Author Topic: Had a David Attenborough moment (Read 816 times)

Jocko · « **on:** July 04, 2021, 07:44:39 PM »

A bit too close for comfort look at nature.

This was a lot closer than it appears in the video.

peteo48 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 04, 2021, 08:20:24 PM »

Wow!

swhull · « **Reply #2 on:** July 05, 2021, 06:37:50 AM »

Nearly venison for tea! I’ve had a similar close call with a deer driving home on a night, scary stuff.

My friend once obliterated a deer in his old Clio, bent the bonnet a fair bit and left the white paint slightly red. A Land Rover defender pulled up literally 5 minutes later and duly took possession of the deceased!

culzean · « **Reply #3 on:** July 05, 2021, 08:31:43 AM »

Quote from: swhull on July 05, 2021, 06:37:50 AM

Nearly venison for tea! I’ve had a similar close call with a deer driving home on a night, scary stuff.

My friend once obliterated a deer in his old Clio, bent the bonnet a fair bit and left the white paint slightly red. A Land Rover defender pulled up literally 5 minutes later and duly took possession of the deceased!

IIRC the law is that if you knock over deer, pheasant ( edible animal ) etc. you cannot retrieve it for eating / sale, but the guy behind can... maybe something to do with poaching laws ?

Westy36 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 05, 2021, 10:19:07 AM »

Blimey that was very close.

I had a deer total my Pug 308 in Jan 2020. I've just checked my dashcam footage, and it was about the same size as the deer in your video, although I was doing 60mph when I hit it. I would post a photo of the damage to my car, but it is not very pleasant.

nowster · « **Reply #5 on:** July 05, 2021, 10:37:26 AM »

Deer are a particular problem when driving round the Scottish Highlands at night. They don't usually do stuff like this during the day, though.

fashionphotography · « **Reply #6 on:** August 09, 2021, 04:22:31 PM »

used to see similar when i used to live on Exmoor plus owls pheasants by the hundredweight lol and even had a buzzard. scayriest moment was when i had an old mk 1 fiat panda 4/4 one winter in the snow on exmoor was driving down a dark country lane at night and the biggest stag id ever seen reared up just next to the car..bit scary that..