We had a deer a few years ago taht got hit by a car, ran all the way up the hill to the house and bedded down 5yrds from the back of the house, we called the police and they said we could put it down, so i did. HIs legs were tore up real bad, and when i went up to him, he had some fresh blood on one side of his head from a freshly shed antler, the other had done scabbed over(or whatever they do) he couldnt have been no bigger than a spike but i never did find the anlter.