Blacktail "Sportster" Doe gives up life

     CRAZY AL'S DEER ENCOUNTER

         GOOD TO DA LAST BITE !

     I'm sendin' ya some photos I took on Friday, September

24th, 1999.  The JUS BROTHERS M/C was making a three-

day run from Stockton to the End of the Trail Ranch up near

Fort Ross on Highway One and we were almost to the front

gate when a Blacktail doe jumped over a wire fence and

actually landed right in my bro Crazy Al's arms.  Man, I was

riding one second in front of him and seen most of it in my

mirrors.  Twenty years on the saddle and I never seen anything

like this before.  When the deer landed on top of him it broke

his risers and disconnected his handlebars.  So picture this,

40 miles an hour, no more handlebars and a 125 lb. deer in

your lap.

     Crazy Al wrestled the deer and finally dumped her off to

the side, she was dead by then and nobody knows for sure

if the impact on top of Crazy Al's bars killed her or if Al beat

her ta death before he ejected the corpse.  Anyway, he showed

true class and no small amount of balls!

After dumping the ambushin' doe he grabbed hold of the

tripletrees and tried ta ride it out but ended up going down

hard.  He's tough though, and only got a broke thumb, cracked

tailbone and a lot of bruises out of it.

     Anyhow, the CHP arrived and told us we couldn't take the

deer with us to eat.  Evidence!  Funny thing was, the cop

ended up driving off with the deer still laying by the side of

the road.  So of course we did what he told us to and left it

laying there.  Not!  Sportster doe, sure was good!

Anyhow, Crazy Al has recovered from the attack and I know

he'd get a kick outta seeing these shots in the Thunder Press.

Man, if left turners and all the other hazards we face ain't

enough, now I gotta watch out for flying deer too.  Life's not

only short, it's damn weird sometimes!

-Irish Mike

Thunder Press- Feb. 2000 Issue