Gruesome weekend

[jdcrush]

I went to the cabin this weekend and it was a rough ride on the front end of the truck. I must have hit 50,000 mosquitos 1,000 butterflies a few hundred bees and horseflies, and one large flock of swallows. Fortunately I only took one direct hit with swallows. It took quite a few bucks at the car wash to get the front end clean, lol. The funny thing is this is the second time that ive taken out a flock of birds, I took a direct hit from about 2 dozen birds in a 84 duster when I was 18.
So I guess this puts my record at
2 dozen songbirds
1 Ruffed Grouse
1 Seagull
2 Crows
1 Heron
6 Rabbits
1 really stupid Muskrat
Fortunately have not clipped anything larger yet

[Northern Supercrew]

you wanna come up and take out some of my skeeters? we're trying to give a few away to all the tourists that come thru. lol. that's a pretty good count. i hit way too many grouse to keep count as well as rabbits. ran over a porcupine with the work truck last year and didn't get a flat. i try not to swerve to avoid a collision with an animal unless it's bigger than me.

[jdcrush]

yah you ve got spruce grouse dont yah. and they have to be the dumbest bird there is

[Northern Supercrew]

yep, they don't call them fool hens for nothing. i get amazed everytime i drive by one and they run across the road into my lane and hit my tire. fresh grouse and i didn't have to fire a shot. lol

[SCREWDRIVER]

the best was a few years ago, i lived out in the boonies and it was about a 20 minuted drive to my school, so my sister drove me, and we were comming down this hill, and at the bottom of the hill was a dump of a house, the kind that has an old asuna sunrunner for a chicken coop... well they also had a bnuch of big white swans for some reason... well the big white van infront of us nailed one doing about 80kms and the carcass came flying at my sisters face and just missed her open window...haha i rotfl everytime i think about her reaction...priceless... poor bird:icon_sad::icon_biggrin:

[Bush_aholic]

^^^^^That's good....LMAO!!!

Yup Spruce Hen's are pretty dumb you can sit there and hit them with little rocks(or big ones:)) over and over and they won't move.. My dog loves chasing those bugger's.

I usually try not to hit anything big or small and I swerve according to speed and road conditions still get a few once in a while though, winter it's sorry bud your in my way clunk....

Cut the head off a Hen one time stuck out it's neck under the truck and my transfer case skid plate perfectly cut it off clean, the rest was unharmed.....good eating :)

[jdcrush]

you can up that score by two more swallows, I washed the roof of the truck today and found a coupla dents and quite a few feathers.

[CanadianRanger]

Is your truck painted camouflage? or are the birds just dumb? ...LOL

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2375/2038697195_0f130751f1.jpg?v=0

[Northern Supercrew]

had a ptarmigan take out a brand new clear signal lens on the old 97 150. had no lens until i got back home 4 days later and put stock ones back in. at least i killed him good!!!!

[jdcrush]

Is your truck painted camouflage? or are the birds just dumb? ...LOL

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2375/2038697195_0f130751f1.jpg?v=0

just dumb i guess


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The Heron did the same to a 84 turismo that I had. It came out of the ditch at dusk and busted up the front corner of the car pretty good. all I saaw was beak and feathers, I said WTF was that had to back up to see what I hit I couldn't beleive it when i saw the heron in the road

[CHOCO]

ID HAVE TO COUNT THE SCRATCHES ON MY DOOR (EVERYTIME I HIT A CRITTER I PUT A LITTLE SCORE IN THE PAINT)BUT I HAVE A FEW THATS FOR SURE....DONT JUDGE ME!!!

[mitchbtu]

Its been awhile but I have hit more than my share of Grouse, love them if they arent too damaged... The breast is really good eats....