My poor 1995 Toyota Corolla. It not only has 275,00o miles on it, but it has now taken on two deer in the last year that have not helped its condition.

The latest was 4:30am Saturday morning while I was on the way to Cypress Creek. I have a 20 minute ride right through some of the most deer-populated woods you can imagine, so at that hour, I normally run pretty slow to help ensure I don’t put one of those big, brown suckers on the hood. But sure enough, I had a giant buck come running right out of the edge of the Webb Center who was determined to be on the Gravel Hill Plantation side of the Augusta Stage Coach Road and smash into me.

And while I immediately hit the brakes when I saw him coming, my low car just took his legs out from under him, and he came flying up the hood and slammed into the windshield, smashing it. But I was just grateful that he didn’t come through, especially since his large rack was aimed right at my head!

Seconds later I finally slid to a stop, and that threw him back down the hood and down and off of the car. And while I was slightly in shock at the suddenness of the crash, I was thinking that I could use the extra venison and his 120 inch rack would look good with the rest of mine on the wall… However he must have recognized me as a big buck killer, because before I could get out and whack him with my mag light, he immediately jumped up and took off.

I checked out my car to make sure that the radiator was not cracked and went on in to help get a group of hunters out for their morning sit. I then came back and searched the woods for my deer, but I never found him. And he ran off into some pretty open pines where I should have been able to see him, so hopefully he survived our encounter and can grow a bigger rack next season. I will then gladly add a $400 taxidermy bill to the $250 windshield he just cost me.

Jeff

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