DEER ME!

We were motoring back home from a night of great dancing...going up our usual hillside route at about 10:30 pm when Jack spotted a doe crossing the road ahead. He slowed down and we figured there would be at least one more deer to watch for...there is never just a single deer...
Sure enough a fawn jumped out of the bushes from the center median right in front of us. We were going about 25-30 mph at the time and Jack stood on the brakes. Thank goodness for great Honda anti-locks! We probably stopped in one car length but we saw the deer's head looking up at us and then disappearing in front of our hood. I thought for sure we had hit him because the car seemed to shudder but it was the brakes doing their job. Luckily for the fawn, Jack's 75 year old reflexes were damned good and the fawn bounded away across the road. He was not touched by the car but it must have been just an inch or two from disaster!
That will get the adrenalin going and make you heart feel like it is going to jump out of your chest!