A BE58 ENCOUNTERED A DEER ON LNDG ROLLOUT AT PKB ARPT; WV.

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DURING THE LNDG PHRASE AT PKB ARPT; RWY 3; MY BE58 BARON COLLIDED WITH A DEER. SEVERAL DEER WERE ON THE R SIDE OF RWY 3 IN THE GRASS AREA MANY YARDS AWAY; NOT AN UNCOMMON SIGHT AT PKB. I'VE NOTED THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE; BUT THEY ALWAYS STAYED THERE IN THE PAST. AT TOUCHDOWN; 2 DEER STARTED TO CROSS IN FRONT OF ME FROM R TO L. ONE TURNED AWAY; AND WAS NOT A FACTOR. THE OTHER; HOWEVER; CONTINUED ON ITS COURSE ACROSS THE RWY AT FULL SPD. AT THIS POINT; A GAR MANEUVER OR ANY DIRECTIONAL DEV TO AVOID THE DEER WAS DEEMED TO BE TOO RISKY; FOR FEAR OF HITTING EVEN HARDER UNDER FULL PWR AND LOSING TOTAL CTL. MY PLANE STRUCK THE DEER IN WHAT I BELIEVED TO BE THE UNDERSIDE OF THE L WING; OUTBOARD OF THE L ENG NACELLE. UPON ARR AT THE RAMP; I DEPLANED MY 2 PAX AND VISUALLY INSPECTED THE ACFT. THERE WAS BLOOD AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF TISSUE ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WING. THE ONLY DAMAGE VISIBLE; WAS A BENT TIE-DOWN RING. I INSPECTED THE PROP; ENG NACELLE AND ALL AREAS ON THE L SIDE OF THE ACFT; AND FOUND NO OTHER DAMAGE. I COMPLETED AN EXTENSIVE RUN-UP GND CHK AND FOUND EVERYTHING NORMAL. I HAD 2 PAX ABOARD UPON LNDG AT PKB AND PICKED UP ANOTHER ONE FOR A CONTINUING FLT TO CMH. THE PAX WERE ANXIOUS TO LEAVE; DUE TO A MEETING IN COLUMBUS. WE THEN CONTINUED ON TO CMH; AND RETURNED LATER IN THE DAY TO PKB AND CRW; OUR POINT OF ORIGIN. AT THE SECOND LNDG AT PKB; THE TWR CTLR INFORMED ME (DURING TAXI FOR TKOF WHEN ALMOST TO THE RWY) THAT THE ARPT MGR HAD REQUESTED I CONTACT HER TO FILE A SIT FORM. I TOLD HIM I WOULD PHONE HER UPON ARR BACK AT CRW AND COMPLY BY FAX OR WHATEVER METHOD PREFERRED. IT WAS THEN THAT I LEARNED THE DEER HAD BEEN SEVERED INTO 2 PIECES. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO ENG STOPPAGE; AND NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE PROP; I REALIZED THE POSSIBILITY OF A PROP STRIKE AT THAT TIME. HAD I CONCLUDED THIS BEFORE DEPARTING PKB THE FIRST TIME; I WOULD HAVE TERMINATED THE FLT UNTIL A CHKOUT BY MAINT. THE CURE: CREATE A BETTER RESTRAINING SYS (FENCE) TO HELP KEEP DEER OFF THE ARPT.