That's the best Elaine Stritch story I've ever heard!

It was a good story. I was just reading the importance of hitting a deer, if you can't stop, at an angle so that it doesn't go through your window. Seems you instinctively did the right thing.
If I did, it was totally unconscious because it seemed there was no time to do anything but hit the brakes to lessen the impact. But yes, the front corner of the car took it all, and all I was aware of was maintaining control of the car while we slowed and came to a stop at the side of the road.
I've thought about the reality and consequences of a deer or other large animal being thrown into the windshield, and that's got to be one the most horrifying things ever.