In most deer / vehicle collisions, both are in motion so who hit whom is kinda moot. Deer are red-green colour blind and consequently there are certain scenarios where neither party sees the other until the last second.

If everyone involved were operating at the the same amount of momentum as the deer, not so many people or deer would be getting killed.

Okay, I laughed outloud. Thank you, I'll try to word it better next time.

Thank you for your good nature on this topic. Driving is a fraught issue, in that we have all sorts of social attitudes around it that prevent us thinking critically about the necessity and costs of driving.

I've always been skeptical of driving, since I lost my best friend to it in high school, and saw others lose their friends. But. Since I've had children, I've been completely radicalized, and find it hard to even discuss the issue with a lot of people because my views have diverged so much from the mainstream. I unintentionally offend people all the time, and seeing your attitude gives me hope for finding more productive ways to express my views, like danny_codes did here.

really makes me concerned for the high suicide rate in the deer population

You never know. I had a deer come down on my car from above, so...