“..Could have saved all that trouble by NOT driving 70mph in deer country around dawn and dusk, like wise rural folks do....”
Exactly.
Or worse yet, doing so in heavily-populated moose country.
FWIW, it’s quite amazing what an 1800lb bull moose can do to a small/medium-sized SUV. Flatten the roof to the seat bottoms in an instant.
In Idaho it’s elk. Same result.