Hitting a 200 lb deer with an ARB at 50 mph

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Supra88

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Yesterday morning a young buck decided to run out in front of the hundy. Let's just say the ARB more than paid for itself.

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Hope you'll make some good venison jerky from that buck!
 
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Wow - was just telling my wife yesterday that I couldn't wait to get one for this very reason - but I had no idea it would work THIS well. Amazing!
 
^Must be Rudolf's dad - Rudolf has a red nose.
 
Installing a bull bar for this exact reason. Glad to see it did its job of keeping you safe.
 
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That's great. Bad for the deer though, he's a legal buck in Texas :)
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That deer committed suicide! He was probably tired of all his buddies teasing him about the size of his horns.

Ive seen yearling bucks with bigger horns than that. He would definitely have been a cull in central Texas.

BTW, really glad to see how the ARB held up. I just put one on my 80 series and have plans to put one on my 100.
 
I also hit a pretty big deer recently at 50mph or so... The deer jumped out in front of me and I ran it completely over at 50+mph; couldn't avoid it unfortunately... I was also surprised I couldn't find any sign of damage on my 100 (nothing new anyway :clap:)... I have a BIO front bumper which is heavier steel than the ARB's and also offers full bull bar type front protection work similar to ARB's... I specifically wanted bull bar protection for this reason even though I really like other minimalist style bumpers without the additional bar work... There are so many deer in my area I knew it was a matter of time before I took one out with the Cruiser... I'm confident if I didn't have the full bar protection I would have destroyed my updated front end, grille, headlights, hood, etc... This accident reassured me that I made the right decision when I was front bumper shopping many years ago... Still a very happy Bump It Offroad customer!

At the time of my accident I assumed I would've destroyed or needed to replace a ARB if it was involved in the same accident. The ARB's are designed to crumple and help absorb impact at a certain level so I thought that would be a factor hitting a 200+lb deer. My reasoning was a few years ago, my brother installed a front ARB on his Jeep TJ and damaged it pretty easily in a relatively slow low impact fight with a tree... We were pretty disappointed with the durability of his bumper so he chose another vendor when he purchased a new JK and started bumper shopping again...

Good to hear the Cruiser ARB's holding up very well from the stories above... I'm considering purchasing a 200 Series and the bumper options are even more limited than 100 series... Sounds like the ARB bull bar will likely be my best option when it comes time to outfit the 200... Good info here as always... :beer:
 
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Copenhagen1 said:
That deer committed suicide! He was probably tired of all his buddies teasing him about the size of his horns.

Ive seen yearling bucks with bigger horns than that. He would definitely have been a cull in central Texas.

BTW, really glad to see how the ARB held up. I just put one on my 80 series and have plans to put one on my 100.
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I've never seen a buck that big with horns like that, must be a lot of food where he lived. In fact, the last ten point I shot, I'm guessing weighed under 180. South texas deer are a lot lighter than in the mid west states.
 
We grow 'em hearty up here. I'm guessing he was no more than 2 years old. Lots of corn fields where I hit him.
 
Sorry for this but it's a pet peeve of mine. Deer have antlers not horns.
 
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