Reply #71: actually there is one thing you could do

[northernlights]

which is call the police and advise where it happened. They would dispatch someone to track and euthanize it.

At least in my state. One of the better things about Maine. I believe it is a law that you must report hitting deer. If you hit a moose, even an escalade will be seriously damaged.

Someone hit a deer in front of my house once. He called the police. I found him and animal control officer parked out front. Officer and I searched for and found her dead in my raspberry bushes.

The officer told me he knew of a family that could use the meat, so I gave permission for them to come and collect her body. She was gone within half an hour or so, so I was grateful that she didn't go to waste and I didn't have to deal with the disposal of her body.

So yes, there is still something you can do, and at least in some states are supposed to do.