A160 Hit A Badger...

[ALFAitalia]

About 30 years ago a friend of mine was on a test ride on a then new BMW K1100RS travelling at about 50mph when a pheasant flew out from a verge. He collected it on his shoulder (fortunately, not on his head). Net result was he had a broken shoulder, he lost control of the bike and the bike was written off.

Bottom line is that hitting any animal or large(r) bird at speed is likely to result in quite significant damage - and the death of said creature.

I had similar..hit me square in the chest at about 60 or 65....winded me so bad that i struggled to breathe for about 10 mins. I went back to get it... but too badly smashed with bones coming through the meat... which shows the energy involved. About a week later on the same road a mate had the screen torn from his LC by another suicidal pheasant!

 

[noogieman]

I hit a pheasant at 70 and it smashed the intercooler.

That bloke you hit, was he a farmer from the country side?

 

[poormansporsche]

Back in the day I hit a badger with the works Bedford rascal. It was a write off. Solid buggers them badgers but saying that the front end of the rascal was only made of tin foil, hitting it with a paper straw could probably cave the front end in.

Had a sizable Stag run out in front of me last night on the A21. Fortunately managed to not roll the prune van and Bambis dad lived to see another day, unlike my pants......

 

[del320]

Bottom line is that hitting any animal or large(r) bird at speed is likely to result in quite significant damage - and the death of said creature.

But, on the other hand, a tasty meal

There's always a silver lining...


(recorded here about six years ago)
Mark you, I don't fancy a badger! And, yes, they are solid brutes.

 

[BIGDOG]

It turns out it wasn't a badger at all...

Yes, he got the details:
Mr. B. Womble,
The Warren,
Wimbledon Common,
London SW19 0FK

He’s killed uncle Bulgaria?

The bastard.

 

[ChrisEdu]

There's always a silver lining...

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(recorded here about six years ago)
Mark you, I don't fancy a badger! And, yes, they are solid brutes.
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I did eat a pheasant we hit with my wife's car. That time no car damage.

 

[ALFAitalia]

I did eat a pheasant we hit with my wife's car. That time no car damage.

Obviously you meant you ate one that another car had hit...because eating one you hit in your car would ne a crime that you would not admit to on a public forum....obviously!

 

[ray_hennig]

Had a sizable Stag run out in front of me

My son hit a "bambi" years ago in his VW GTi. Dead - not so the GTi. Bambi went into the boot and then the garden under candle light. Butchered at 2 in the morning under telephoned instructions from his friend, a butcher. A very bizarre sight, apparently.

Bambi went into the freezer and fed them well for a while.

RayH

 

[ChrisEdu]

Obviously you meant you ate one that another car had hit...because eating one you hit in your car would ne a crime that you would not admit to on a public forum....obviously!

Of course, especially as we stopped after the collision and were unable to find the bird, meaning, I guess, that it obviously survived.

 

[E55BOF]

I'd have thought its goose was cooked...

 

[poormansporsche]

My son hit a "bambi" years ago in his VW GTi. Dead - not so the GTi. Bambi went into the boot and then the garden under candle light. Butchered at 2 in the morning under telephoned instructions from his friend, a butcher. A very bizarre sight, apparently.

Bambi went into the freezer and fed them well for a while.

RayH

Sad and unpleasant, but £hit happens might as well make the best of it, better than rotting at the side of the road.

 

[Petrol Pete]

Obviously you meant you ate one that another car had hit...because eating one you hit in your car would ne a crime that you would not admit to on a public forum....obviously!

Glad someone knows how that law works !

 

[Petrol Pete]

Sad and unpleasant, but £hit happens might as well make the best of it, better than rotting at the side of the road.

Yes , but it's against the law. It' 'one of those' laws , basically to stop people purposely driving into wild animals to kill and eat them. The person in the car behind can pick it up and eat it.

So , your mate in his landrover with bull bars on can run it over , and you , following behind can legally pick it up and take it home.

Like I said , one of 'those' laws.

 

[ALFAitalia]

Glad someone knows how that law works !

Country boy...through and through!!!

 

[BTB 500]

Mark you, I don't fancy a badger! And, yes, they are solid brutes.

I was out in the fields hunting rabbits one night and saw something come out of the far hedge on my thermal spotter. As it crossed the field I saw it was a badger, and it was coming straight at me. When it got to within about 10 metres I took a couple of steps to one side, assuming it would realise I was there and leg it. But it just kept going and trotted right past me. It was sufficiently large that I felt quite uncomfortable with it being so close!

 

[John N]

Yes , but it's against the law. It' 'one of those' laws , basically to stop people purposely driving into wild animals to kill and eat them. The person in the car behind can pick it up and eat it.

So , your mate in his landrover with bull bars on can run it over , and you , following behind can legally pick it up and take it home.

Like I said , one of 'those' laws.

According to my Son, a Police Constable, he assures me that this whole scenario is based on "Urban Myth" When he was on "Traffic" he and many others kept Tarpaulins and other Kit available for as and if they came across any Deer on the Roads!

If Veterinary Assistance was required they would request the use of a Stun Gun rather than Drug Related Euthanasia!

 

[ALFAitalia]

He should know better than....its in law plain for all to see. Of course him finding a dead deer and taking it is perfectly legal....as long as he didn't hit it himself. It's part of the 1991 Deer Act .

 

[st13phil]

If Veterinary Assistance was required they would request the use of a Stun Gun rather than Drug Related Euthanasia!

And that’s one of the reasons why eating road kill that you haven’t witnessed being “dispatched” can be dodgy: if it’s demise had been helped along by drugs administered by a Vet you’re potentially in a whole world of pain.

 

[ray_hennig]

Yes , but it's against the law.

I very much doubt that this entered their equation!

R

 

[SpikyMikey]

He should know better than....its in law plain for all to see. Of course him finding a dead deer and taking it is perfectly legal....as long as he didn't hit it himself. It's part of the 1991 Deer Act .

Oh deer