A buddy managed to hit a moose while on his Harley. The moose was pissed off and proceeded to curb stomp him and the bike, leaving all sorts of hoof indentations on both of them.
Said buddy survived but spent a while in the hospital. He was on his way home from my house and knows that I live in 'Moose Alley'. (I'm very, very remote but over in Maine.) Where I live, tourists go moose spotting. Locals practice moose avoidance. They're basically as dumb as cattle but it's illegal to fence them in.
I did get my moose this year. It was my first tag in a few years so I made it a point to fill the tag right when the season opened. I was a bit picky so it took me a few mornings to get the one I was after.
That said, I'm not sure which is worse - a collision with a whitetail deer or a kangaroo.
Kangaroos are pretty solid, but so aren't the deer. Our deer are generally in the 200 to 250 pound range.
The deer carry their mass higher than a kangaroo, well above bumper height. They sometimes flip up and into the windshield - much like moose do. (You do not want to hit a moose, even with a semi.)
Can any of you Aussies chime in on injury numbers from kangaroo vs automobile collisions?
We have a bunch of them but your car can usually be fixed after hitting one. In some situations, your car will take only minimal damage from a glancing/lucky blow. We have bigger deer who survive sometimes - or at least survive long enough to make their way off into the woods. Moose often survive the impact. Your car will probably not survive an impact with a moose. It would cost too much to repair it and might not be able to be repaired due to the amount of damage done to it.
