Being born and raised in Michigan until I moved to the greater St Louis MO area in '02, car deer accidents are quite common. Evenn whenn I ride in the country down here, I'm very cautious of deer.
You can drive defensivly, but the deer don't listen, they'll run into the side of cars and the driver never stands a chance.
Over my driving years in Michigan, I've hit 10 and killed 9 of them. One morning on the way to work I hit two at once and the only damage, if you call it that, was one of the hoofs wiped some mud off my lower front fender. I litteraly ran over both of them.
I'm glad to hear that your damage was very limited.
