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The reason it became illegal is that “some people” might opt to hit a deer in hopes to kill it to take it home to eat. First, most roadkill deer has smashed intestines and done enough internal damage as to make them poisonous, even if gutted immediately. You DON’T want intestine or stomach contents spilled into the meat. Second, many times, the deer is damaged and not humanely killed: internal damage, broken leg or spine but still alive and in a great deal of pain. Just not the best way to “harvest” deer. (I run a ranch where we HARVEST both white tail and axis deer for population control and to feed my community.)