RE: Nice buck killed, but did a car hit him?
I vote hit by a vehicle. They can take a real thumping and live at least for a while. Last summer I was walking the dog and heard a loud thump around the corner. I could see a truck back up and then drive off. When I got around a corner I could see a large doe laying in the ditch looking almost dead and barely breathing with a gurgling sound. I went home and called a warden who lived nearby. He came to the house in about 1/2 hour and we went to the place where the deer was and it was gone. It was on the edge of a short green field so if it crawled off we would have seen it. It must have been knocked out and when it came too it ran off. We could see the tracks going across the field towards the woods.