What's your "road kill" tally?

[SpacemanSpiff0x0]

Oh dear...here goes my list.

Cage
Ford Explorer : 2 deer...both at high speeds...fly like a golf-ball at a driving range
Ford Ranger : 1 deer, 2 opossums (those things are dumb), and an unfortunate squirrel
Audi A4 : 1 deer (but it hit into the side of my car...so I don't know about counting it), 1 rabbit, and a cat (definitely the most depressing)
Dodge Stealth : 1 ENORMOUS raccoon. It ripped off the front ground effects!

Bike - Street
1970something BMW : 1 rabbit and a robin.
2008 FZ-6 : Nothing yet!!!

Bike - Dirt
-1 Deer...I'm serious. It was bedded down for the day and I came around a bend like a bat out of hell...no chance for either of us. I layed it over and it tried to jump. What resulted was quite possibly the strangest thing I have ever been a part of. The deer was barely getting off the ground when the bike slid into the legs and flipped it...almost on top of me. Luckily in its insane scramble to get out of there it didn't stomp on anything vital or unprotected by gear.
-1 Turkey...so sad. Little bugger didn't have a chance after she got tumbled under the front-wheel. Once again...I bit it...but no injuries on the dirt. Almost saved one of the breasts to eat at camp later that night (I know I know...sooo redneck).

I will continue to update on my murderous rampages.

P.S. In case you were wondering...the high number of deer hits is due to where I live (Northeast of Pittsburgh Pa). It is known in the insurance industry for having one of the highest deer hits per capita in the country (according to my agent). The comprehensive coverage here is really high.

[jsteinb95]

I have never hit an animal while on a bike, nor in a car!

[Fred]

One bird of some sort in Wyoming. It took off from the roadside and shared spacetime with the upper part of my helmet.

Had a couple of buzards attempt the same thing on the way back from the 100 mile loop a few weeks back. I hugged the tank and prayed. Otherwise I would have taken those birds in the chest.

Oh yeah, when a buzzard is coming at you, suddenly you wish that the Fizzer's windscreen was a whole lot bigger.

[Hellgate]

Originally Posted by Fred

Oh yeah, when a buzzard is coming at you, suddenly you wish that the Fizzer's windscreen was a whole lot bigger.

No SH*T!!!! That happened to the wife and me, I ducked and she damn near jumped off the back of the FZ. She was pounding my back after that one!

[Nelly]

Originally Posted by OkieDavid

Just wondering what everyone has hit....I'll start.
At 3500mi I've logged a bunny (no problem) and Mourning Dove to the right arm (no problem) but yesterday I took a Hummingbird to the throat...Darn rascal hit me perfectly above the collar of my jacket and just under the chin guard on my helmet.....Between the tears streaming down my face I was able to get shut down but man did that bugger almost knock me flat...A stupid tiny hummingbird....Guy behind me stopped to check on me and said it looked just like someone had smacked me in the face with a down filled pillow LOL

Ok I have only hit a pidgeon in full flight, bloody hurt.
I would like to pay homage to a member who hasn't posted in a while. This guy is a killing machine lol His prefered weapon is two wheels.

Originally Posted by re-pete

Animals I have killed on street bikes:

Bike: 1982 kawasaki GPZ 550
animal : decent sized pigeon hit me in the shoulder at highway speeds... messy

Bike : 1985 Suzuki GS 500
animal : black bird struck me in the knee.. ouch.. had to pull over after that one smarted.

Bike: 1995 Kawasaki Ninja 600RR
animal : 30lb racoon. didn't hurt me but it hurt my bike.

Bike : 2004 Yamaha FZ6
Aniamal.. well insect actually.. June bug at 100mph. Hit me in the middle of my helmut sheild, hit so hard it cracked my sheild and wrecked it.

I really hope that will be my last animal inpact.

[surfinfazer]

I'm going to join Shaggystyle and say that I think I killed a deer. I hit it pretty hard, and straight on, but it did sort of "run" off. More like a stumbling falling sort of run, but it wasn't dead on the spot. I hope for the deer's sake that it either healed or died quickly, instead of a month later from starvation or something. I've hit some other smaller things in the cage, but that's it for bikes.

[Botch]

About six dragonflies last late summer (those things hurt!).

And about a week ago, I had my faceshield open a crack, and took in a bee! I pulled over quickly, pulled up the shield and he flew off. He didn't sting me and I didn't kill him, so I guess he doesn't count, and I'm at peace with the world.

[Cloggy]

Luckily only 2 small birds, a sparrow hit my arm (oww) and a thrush hit my chest, and fell dead in my lap, it really took the wind out of me.
I dread to think what a pigeon or bigger would feel like.

[wrightme43]

I took State Route 28 out in S. Carolina.


A road man, I killed a road.

[davidsa1]

Bike=a rabbit and a rat. Car=Rabbits,armadillo,opossum,squirls,cat,dog,chic ken,vulture,snakes,racoon, and countless birds. for about a 2 month strech I killed something once a week, my car was a spawn of Satin.

Oh ya! The racoon I hit right in front of my work and a co-worker took it home and ate it.