[Dean]

The key with a tall animal is that you have no crumple zones in your windshield. Even a 100 lb. stationary dear coming through your windshield at 20 MPH without a helmet is likely to seriously wound or kill you. Anything you can do to miss it probably improves your odds of survival.

I'd much rather use those crumple zones & 8 layer B Pillar hitting a tree / rolling over than the deer at the same speed, or even a little less.

And it requires far less distance, and tire friction to move 6 feet left or right than it does to stop from 60MPH, and after you move that distance, you can brake.

This is why Audi club as well as Bondurant, etc. teach "lane toss" or other avoidance maneuvers, because they typically work better than the classic stomp on the brake method.