States that don't allow road kill scavenging value large predators more than poor folks. Or in some cases, trophy deer. You need to get a permit here. It's a salvage permit. Unless it is an almighty buck, no law enforcement is going to care. In many cases if you call to get a salvage permit, they will ask how many points it had. If it was a doe, doubtful you will get a human out to issue a permit, most likely will be told just take it on home and we will notate it here.
Deer are like vermin here. The public lands have been mismanaged to the point that in years of mast crop failure, there is nothing there for them. That drives them to private land and urban areas. So you have a situation where hunters scream at the regulating agency for more harvest restrictions, and private land owners either hoard deer, or exterminate them using crop damage permits, based on their personal outlook toward deer. If you are friends with one of the latter groups of landowners, it is doubtful that you would risk pulling over for a road kill.
If you drive to a job here, and it involves any dark or dusk driving time in the commute, you are guaranteed to smack a deer a year. Sometimes three or four. And that's being careful. Those high banks cut into a mountain to make a road are hard for even the most careful driver to avoid deer. They sail off the bank and land right in front of you, no way to avoid or anticipate. Most people have a large vehicle with a brush guard, really good insurance, or a beater, and don't even brake for them. Some will even speed up a little. Outside of the folks that really like deer hunting, most people view them as rats, and there are so many the police won't even come out to investigate if you hit one. Some people don't even bother calling the police, they just call there adjuster, who is used to writing deer damage claims. Only way you will see an officer, is if the guy you talk to is a hunter, and if you tell him you need a salvage tag for a 14 pointer.
Most of the deer here on public land are stunted, antler wise. It is hard for them to compete with their own overbrowsing. The few that have access to foodplots, planted for deer, usually don't get enough nutrients from them to do any good, because of the crowding. Anything with large antlers gets harvested and all the does get a free pass. Here, the deer with big antlers are usually in an urban area, where firearms ordinances and extensive lawn fertilizing allow for maximum antler growth. Sometimes poachers might target these. But as far as anyone poaching a deer to eat, there is no need, most people in that situation have other ways to get food, and there are road killed deer lying everywhere. Most anyone that knows what to do with a deer should have six or eight in the freezer at home. People poach deer to brag, so unless it has horns there is little chance that they shot a deer and are trying to say they hit it with a car.