The damage to the car is more than cosmetic, it will almost always damage glass, lights ect and will not pass a safety inspection, thus until it is fixed- no tags-can't drive. Only a fool would hit deer on purpose. Just because one crazy idiot was documented driving onto someone else's property to hit a deer on purpose is not reason enough to prevent someone from keeping a deer they hit. Also, deer are unpredictable and fast so hitting one on purpose is probably more difficult than it would seem. It is not a reliable hunting method, that is nuts. Many, many times a deer is hit by a car and runs off. In fact many times a deer can be shot and still run for long ways and not be found. They are very strong. So whatever reasons the 'law' has for not allowing people to keep a deer they hit while driving-I don't know for the life of me. But I don't believe their logic for one minute. It's hogwash.
