Tomahawk
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On the way home last Friday we decided to go old Hwy24 because of the wind and go nice and easy. Old 24 is a back country highway with little traffic and it was very windy out
I was riding along and out of the ditch comes a deer, a big one right in front of me. I got slowed down enough to just miss it by a whisker it was that close. There was a red pick-up on-coming and just as I cleared the deer the pick-up right next to me going the other way nails it. The deer threaded the needle between the truck and me.
The sound in my left ear was like a gunshot. BANG the deer got hit but I am thinking oh crap where's it gonna land it was just off my left shoulder.
Ken a friend of mine, Riding behind said the truck spun the deer when it hit and it's legs almost took me out from behind I guess. He then had to dodge the deer that was thrown in front of him.
I didn't stop till we were well clear of everything and I asked Ken If he was okay and him the same back to me. I was shaking like a leaf it all happened so fast. The thing that sticks out the most was the sound when the truck hit. No lie it was like a crack of thunder or a gun shot right in my ear. Got to The nearest coffee shop and power smoked and guzzled a coffee as if I needed the caffeine on top of the adrenaline rush I was already on.
Please be careful especially at night that deer was on full run and wasn't stopping for me or anything else.
Ken and I are fine but I gotta say I am still a little freaked by how fast it happened and that noise
Ride safe polish your gremlin bells, lucky charms, rabbits foot. Whatever your into cause something saved my ass that night, Whatever it was I'm thankful it wasn't my day to Die I guess. But it was too close for comfort.
Ride safe all
Tom
On a lighter note Ken's loud pipes (Harley Rider LOL) didn't do anything to scare off that deer it was coming hard and was not stopping for anything, Loud pipes my bright yellow Fog lights nothin. It was going to get some cause it's mating season and all we do to be safe just didn't even slow it down. LOL
Cheers
I was riding along and out of the ditch comes a deer, a big one right in front of me. I got slowed down enough to just miss it by a whisker it was that close. There was a red pick-up on-coming and just as I cleared the deer the pick-up right next to me going the other way nails it. The deer threaded the needle between the truck and me.
The sound in my left ear was like a gunshot. BANG the deer got hit but I am thinking oh crap where's it gonna land it was just off my left shoulder.
Ken a friend of mine, Riding behind said the truck spun the deer when it hit and it's legs almost took me out from behind I guess. He then had to dodge the deer that was thrown in front of him.
I didn't stop till we were well clear of everything and I asked Ken If he was okay and him the same back to me. I was shaking like a leaf it all happened so fast. The thing that sticks out the most was the sound when the truck hit. No lie it was like a crack of thunder or a gun shot right in my ear. Got to The nearest coffee shop and power smoked and guzzled a coffee as if I needed the caffeine on top of the adrenaline rush I was already on.
Please be careful especially at night that deer was on full run and wasn't stopping for me or anything else.
Ken and I are fine but I gotta say I am still a little freaked by how fast it happened and that noise
Ride safe polish your gremlin bells, lucky charms, rabbits foot. Whatever your into cause something saved my ass that night, Whatever it was I'm thankful it wasn't my day to Die I guess. But it was too close for comfort.
Ride safe all
Tom
On a lighter note Ken's loud pipes (Harley Rider LOL) didn't do anything to scare off that deer it was coming hard and was not stopping for anything, Loud pipes my bright yellow Fog lights nothin. It was going to get some cause it's mating season and all we do to be safe just didn't even slow it down. LOL
Cheers
