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Anybody ever hit one of these before?

Old Jul 26, 2008
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Anybody ever hit one of these before?

Was out late the other night and then next morning I saw a wierd lookin wing sticking out from under the hood.

Dont these things have like a built in radar base?

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Old Jul 26, 2008
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ha, my dad got a bird stuck in his honeycomb grille a little while back
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008
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thats funny must have been one of those "special" bats HA
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008
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damn, BatTruck would be its new name if it were mine!
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008
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I had a cardinal stuck in my radiator a while back. I had to beat that sucker out with a stick
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008
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I hit a whole flock of swallows 3 weeks ago I took 3 direct hits was a little gruesome washing the feathers and beaks off but luckily no damage.
A bat thats a new one by me the strangest thing I every hit was a heron when I was driving a plymouth turismo.that thing was a bird magnet, it had quite the body count.
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008
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HAHA! nice.
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008
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I got 5 turkeys with a F-150 a while back, came around a corner WAY to fast an theres a flock o turkeys in the road.

Feathers flew that day.
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008
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My sister hit a chicken one time. It was sooo funnny. Like hitting a feather pillow. Kinda of odd cuz usually bats fly high.
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008
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hahaha you killed batman:) Oh wait nevermind. Never hit a bat before but plenty of birds.
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008
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I hope other people have seen Chris Farley in Black Sheep so I don't sound like a complete idiot
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008
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Good grief that's a long reply. hahahaha His radar must have been inop at the moment:)
 
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Old Jul 27, 2008
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My friend hit an Owl with his 07 Ranger. Got stuck in between his bumper and grill.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2008
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I've never hit any flying animals..I try but they move two quick for me

But if theres a raccoon on the road..them things are slow
 
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Old Jul 27, 2008
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I was heading home on Wednesday night from work in the Dodge, and there was a bird in the middle of the lane right before my driveway. I figured it would fly away, but instead, it just stayed there. I drove over it, and when I looked in the rear view, IT WAS STILL JUST STANDING THERE!

My kill list has been just a pheasant, skunk, and a jack rabbit. I've almost hit about 5,000 deer, 2,500 elk, 14 moose, 35,000,000 robins, 1,300 foxes, and a partridge in a pear tree.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2008
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I hit one with my '95 ranger about 2 years ago.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2008
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Originally Posted by mud_bogger
Dont these things have like a built in radar base?
Maybe it was JAMMED!!
 
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Old Jul 27, 2008
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ive had an owl try to come through my windshield. i think the beak made it through. and i found a bat jammed between the fender and the hood one day. i think it had been there for a while...
 
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Old Jul 27, 2008
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Nice, harry little critter ain't it! I have hit a raccoon, a frog, and a rabbit or two, never a bat though.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2008
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Well ive got a weird one i had removed the little sheild over the air intake hose for my box to see if i could get more air in there and two weeks later iw as driving to work and hit a bird didn't think anything it till i tried to start my truck and it would turn but wouldn't start so i popped the hood and there were feathers everywhere! lol it was pretty crazy though.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2008
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Last time I pulled my skid plate to bang out the dents I found one of those in there. Guess his radar wasn't working either.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2008
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Never a bat but I hit a little bitty hoot owl it was abot 8 inches tall looked like the one from the cartoons I felt bad about untill I had to wash it off there ...
 
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Old Jul 27, 2008
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Originally Posted by FireRanger
Maybe it was JAMMED!!


its RASPBERRY!!!
 
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Old Jul 27, 2008
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i hit a goose once in my F150 going 75 on the freeway (yeah, a fullsize goose fyling on the freeway, go figure.) it just sounded like a giant THUMP then i looked back and it looked like someone just ripped open a feather down pillow and dumped it out my window hahah, it was an instant cloud of feathers on the freeway, kinda like james bond's smoke screen hahaha!
 
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