n8ly sounds like you need to spend more time on the range. I'm 2 for 2 on head shots. They cause a lot less damage. Got one with a old womanly 93 Buick Le Sabre and 1 about a month ago with the verging on manly S-10 pickup. I wouldn't recommend swerving with the S-10, especially when the deer gets thrown under the back tire - that was a scary ride for a couple seconds.
Lifetime score I've been in the vehicle on 4 deer-car collisions. 5 if you count the time the guy next to me smoked one and the hoof clicked off the side of my car.
These were all Iowa deer too, real hogs. When I lived in Mississippi I debated if it was even worth hitting the brakes for those chihuahua sized deer
