DEER IN THE HIGHWAY

If you are a driver I'm sure you have had to dodge, slow down, or have seen deer in the road. It is amazing what damage can be done to your vehicle. Also, if you have ever driven the Gail Highway from Post to Gail it is nothing unusual to see 20 to 30 deer on any given day. It is a parent's nightmare that you receive a call that your child (ren) has been in an accident (so far I have had two of these such phone calls) neither one any worse or better than the other. Well, on Monday morning I receive the second of such phone calls from D'Nae telling me they have hit a "deer". I immediately go into panic mode..Is everyone ok ? Do I need to come get you ? All the parent questions in stress mode. NO..NO..Everyone is fine. The truck is fine. They are going on to school. They looked at it when they stopped and got gas. Ya See, they weren't even on the Gail highway. They were on the Tahoka highway headed to town to get gas.



Ok..time to relax. When D'Nae gets home Monday night I go look at the damage. VERY LITTLE ??? Ok..how can you HIT a "deer" (I'm sure going 70 mph that NOBODY saw) and look back and see it laying in the road and the only damage that has been done is on the lower part of the bumper. It took 1/2 the black plastic that hangs below the bumper off and about 1/4 of the bumper. The part that holds the fog lights and the license plate. That's it. The hood isn't damaged. The headlights not damaged. NOTHING else. The only thing that Mike and I can determine is that the "deer" was already dead and they ran over it. So, I go looking for her license plate...I found it and the "deer" !! Check out the "deer" below:


Now...That is just one HUGE GIGANTIC "DEER" !! My children don't know the difference in a COYOTE and a deer....and the school mascot is the Borden County COYOTES !!! This now explains the damage done to the truck a little bit better and makes a WHOLE lot more sense.

So..this morning I give a little lecture about watching where you are going. Don't be messing with the radio. Stay focused. Watch for real DEER.. and of course D'Nae says "and coyotes"

Just thankful and grateful that none of them were hurt and everyone is ok. Nothing that can't be fixed or replaced.

BEWARE OF "DEER" IN THE HIGHWAY !!!