Yep.
I learned that one day when I hit a deer and decided to be a law abiding citizen and contact the sheriff’s dept for permission to take the deer home. the sheriff came out and tagged the deer for me and then said he had to write me a ticket because of the damage to my car, and then explained how the law worked. i convinced him my car was worth less than the threshold dollar amount and he decided to let it go.
Bizarre.
It was an act of nature.
BTW glad you were OK.
Sucks when deer go through the windshield.