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Old 05-03-2005, 05:31 AM   #12
Bear Hunter
Seasoned Camper
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Lewiston
Posts: 83
M.O.C. #2464
We live in the northern lower of Mich. My wife drives through the deer gauntlet going to Grayling 3 times a day. She is a very careful drivers but has still hit over 12 deer in the last 20 yrs. Most hit the side of the vehicle doing substantial damage. After one hit on the front of the SUV taking out the grill, radiator, oil cooler and air our body shop recommended a grill guard. Since it has been a part of all following vehicles. The test came when she hit a large 8 point. The results were a damaged guard and some monor damage to the plastic grill. We now have them on both the Suv and our tow veh. If you do get a guard buy a good heavy one the attaches to the frame not the bumper. by the way the air bag didnot deploy.
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