I hit a deer on my Thumper 27 years ago. I hit her square in the head with my headlight, and kept the bike up with an adrenaline induced death grip. (If I had diapers on, I may have elected to use them.) I was on my way to a booty call, so I kept going on low beam. I got over it, but it was a valuable lesson about night riding here in the woods of NW CT.
