machtuk - I don't fly them only fix them.
Partly agree about higher risks at strips with less infrastructure around them, but interesting is RAAF Base Tindal where Pearl Aviation had to cancel aeromedical operations (B200) due to wallaby's.
Costly repairs to aircraft is a retaliative thing. Take out a single VHF aerial on either a PC12 or PC24 and the repair will be very similar and also the down time. Depending on where the "dent" is, again the repair cost and down time can be similar. Now if you take the collapsed nose neg example on a PC12 (B200 or C441) against the PC24 , replacement and repair of the nose leg would be similar but the engine and propeller repairs will be much higher.
With the PC24 having rear mounted (and higher) engines they are less likely to be affected by animals/wildlife, the likelihood is further reduced by having a much smaller diameter than the propeller arc.
Are you able to supply what non jet aircraft are not sensitive to impact damage? Certainly the Citation is build far more robust than the Caravan in as far as impact damage to the air-frames.