Pedro, you obviously know exactly what your talking about. I wasn't trying to argue, but I don't hunt either so I don't know the differences in size as much as you obviously do. I try not to see them any closer than a few hundred yards. A quick check on Wikipedia shows you are right, a big deer is between 250 and 350 pounds and a moose can go from 600 to 1600 pounds. But deer can jump pretty high too, just ask the other one that cleared my WRX while I was doing 65 under it. All I really know is that I am heading toward a big brown thing in the road with 4 legs and antlers that is not as mushy as I would like it to be and if I can avoid hitting it I will assuming there are no trees, or cliffs, or rocks or other danger close by. I was also thinking that by the time you have slid off the road, your brake should have been on for several seconds, so you should be traveling at a slower speed than if you creamed the deer to start with. I have seen big damn deer all the time but never hit a big one, they have crossed my parents lawn durring the day. I have also seen many moose in rangley and stratton. Some are freakin huge and I would just assume avoid them but for god sakes if your doing 60 don't go for the tree under any circumstance. Would you prefer I add the "ALL ADVICE SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH A DOSE OF COMMON SENSE!" disclaimer? The main point I was making is that most people swerve to avoid the cute critter in the road when hitting the thing will likely cause you less damage, less injury, and less financial distress. That is ASSUMING that it doesn't KILL you comming over the hood through your windshield, so just use your head. Preferably one should always take the path of least resistance, which would be to drive slowly, carefully and hit nothing.
