I remember hitting a deer as a kid. My parents called the cops because it was hurt but not dead, when the cops showed up they called a charity, killed the dear and fed some people in need. Kinda makes sense IMHO.
last time i did the math an average deer offsets something like $425 worth of beef, and that was a conservative estimate. i know road kill tends to have a bit of damage, depending on the impact area, in any case thats a lot of meat to waste. Elk, are even more meat too.
The hardest part is the timing, it really needs to be a collaborative effort between motorists, an agency (like) CHP, and a number of charities that are able to collect the animal quickly.
Why not raise pigs or chickens, for a simple and more reliable meat source than chasing deer with a car? If hitting a deer is needed to feed a family, then all the people who don't get lucky starve to death.
That is done. If you live in a rural area, hitting a deer is not uncommon. If you take it home to eat it though, you're poaching. A game ranger told us on a class trip one time after a student asked about hitting a deer if you could eat it. He said, "If you hit a deer, call us. We know lots of hungry families, but don't load it up and taking it home. That's illegal."