Meadowlark, hitting the gas pedal instead of the brakes is a much better option as a deer typically bounces off the vehical when you are accellerating. Braking a lot of times cause the deer to slide over the hood and into the windsheild as you are deccelerating. A few years ago south of here there was a deer that went straight through the windsheild and the back window and into the bed of a pickup, luckily the driver ducked as it went through. The gal driving the pickup was braking hard when she hit the deer.