---
title: "Watch a Deer Come Out of Nowhere and Total This Dodge Charger R/T"
description: "It's deer season, folks."
date: "2017-09-21"
modified: "2017-09-21"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/14522/watch-a-deer-come-out-of-nowhere-and-total-a-dodge-charger-rt"
categories:
  - "Dodge News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "charger"
  - "Crash"
  - "Dash Cam"
  - "Deer"
  - "dodge"
  - "Dodge Charger"
  - "sedan"
  - "sports car"
---

# Watch a Deer Come Out of Nowhere and Total This Dodge Charger R/T

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It's deer season right now across much of the United States, and pheromone-crazed bucks are starting to filter through the landscape as the rut approaches. Even if you're not a hunter, it's likely you'll notice an extra few trampling through your yard, or [locking antlers](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/9409/cop-car-dashcam-captures-two-deer-brawling-in-the-street>)....or sometimes, jumping directly in front of your car after materializing from the roadside brush less than a second before.

A man named Adam Nichol uploaded a video to YouTube this week that perfectly illustrates that danger. He [writes on *reddit*](<https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/71eiw5/i_hit_a_deer_monday_morning_anything_can_happen/?st=j7u3aczw&sh=29cdf7ee>) that he was driving his Header Orange 2014 Dodge Charger R/T (equipped with the 5.7-liter Hemi V8) with his dash cam rolling on Monday morning in a rural area, when the eight-point buck ran out in front of his car. You can see in the video that the deer comes out of nowhere, leaping out of a ditch obscured by tall grass and ending up directly in the Charger's path in less than a second. It's a scary reminder of how quickly things can go down.

Somehow, despite both airbags deploying, the windshield smashing, and the hood [crumpling up like a potato chip bag](<https://imgur.com/a/f1F9D>), Nichol managed to maintain control and come to a safe stop. It's likely the Charger is totaled, though, but Nichol responded to another comment on Reddit saying he's got his eye on an identical replacement at a local dealership should his insurance opt to take his car off the road.

So until the hunters do their work—and the [deer](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/6148/reminder-do-not-put-live-deer-in-your-trunk>) stop going wild—keep an eye on the roadside when you're driving this fall.

https://youtube.com/embed/C\_IItpX-Cos

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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