I no kidding just hit a deer, maybe 45 minutes ago. Deer didn't survive this suicide attack, but it messed up the front end on the old RX-7. Dagnabbit. That car was mint. Fixable, though.

Venison for dinner? Save me one of those backstraps.

Police asked me if I wanted the deer. Told him no, but that I wouldn't mind giving the dead thing a kick or two.

Could have been worse. I saw his or her two buddies on the right side of the road and was already braking pretty heavily, when this knucklehead came running over from the bushes on the left side.

Glad you didn't get hurt. Shame about the car, though. These new cars just disintegrate on impact with anything. I know they're designed that way, but it make repairing them nearly impossible. You have to buy a new car. Disposable society and all that.

I got rear-ended by an 18 wheeler doing about 45 MPH while I was driving my Mercury Grand Marquis. I drove away from the scene and then drove that car for another year before I got yet another indestructible vehicle. The Chevy S-10 made of vibranium. lol

The car will live. Fortunately no airbags (it's a 1988) to replace.

From the looks of it, only the front fascia and the winking headlight. Maybe some paint on the leading edge of the hood. The hit made a lot of noise compared to the damage, and I think the deer died from its head whipping around and smacking the windshield; there's a glob of slobber there so I think that's what happened. Windshield survived, even. If you gotta hit a deer, this is the way to do it: minimal damage, no injuries to the people, and the deer dies right away without suffering.

Wife met me at the scene (only a couple miles from home) just in case the car DID have a driving problem. On the way back, she's leading the way and another deer shot across the road right between our cars. She didn't see the deer but I about flat-spotted the tires. Could have been an interesting conversation with the police if she got hit on the same road 30 minutes after I did. XD