What small woodland creatures have you hit?

[pb1900]

Myself just a few birds, what about you....

 

[svcta]

beaver

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

beaver

Really? You too? Hit me a shaved one, once.

But seriously, I hit a wild boar with a cessna. I may have run over a groundhog with a Dash 8... It was on takeoff so I couldn't go looking for the body.

 

[makersmarc]

I hit a rabbit taxiing for departure in a Bonanza, and almost hit a large tarantula that same day taxiing in to the ramp.

 

[shamrock]

I ran over a chipmunk on my bike.

 

[chimichanga]

I would have hit Bambi once, thank goodness my aircraft had a Wildlife Detection System (WDS) installed:

"Too Low Deer"

 

[captain dad]

The wierdest was a woodchuck. I've only seen two in my life and I ran over one:smash: .

 

[Axel]

We ran over a groundhog in a Turbo Commander. The plane had a camera door installed in the belly and only had about 8" clearance. The little bugger went down the left side less than a foot from the nosewheel.

No way we could have missed it. We reported it to the tower right away; the airplane following us on final said they saw something scurry off the side of the runway behind us. To this day I don't know how he was able to flatten himself enough for us to miss him.

 

[Guitar Guy]

I hit a fox once while landing at night in Traverse City, MI. Apparently it wasn't killed outright by the collision and managed to limp off into the woods before anyone could find it.

 

[Oakum_Boy]

Poor fox.