Small aircraft pilot reported hitting a deer on takeoff at N79.

Narrative:

Upon take off roll the plane was at 70 mph. I had added 10 mph to rotation speed to account for gusty right crosswinds. 4-5 deer ran directly in front of the airplane. I rotated and was able to climb over the deer. There was an audible thump but no physical sensation of impact.I reported to approach upon initial contact with them that we had experienced a deer strike with the landing gear but that we did not suspect significant damage. The airplane was flying without any difficulty. There was no indication of a prop strike. I elected to continue the planned flight to [destination]. [Destination] was the nearest airport with emergency services available on the field. N79 is unattended at the hour of this incident. Approach; center and [destination] tower coordinated my request and rescue vehicles were present at the end of the flight. I landed the plane without incident. A mechanic evaluated the landing gear and found no damage. A tuft of deer hair was wedged into the wheel pant.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Small aircraft pilot reported hitting a deer on takeoff at N79.

Narrative: Upon take off roll the plane was at 70 mph. I had added 10 mph to rotation speed to account for gusty right crosswinds. 4-5 deer ran directly in front of the airplane. I rotated and was able to climb over the deer. There was an audible thump but no physical sensation of impact.I reported to approach upon initial contact with them that we had experienced a deer strike with the landing gear but that we did not suspect significant damage. The airplane was flying without any difficulty. There was no indication of a prop strike. I elected to continue the planned flight to [destination]. [Destination] was the nearest airport with emergency services available on the field. N79 is unattended at the hour of this incident. Approach; Center and [Destination] tower coordinated my request and rescue vehicles were present at the end of the flight. I landed the plane without incident. A mechanic evaluated the landing gear and found no damage. A tuft of deer hair was wedged into the wheel pant.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1249792
Time
Date	201503
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	N79.Airport
State Reference	PA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 550 Flight Crew Type 300
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal
Miss Distance	Horizontal 0 Vertical 0