My first roadkill
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FUBAR said:
Could have been worse 
again! I looked at the piccies and thought "Just a windscreen. Could have been worse", then saw that one .... 308mate said:
The landlady got the hump and said she already knew and it wasnt really of any importance anyway. As I walked away she spat "Just think, we eat your national emblem for lunch!"
I turned and called back across the bar "You can do what you want with it, we sell it as pet-food in Oz!"
Excellent! I turned and called back across the bar "You can do what you want with it, we sell it as pet-food in Oz!"
Oli.
So far i've hit two or three birds. I've so far managed to avoid the pheasants although i've dodged them on several occasions. The first time I caught a large bird on the top of my roof. I wont forget the noise or how bad I felt. The second time wasnt so bad, I just braced in case the glass went, then carried on. The third time was a pigeon that smacked the foglight in the smart while returning from a tunnel run after dropping RobGTO off. It broke a mounting and I didnt notice for ages till I found the light wobbled when I was cleaning it.
I hit a Wallaby once. Not in Australia I might add but on the West Coast of Scotland, just outside Inverary. It happened so fast I thought it was a deer but when I went to investigate the ditch it landed in a big tail shot out and I realised what it was. Poor thing was still alive so as I had just passed a Police station I went back and reported it. The officer greeted my tail (geddit) with a slightly unexpected 'Oh, That's fantastic!' Slightly surprised I asked him why and he explained that numerous drunken West Coasters on the way back from the Hotel bar had reported being confronted in the road by a 'Kangaroo'. They figured that some wallabys from the nearby rare breeds park may have escaped and bred in the wild but hadn't got hold of any material evidence. They have now.
As a side note I was 25 minutes late for dinner in Oban and as a result, my family ordered without me and I missed my starter. Stupid creature.
As a side note I was 25 minutes late for dinner in Oban and as a result, my family ordered without me and I missed my starter. Stupid creature.
My first and only road kill was a one year old boxer dog. The bugger did £600 worth of damage to my car (and wrote off someone else's Fiat Panda in the process). The thing I remember most vividly was the jangling of my keys as I ran over it
Edited by JuniorD on Monday 22 January 16:39
JuniorD said:
My first and only road kill was a one year old boxer dog. The bugger did £600 worth of damage to my car (and wrote off someone else's Fiat Panda in the process). The thing I remember most vividly was the jangling of my keys as I ran over it
Edited by JuniorD on Monday 22 January 16:39
Mate hit one of those HARD...it ran off yelping down the road....leaving him with a bill for £400....how rude...
My first roadkill was a hare. I was driving home (aged 19) to my parents house at about 2:00am. Damn thing ran out in front of me so close I didn't even have time to go for the brake. Splat.
Being a country boy I immediately stopped to go check up on it - sure enough its twitching. So I do the decent thing to it, and chuck it in the boot. The next morning my old man was pleasantly surprised to find it gutted, skinned, jointed and ready for the casserole pot in the fridge.
It was delicious.
Note: if you ever do the same do not make the mistake of leaving a hare to hang with its guts in. Unlike pheasants and other gamebirds and wildfowl rabbits and hares should be gutted IMMEDIATELY to avoid tainting the meat and making yourself ill. At least - this is what I have been taught.
Being a country boy I immediately stopped to go check up on it - sure enough its twitching. So I do the decent thing to it, and chuck it in the boot. The next morning my old man was pleasantly surprised to find it gutted, skinned, jointed and ready for the casserole pot in the fridge.
It was delicious.
Note: if you ever do the same do not make the mistake of leaving a hare to hang with its guts in. Unlike pheasants and other gamebirds and wildfowl rabbits and hares should be gutted IMMEDIATELY to avoid tainting the meat and making yourself ill. At least - this is what I have been taught.
zcacogp said:
FUBAR said:
Could have been worse
again! I looked at the piccies and thought "Just a windscreen. Could have been worse", then saw that one .... 308mate said:
The landlady got the hump and said she already knew and it wasnt really of any importance anyway. As I walked away she spat "Just think, we eat your national emblem for lunch!"
I turned and called back across the bar "You can do what you want with it, we sell it as pet-food in Oz!"
Excellent! I turned and called back across the bar "You can do what you want with it, we sell it as pet-food in Oz!"
Oli.
Quite a lot of blood spatter - I'm sure the occupant(s) of the car looked a right state after that!
My boss hit a pheasent in his open M3. The next day a gang of them sat in the middle of the road and won't move. He blasted the horn, which so frightened them that they took off and flew above him. As they passed overhead they expressed their alarm, covering him and his red leather seats.
Hit a few furry little things that just went under my car. Also a few birds straight into the windscreen - bounced off. Near miss with a calf at 60mph.
Know someone who came over a crest on a road rally, straight into a sheep.
Best prize goes to a guy I was on work experience with some years ago for turning up to work in the company Peugeot Expert, complete with dead pheasant stuck in the lower front grille. We left it there all day for a laugh while we went around local primary schools providing IT support!
Know someone who came over a crest on a road rally, straight into a sheep.
Best prize goes to a guy I was on work experience with some years ago for turning up to work in the company Peugeot Expert, complete with dead pheasant stuck in the lower front grille. We left it there all day for a laugh while we went around local primary schools providing IT support!
Edited by robwales on Wednesday 6th June 17:27
Living in the north east and spending much of my driving time in the north east, I have killed lots of things. I have killed countless rabbits, pheasants, hedgehogs, pigeons, squirrels, rats, mice, & insects. I have also killed a cat, a bat, and had close calls with a puppy, several horses, several sheep and several deer and a cow.
One of the most amusing was when a flock of seagulls flew into my windscreen. It was actually quite scary at the time, I thought for sure the windscreen would cave in, as I heard repeated thuds as one by one they hit off the windscreen. I actually ducked (no pun intended) for cover. When I looked in my rear view mirror, seagull corpses and pheasants rained down behind me.
I went over a rabbit once but it didnt go under the wheels, but under the body of the car. I was doing 80 at the time and i looked in my mirror and it was bouncing down the road like a football
I bricked it the first time a deer ran out. It was VERY close and there was no time to react.
The puppy bolted out from a pavement. I managed to stop in time - luckily for it, as it froze on the spot with fear. When I stopped about 2 foot away from it, it then ran off.
The cat bolted out from some bushes and straight under my wheel. I didn't go back to check as it would have been dangerous. I suspect it used up all its lives though.
I've actually thought about getting some small animal stickers made up for the car and every time i get one, i add it to my back screen, like a score chart. Probably not a good idea though if I don't want my tyres slashed
One of the most amusing was when a flock of seagulls flew into my windscreen. It was actually quite scary at the time, I thought for sure the windscreen would cave in, as I heard repeated thuds as one by one they hit off the windscreen. I actually ducked (no pun intended) for cover. When I looked in my rear view mirror, seagull corpses and pheasants rained down behind me.
I went over a rabbit once but it didnt go under the wheels, but under the body of the car. I was doing 80 at the time and i looked in my mirror and it was bouncing down the road like a football
I bricked it the first time a deer ran out. It was VERY close and there was no time to react.
The puppy bolted out from a pavement. I managed to stop in time - luckily for it, as it froze on the spot with fear. When I stopped about 2 foot away from it, it then ran off.
The cat bolted out from some bushes and straight under my wheel. I didn't go back to check as it would have been dangerous. I suspect it used up all its lives though.
I've actually thought about getting some small animal stickers made up for the car and every time i get one, i add it to my back screen, like a score chart. Probably not a good idea though if I don't want my tyres slashed
I hit a huge stag on the Bloxworth straights, near Bere Regis, Dorset - damn near wrote off my Fiat Uno -I was only doing 30/35. Bloody creature just leapt over the hedge and disappeared.
Bonnet was buckled, roof buckled, me trapped in car with severe neck pains - and all I could think about was the stench of musk!! Even after we got the car back from being repaired it stank. MrRotty likes to remind me of the time I got my car stuck up a deer's arse!
Bonnet was buckled, roof buckled, me trapped in car with severe neck pains - and all I could think about was the stench of musk!! Even after we got the car back from being repaired it stank. MrRotty likes to remind me of the time I got my car stuck up a deer's arse!
pbirkett said:
Living in the north east and spending much of my driving time in the north east, I have killed lots of things. I have killed countless rabbits, pheasants, hedgehogs, pigeons, squirrels, rats, mice, & insects. I have also killed a cat, a bat, and had close calls with a puppy, several horses, several sheep and several deer and a cow.
One of the most amusing was when a flock of seagulls flew into my windscreen. It was actually quite scary at the time, I thought for sure the windscreen would cave in, as I heard repeated thuds as one by one they hit off the windscreen. I actually ducked (no pun intended) for cover. When I looked in my rear view mirror, seagull corpses and pheasants rained down behind me.
I went over a rabbit once but it didnt go under the wheels, but under the body of the car. I was doing 80 at the time and i looked in my mirror and it was bouncing down the road like a football
I bricked it the first time a deer ran out. It was VERY close and there was no time to react.
The puppy bolted out from a pavement. I managed to stop in time - luckily for it, as it froze on the spot with fear. When I stopped about 2 foot away from it, it then ran off.
The cat bolted out from some bushes and straight under my wheel. I didn't go back to check as it would have been dangerous. I suspect it used up all its lives though.
I've actually thought about getting some small animal stickers made up for the car and every time i get one, i add it to my back screen, like a score chart. Probably not a good idea though if I don't want my tyres slashed
You're sick! One of the most amusing was when a flock of seagulls flew into my windscreen. It was actually quite scary at the time, I thought for sure the windscreen would cave in, as I heard repeated thuds as one by one they hit off the windscreen. I actually ducked (no pun intended) for cover. When I looked in my rear view mirror, seagull corpses and pheasants rained down behind me.
I went over a rabbit once but it didnt go under the wheels, but under the body of the car. I was doing 80 at the time and i looked in my mirror and it was bouncing down the road like a football
I bricked it the first time a deer ran out. It was VERY close and there was no time to react.
The puppy bolted out from a pavement. I managed to stop in time - luckily for it, as it froze on the spot with fear. When I stopped about 2 foot away from it, it then ran off.
The cat bolted out from some bushes and straight under my wheel. I didn't go back to check as it would have been dangerous. I suspect it used up all its lives though.
I've actually thought about getting some small animal stickers made up for the car and every time i get one, i add it to my back screen, like a score chart. Probably not a good idea though if I don't want my tyres slashed
I like it!
Many years ago when I had a bodyshop an xr2 was brought to me by the AA from a soldier in Catterick he told me he didnt want too go through his insurance and would pay for the damage himself anyway the car was in a right mess it needed some serious pulldozer work etc anyway the bill ended up at about £2,000 and I said too him what happened and he said he swerved too miss a rabbit so I said I bet you wish you ran the little bastard over now dont you he just frowned and nodded lol.
Limey 666 said:
Many years ago when I had a bodyshop an xr2 was brought to me by the AA from a soldier in Catterick he told me he didnt want too go through his insurance and would pay for the damage himself anyway the car was in a right mess it needed some serious pulldozer work etc anyway the bill ended up at about £2,000 and I said too him what happened and he said he swerved too miss a rabbit so I said I bet you wish you ran the little bastard over now dont you he just frowned and nodded lol.
Longest. Sentence. Ever.
Sharief said:
Limey 666 said:
Many years ago when I had a bodyshop an xr2 was brought to me by the AA from a soldier in Catterick he told me he didnt want too go through his insurance and would pay for the damage himself anyway the car was in a right mess it needed some serious pulldozer work etc anyway the bill ended up at about £2,000 and I said too him what happened and he said he swerved too miss a rabbit so I said I bet you wish you ran the little bastard over now dont you he just frowned and nodded lol.
Longest. Sentence. Ever.
ok beat it then smartarse.
Sharief said:
Limey 666 said:
Many years ago when I had a bodyshop an xr2 was brought to me by the AA from a soldier in Catterick he told me he didnt want too go through his insurance and would pay for the damage himself anyway the car was in a right mess it needed some serious pulldozer work etc anyway the bill ended up at about £2,000 and I said too him what happened and he said he swerved too miss a rabbit so I said I bet you wish you ran the little bastard over now dont you he just frowned and nodded lol.
Longest. Sentence. Ever.
Obviously past your bedtime sonny?.
love machine said:
The snag is with roadkilled game is usually when you hang it, the bruised bit starts to decompose. Not good. Better to drive around deliberately with a rifle, that goes for deer and squirrels, the lot.
So don't hang it? Casserole long and slow to get it tender. Hare is delicious done that way...
I wouldn't hang any roadkill myself. Too much chance of the internal injuries spoiling the meat. Clean it up right away and go for long slow cooking. Oh..and of course...only something you've just seen die. NO WAY should anyone just pick something up!
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