Smoked a Deer, guess the cost

[ltelmo]

My 2022 GMC canyon had the same deer impact and it was just under 6k when they got done, It went bye bye and Hence i got a Maverick now! Best of luck, I hate deer

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[Timothyd]

Last night on the way back from work I hit a six point buck. He jumped the ditch and I caught his back end with the front drivers side of my maverick. I’ve had the maverick 11 months and put on 27,000 miles. I plan to take to a Ford approved collision center. Let me know if you have any other tips, I have submitted a claim to my insurance and am waiting to hear back. I’ve heard parts take awhile to receive and are expensive. Any guesses on what this is going to cost to repair? I’m expecting a new bumper and headlight at minimum. The gap between the hood and fender also have me concerned there could be more.

Hit a deer with my truck mirror in upper Wisconsin with my Wisconsin girlfriend. I went back to find the deer and I wondered where my girlfriend was. She comes running up a moment later, turns out she was getting out her big knife to gut the deer. The deer had gotten up and run away but that's the difference between my Wisconsin and Illinois girlfriend. The Illinois girlfriend would just sit there losing it.

Well, at least you have some venison.

 

[Montana]

Never seen any real proof that deer whistles work.

Total placebo gimmick.

 

[hurrah]

There really isn't a great way to get a brush or bull bar on the front of a Maverick. It's a whole lot of plastic and not great front sub-frame to try and hook up to.

I hear you but I keep hoping-awhile back there was a thread about installing a bull bar but it sounded jury rigged and sounded like it would be even more difficult on my Tremor!

 

[mspmms]

I thought this was a thread about venison and a radically cheap cooking method...

I also had a different idea => meme

 

[Maverick Grabber]

I wouldn't be overly worried about the hood/fender gap until someone looked at it. Could just be the way the panel flexed upon impact. At least you're okay and the vehicle isn't severely damaged.

I worry about deer too. As someone else posted about NY deer.... Yeah, they're big, and I commute through what I call deer strike alley. I'm always willing to let someone else "lead" traffic in the morning.

Same here it's uncommon not to see a carcass in the daily commute, have hit 2 one in a Windstar with a wrecked front end, the other in my Chrysler 200 hit the hind quarter at 50 mph the deer kept going and not even a scratch in the paint, then a kind of where the semi in front of me hit one, it was in the middle of the road at night so i ran over what his wheels didn't flatten

 

[Dudley]

Definitely glad it wasn't worse! But, fact is the more we take away where wild animals live the more this will be and the more they will decide to be in our yards and on our front porches with this including bears and cougars and ... well, we can't blame them, really.

 

[MakinDoForNow]

I have hit many deer of the course of 50 years of driving. Some have hit me. Always thought this disproves Darwins theory of evolution. They never learn!

You only see/hit the ones who HAVEN'T learned!

 

[MakinDoForNow]

Same here it's uncommon not to see a carcass in the daily commute, have hit 2 one in a Windstar with a wrecked front end, the other in my Chrysler 200 hit the hind quarter at 50 mph the deer kept going and not even a scratch in the paint, then a kind of where the semi in front of me hit one, it was in the middle of the road at night so i ran over what his wheels didn't flatten

I did same dead in road deer in a 2006 RAV4! Was $5200!

 

[Ken Hell]

Last night on the way back from work I hit a six point buck. He jumped the ditch and I caught his back end with the front drivers side of my maverick. I’ve had the maverick 11 months and put on 27,000 miles. I plan to take to a Ford approved collision center. Let me know if you have any other tips, I have submitted a claim to my insurance and am waiting to hear back. I’ve heard parts take awhile to receive and are expensive. Any guesses on what this is going to cost to repair? I’m expecting a new bumper and headlight at minimum. The gap between the hood and fender also have me concerned there could be more.

This just happened to me in October. Took two months to get her back, cost north of $11,000

 

[AncientMan]

Your phrasing reminds me of an old joke: “The hardest part about smoking a ham is getting it lit” (for some people you have to pantomime smoking a cigarette)….

 

[Tailender]

How do you keep them working? The ones I've seen get plugged with bugs or snow/ice depending on the season.

I've never really had a problem. Snow and ice just melts off and I guess I'm lucky enough to not get bugs to hit exactly in the whistles. Pipe cleaners would take care of that I believe if needed. They do slide off the bases to make them easier to clean if needed.

 

[Tailender]

Never seen any real proof that deer whistles work.

Total placebo gimmick.

Well I haven't hit a deer in years since using them. Placebo or not, I'll use them.

 

[ripperAZ]

Last night on the way back from work I hit a six point buck. He jumped the ditch and I caught his back end with the front drivers side of my maverick. I’ve had the maverick 11 months and put on 27,000 miles. I plan to take to a Ford approved collision center. Let me know if you have any other tips, I have submitted a claim to my insurance and am waiting to hear back. I’ve heard parts take awhile to receive and are expensive. Any guesses on what this is going to cost to repair? I’m expecting a new bumper and headlight at minimum. The gap between the hood and fender also have me concerned there could be more.

I’m gonna go with Straight sevens like a Vegas deal and say it’s gonna cost $7777.77

 

[JennyJoannSuebeeMcNash]

Just to give you an idea. This deer strike cost about $4,500.00 and it was completed within a couple of weeks.

The blood is a nice touch. I need that on the front of my Maverick so pedestrians RUN.

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