Yeah, I've had an occasional close call with deer. The worst? Was within 1/2 mile from home and, as usually seems to be the case, one totally unexpectedly bounds across the road in front of me. He was super close—all I had time to do was lift the accelerator foot. As I've told people before when talking about the near-miss, if I'd been sitting on the frunk up by the left headlight I could have smacked him in the arse as he went by.
I was only doing maybe 35-40 mph. If I had been going any faster, I'd have nailed him.