Anyone ever hit a critter with the Spyder?

[Rar]

Today, I narrowly missed a squirrel. It appeared from the leaves and was by my wheel before I saw it. :yikes: My impulse was to swerve, but there was a car coming from the opposite direction. I braced myself to hit the little fella. Fortunately, the little critter stopped just in time.

I hit a squirrel once with my car and felt awful. Hitting any critter with a Spyder seems doubly awful, certainly closer and somehow more personal.

 

[smoky]

They'll learn to keep they a## out of the road!.....:lecturef_smilie:

 

[Bob Denman]

Listen carefully to this...

:lecturef_smilieON'T YOU EVER SWERVE TO AVOID AN ANIMAL!!!
We all love them; but it's not worth risking your life or the life of somebody you might hit to avoid them.
Just get on the brakes and grit your teeth.
And I really, truly hope that you never have to report back to us on a Spyder/critter collision. :thumbup:

 

[Rar]

Listen carefully to this...

:lecturef_smilieON'T YOU EVER SWERVE TO AVOID AN ANIMAL!!!
We all love them; but it's not worth risking your life or the life of somebody you might hit to avoid them.
Just get on the brakes and grit your teeth.
And I really, truly hope that you never have to report back to us on a Spyder/critter collision. :thumbup:

On my return trip (after hitting the squirrel with my car), I'm certain it's mate returned to the scene to grieve.

 

[Netminder]

I have never hit anything on my Spyder, but have hit 3 deer :yikesver the course of my car driving time. Here in the Lauretntians of Quebec they are all over the place, and even more so during hunting season. Very hard on the deer and the car!:shocked:

 

[Ga Blue Knight]

I hit a large box turtle the other day with the rear wheel and the squish and crackle was horrendous! The nanny even had a little to say about it and the rear end wiggled a bit.

 

[SethO]

several people on here, including myself have hit deer with them. Some have went to the hospital over the accidents. I would not worry to much about squirrels, they breed about as fast as rabbits, both taste good but squirrels are rodents so would you feel bad hitting a sewer rat?

 

[ezduzit]

Squirrel thump dead!! No swerve for me! Got my swerve on after:cheers:

 

[Rar]

Was there a squirrel crossing sign posted in the area???????????????:roflblack:

:clap::clap::thumbup:

 

[Rar]

I have never hit anything on my Spyder, but have hit 3 deer :yikesver the course of my car driving time. Here in the Lauretntians of Quebec they are all over the place, and even more so during hunting season. Very hard on the deer and the car!:shocked:

Hubby has hit two deer with cars. Colleagues and friends would invite him to go hunting and request he bring his car.

 

[Rar]

I hit a large box turtle the other day with the rear wheel and the squish and crackle was horrendous! The nanny even had a little to say about it and the rear end wiggled a bit.

The critters are so much closer on a Spyder.

 

[FrankPa]

Small Critters???

I thought that's why SpyderPops invented the Bump Skid! :clap:

 

[Ivorspyder]

I hit a deer in Colorado 3 years ago riding my Goldwing.I got really lucky as I managed to keep the bike up and come to a stop totally unharmed.The cost to repair the bike was$7200.00.
The deer a big one at that landed in the ditch lying there for 10 mins. we all thought it dead when all of a sudden it got up and ran away.

Ivor:spyder:

 

[boborgera]

On my return trip (after hitting the squirrel with my car), I'm certain it's mate returned to the scene to grieve.

That's very common, Especially with Raccoons and opossums. That's why you'll often see two of the same animal type' hit near each other.

 

[Rar]

That's very common, Especially with Raccoons and opossums. That's why you'll often see two of the same animal type' hit near each other.

Interesting. Folks laughed when I told them another squirrel had appeared at the accident scene.

 

[boborgera]

several people on here, including myself have hit deer with them. Some have went to the hospital over the accidents. I would not worry to much about squirrels, they breed about as fast as rabbits, both taste good but squirrels are rodents so would you feel bad hitting a sewer rat?

:agree: And as a bonus it gets the dumb ones out of the Gene pool.

 

[MouthPiece]

"There's a dead skunk in the middle of the road." :joke::yikes:

 

[Bob Denman]

Hubby has hit two deer with cars. Colleagues and friends would invite him to go hunting and request he bring his car.

That's too heavy of a caliber to use on medium-sized game... You end up ruining too much meat! :gaah:

 

[Rar]

"There's a dead skunk in the middle of the road." :joke::yikes:

That's actually a fear of mine - that a dead skunk would be in the middle of my lane. nojoke

 

[Bob Denman]

"There's a dead skunk in the middle of the road." :joke::yikes: