CORPORATE JET HITS DEER ON TKOF.

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IT WAS JUST GETTING DARK WHEN WE TAXIED FOR TKOF ON RWY 5. ATIS HAD BEEN GIVING ADVISORIES FOR DEER AND BIRDS ON THE RWYS ALTHOUGH WE HAD NOT SEEN ANY. WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF AND COMMENCED OUR TKOF RUN. I WAS PNF AND WAS LOOKING AT THE COCKPIT INSTS AND CALLING OFF AIRSPDS. JUST PAST V1. I HEARD THE PF CALL 'DEER!' I LOOKED UP JUST IN TIME TO SEE A LARGE BUCK ENTER THE RWY FROM OUR L. THE PF PULLED THE ACFT INTO THE AIR IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE BUCK BUT HE RAN RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE ACFT JUST AS WE BROKE GND. THERE WAS A LOUD 'BANG.' WE GOT A BIT OF STICK SHAKER; BUT THE PF RECOVERED NICELY AND WE CLBED OUT AND REQUESTED PERMISSION TO ORBIT OVERHEAD THE ARPT AT 1500 FT MSL TO ASSESS THE SIT. WE BOTH AGREED THAT WE SHOULD LEAVE THE GEAR DOWN AND FLAPS IN THE TKOF POS. ALL COCKPIT INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. WE CALLED THE FLT ATTENDANT TO THE COCKPIT SO WE COULD DISCUSS THE SIT AND REVIEW OUR OPTIONS. WE DECIDED NOT TO PROCEED TO IAD (45 MIN FLT). INSTEAD WE SELECTED NEWARK INTL (EWR) AS THE BEST PLACE (LCL) TO GO BECAUSE OF LONGER RWYS; CFR SVCS AND MAINT ASSISTANCE. THE FA CALLED OUR MAINT PEOPLE IN DAL (FLT PHONE). THEY TALKED TO THE CHALLENGER (CANADIAN) SVC REPRESENTATIVE AND THEY ADVISED DOING WHAT WE HAD PRETTY MUCH ALREADY DECIDED ON. IT WAS A SHORT FLT TO EWR; BUT WE MANAGED TO BRIEF FOR THE APCH AND FOR THE FIRE CAUTIONS WE WOULD TAKE ON LNDG. THE FA PREPARED THE CABIN AND THE PAX. WE BRIEFED THAT IF A GEAR COLLAPSED ON LNDG; THE FA WAS TO INITIATE EVACUATION FROM THE WINDOW EXIT AS SOON AS WE STOPPED (UNLESS SHE SAW FLAMES ON THE R SIDE OF THE ACFT. WE ALERTED THE FBO AT EWR THAT WE REQUIRED MAINT ASSISTANCE. WE ALSO REQUESTED A FIRE TRUCK BE STANDING BY ON LNDG AS A PRECAUTION -- HOWEVER; WE DID NOT DECLARE AN EMER. LNDG WAS NORMAL ALTHOUGH; ON THE ROLLOUT; WE FELT AS IF THE R MAIN LNDG GEAR TIRE(S) HAD GONE FLAT (THIS WAS NOT THE CASE). THE NOSE WAS LOWERED GENTLY TO THE RWY AND WE ROLLED OUT TO THE END AND TURNED OFF. AS SOON AS WE WERE CLR OF THE RWY; WE STOPPED AND I EXITED THE ACFT; INSTALLED THE GEAR PINS AND DID A QUICK VISUAL INSPECTION FOR ANY APPARENT DAMAGE. TO MY SURPRISE I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING TO INDICATE DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. I CONFERRED WITH THE CFR CHIEF AND THE EWR ARPT AUTH REPRESENTATIVE AND WE DECIDED TO TAXI TO THE FBO RAMP WHERE THE FBO MAINT TECHNICIAN COULD DO A FURTHER INSPECTION TO THE ACFT. AT THIS POINT WE DEPLANED THE PAX. THE MAINT TECHNICIAN DID A VISUAL INSPECTION AND COULD NOT FIND ANY PHYSICAL DAMAGE -- WE DID NOTE EVIDENCE OF BLOOD AND FUR ON THE NOSE LNDG GEAR TIRES AND FUSELAGE UNDERSIDE. HE AGREED THE ACFT WAS AIRWORTHY. WE CALLED OUR MAINT DEPT IN DAL AND THE SVC REPRESENTATIVE AND THEY AGREED THAT THE ACFT COULD BE FLOWN. I DISCUSSED THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION WITH THE NEW CREW MEMBERS AND WE ALL WERE IN FAVOR OF GETTING THE ACFT BACK TO DAL. THE FLT TO DAL WAS UNEVENTFUL AND A THOROUGH INSPECTION BY OUR MAINT STAFF REVEALED NO DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. CREW COORD/COCKPIT RESOURCE MGMNT WORKS! WE IMMEDIATELY CAME TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND EACH PERSON TOOK VARIOUS DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.