Very timely! I was returning home in my cage about 6pm this evening, when a rather large deer popped into the road directly in my line (and decided to stand there for a moment) so close that braking brought ABS into play. I'm still braking hard, anticipating more deer to follow. The biggest problem, however, was the car behind me, that obviously wasn't watching much of what was taking place in front of him, and he damned near hit me in the back end as I quickly slowed to avoid hitting the deer.
I began to wonder if the driver behind me had ever observed that when one deer crosses the road, often the rest of the family is close behind.