Sean 1 - Elk 0

[MarvB]

Damn Sean opening the season up a tad early eh?. Glad you made it through unscathed, and even snuck in a nap

 

[JLS]

Man, glad you’re okay.

 

[hank4elk]

Seen some trucks that wound up like that too. Glad ya made it!
My worst nightmare these days, elk on the hwy.

 

[Gerald Martin]

Sure did.

Waiting for @DouglasR to say, “That’s #Core!”

 

[rwc101]

There was a dead elk at the bottom of Telephone Canyon heading into Laramie. Vehicles often hit 85+ coming down. Wondered what the car looked like afterwards.

 

[Shortbowshot]

Ouch!! Man that was a hit. Glad all is well.

 

[JLS]

I hit two black angus on I90 at Whitehall. Same thing, midnight, 75 mph and no brakes.

I was in a Dodge 2500 Cummins with a brush guard on the front. It fared better than your Yota did. I’ve often wondered how that would have turned out if I was in a small passenger car.

 

[Dougfirtree]

Oof. Glad you're ok!

 

[PaulRevere]

 

[WNC2500]

I am going to respond to this one in a couple ways. #1, @Hilljackoutlaw is a BAD MAN for sure. #2, jokingly of course, we don't want him to keep hammering. Too expensive to keep hammering!!

Beautiful wake up spot for sure.

 

[Wallydeuce]

I'm surprised and glad you came out of it relatively unscathed. What a ride eh?

 

[DouglasR]

Waiting for @DouglasR to say, “That’s #Core!”

Bamf

 

[BackofBeyond]

You got in the accident and snoozed on the mountain til morning to get a new rental??!

So effing ‘core bro-fessor

 

[Flatbrimmer]

So effing ‘core bro-fessor

for real lol

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

I'm surprised and glad you came out of it relatively unscathed. What a ride eh?

It was duece...I've been in some pretty nasty hairy car wrecks and this collision was by far the loudest. Sounded like a damn train was going thru the car.

Thanks everyone I'm glad I'm ok to. On a side note I don't think I'll have to drive to gillette anymore. Flying me if I go that far from now on sounds like. So that's a positive.

@JLS even with brush guard that had to leave a mark. Holy crap!

 

[JLS]

even with brush guard that had to leave a mark. Holy crap!

Truck spent 3-4 weeks in Butte, about $12k as I recall to fix it.

And yes, it is LOUD.

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Wow ! That’s all I got , glad you’re good

 

[Bryerific]

One night last June I hit a small bull elk on the highway in a Subaru Forester… wow does it happen fast. We got lucky and mostly just ran over it’s back legs. It ended up only cracking the bumper/windshield washer fluid reservoir and slightly bending a control arm which messed up the alignment. Even had access to a nearby walk-in cooler and it was the tastiest elk I’ve ever had! Your collision was much much worse looking!
I’m glad you are okay!

 

[F250]

Glad you are OK Hilljackoutlaw !

 

[Sytes]

Wow! As a young buck, I worked a couple seasons at the Togwotee Mountain Lodge ('88-'89(?)) when it was privately owned.
We responded to a family in a Pontiac grand prix that slammed into a moose early am. Moose flew into the windshield and impacted against the driver (father) and passenger (son). Mother and daughter were in the back seat. Airlift, etc.

That hwy holds the full Rocky Mtn wildlife...

Glad you're ok! Airbags hurt like heck though saved many noggins.