This are some interesting stories. I have a story myself that hopefully noone in here will look down on me but i think its only fair to tell everyone since they told their stories. Back when I lived in Montana when i was living with my ex girlfriend we were going to a friends house and they live close to the Missouri River. It was later in the evening and the road we were on ran along side the river itself(about 10 feet from water itself) I was driving at a safe speed then all of a sudden this doe came out from behind a tree and into my path. I hit the breaks and turned left (happy to say no incoming cars were near by) but the doe was so spooked that she went the same direction i did and i hit the back part of her, breaking both her legs. I pulled over to the other side of the street and checked on my ex to see if she was ok. She was but very shaken up (she has a fear of water from a near death experience when she was little) with humans all okay I checked on the doe with hopes that she was killed on impact but no such luck. I didn' t have a cell phone at the time so i couldn' t call the game warden or the local police so i took it upon myself to end its suffering and it was hard thing to do. Looking back at it at time went on and playing it in my mind. I think the fact that i went left was the best choice because more then likely we would have landed into the water upside down had i gone right instead of left and regardless if i drove slower then i did but i was upset for awhile at myself for hitting it though, even though it was an accident.