Dang.
Coming home last night and a deer appeared out of nowhere. Was doing 50mph when I saw him. Was on a 4 lane with no divider. I was in the far right lane. Hit the brakes and swerved to the left as far as I could without going into the oncoming lanes. Traffic coming in both oncoming lanes. He was running on an angle from right to left in the direction I was moving. Not sure how fast I was going when I hit him. Maybe 25 or so. Caught him around the shoulder with the right front corner of the car. His head whipped back and grazed off the hood. Thought he was going to hit the windshield but he didn't. He ran back off the right side of the road at that point and disappeared.
Fortunately, there doesn't appear to be a lot of damage. I'm going out to get some estimates this afternoon. I think the hood can be polished out. The front right fender is caved in a little and there's a crease in it with cracked paint. Also a very slight ripple in the passenger door that you can see on the right angle. Oh, and some deer hair stuck in the rub strip on the passenger door.
All in all was very lucky. Nobody hurt. Minimal damage. But, came so close to avoiding him that it's really aggravating that we hit. The car was pretty pristine until this.
Probably saved somebody in the oncoming lanes from hitting him head on at high speed.
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