I live with alot of deer too, I live in town now and still see deer walking down the street and in yards in the middle of the afternoon.
I've also hit two deer with my civic, one ran in to the side while I was going about 25mph and the other was head on while going about 30mph (had slowed down from 55mph), I was rather impressed with how little damage was done, $100 worth of repairs and you can't tell anything happened.
Being able to stop quickly was key with both deer I hit.
I also haul lumber, bikes, tools and tow a trailer all with my civic, 55mpg without a heavy load 40mpg with a trailer.
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