Broke ribs and leg.

 

[itchyTF]

Interesting to see this…two days ago had a friend hit a deer with his cycle. Broke ribs and leg.

His or the deer's?

 

[Bojo]

Many a good views on life happen in these forums.
Most things in life are a gamble of some sort, all with differing levels of estimated loss.

We all pay our monies and take our chances.

I myself fall into the group of “I don’t ride anymore because of a close call that was beyond my control”. LUCK before skill is how I come out physically un-damaged, mentally I decided the risk was not worth the rewards as riding became far less enjoyable.

OP glad you helped a fellow in distress.