Hit a deer!

Doltanian

I was driving along by a fancy hotel today and there is a private footpath and woods adjacent to the road, anyway without noticing anything I heard a thump, a Jap deer jumped out of the woods and crashed straight into the back rear quarter of my car coming out of my blindspot and I seen him staggering around the road after.

There was some braindead woman inside with two stupid dogs on no leads who had no doubt chased the deer out onto the road into my path. Anyway I was luckily doing only 50km/h as there is a speed limit outside said fancy 5 star German hotel. I pulled up to inspect the damage and amazingly there was none only like a mucus smear where there deer smashed his nose into the rear quarter.

Luckily I am comprehensively insured but I was wondering who or what would have happened had the deer done damage to my car? Coming from a farming background myself I know that if any of my livestock were to damage a car then I'd be liable. This hotel and grounds should be liable as they have the deer there and the tourists love them. They are non-Native Deer and I was pretty pissed off as I only bought the car a week ago.

goz83

Just assuming here, but the deer don’t belong to the hotel and merely happen to be there, right? Wild animal and all. So there wouldn’t be anyone to hold accountable if the deer damaged your car.

It was caught on camera I’m afraid...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcQiYSzwN3c

Morby

How was the deer after?

Take it this happened in Killarney?

corks finest

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Doltanian

Morby wrote: »

How was the deer after?

Take it this happened in Killarney?

Sure did, I didn't give a god damn about the deer and I was more concerned about pulling in out of the traffic.

Mooooo

Wild animal, same as hitting a badger your own insurance would have to cover it. Plenty signs in Kerry 're deer doesn't mean you can avoid them but it is a risk

Guy:Incognito

Take the deer as payment for any damage and have a few nice dinners

redcup342

Similar happened to a relative of mine, hit a deer on the way home.

Wild animal so no liability, however he brought the Venison to a butcher friend of his and they had great venison for the whole family for months.

Tabnabs

Doltanian wrote: »

I was driving along by a fancy hotel today and there is a private footpath and woods adjacent to the road, anyway without noticing anything I heard a thump, a Jap deer jumped out of the woods and crashed straight into the back rear quarter of my car coming out of my blindspot and I seen him staggering around the road after.

A rare kamikaze deer OP, not many of them left now...

Del2005

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Take the deer as payment for any damage and have a few nice dinners

Legally you can't take anything you kill from the road. So the bigger kick in the balls is that your car can be destroyed by a wild animal and there's nothing you can do, but the person following gets free tenderised meat.

aaakev

Del2005 wrote: »

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Take the deer as payment for any damage and have a few nice dinners

Legally you can't take anything you kill from the road. So the bigger kick in the balls is that your car can be destroyed by a wild animal and there's nothing you can do, but the person following gets free tenderised meat.

Where exactly does it say that in law? Not saying your wrong just curious

Guy:Incognito

aaakev wrote: »

Where exactly does it say that in law? Not saying your wrong just curious

Plus the law of "who'll know" supercedes written law.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

You will end up forking out the doe yourself, I doubt it will be too deer mind you, but thats the game you have to play.

uck51js9zml2yt

Rex Howling Campground wrote: »

You will end up forking out the doe yourself, I doubt it will be too deer mind you, but thats the game you have to play.

And I presume you thought that one up while drilling into someones molar

rameire

if you had of been going faster, nothing would have hit you....

Doctors room ghost

Was it a small lad.muntjac deer they are called.chinese origin I believe.they have two savage sharp teeth that stick out of their jaw.manys the dog that got opened up by them.dogs often flush them out of hiding and the wee muntjac will carve them open like a surgeons scalpel.seriously.right saucy fukrs when threatened.you were lucky no damage done.if there was there is nobody to blame.know a lad who struck a big red.badly damaged car.payed to fix it himself

Benildus

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Was it a small lad.muntjac deer they are called.chinese origin I believe.they have two savage sharp teeth that stick out of their jaw.manys the dog that got opened up by them.dogs often flush them out of hiding and the wee muntjac will carve them open like a surgeons scalpel.seriously.right saucy fukrs when threatened.you were lucky no damage done.if there was there is nobody to blame.know a lad who struck a big red.badly damaged car.payed to fix it himself

It would have been a Sika deer

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Noa Clean Battalion wrote: »

And I presume you thought that one up while drilling into someones molar

THats what I have herd...the burden of having it proven is on the OP.

beertons

Tough break. You'll get gout from eating all of it, so make sure you invite us to the bbq.