Buck vs. GTI

Sometime last week, while visiting a small place called Wallops Island, VA, a friend of mine had an unfortunate encounter with an 8-point buck -- unfortunate for the deer, that is.
What still puzzles me is why the deer decided to ram the side of a 2003 VW GTI. Maybe it thought the front corner panel light was an eye of an intruder. Or maybe it was just bored and decided to play headbutt. In any case it had an unfortunate outcome for the deer. We found it about 50 yards from where my friend had stopped to check the damage done to his car.
Of course this being in the outskirs of Virginia, there was only two state troopers in the entire eastern shore of Virginia, and it took them a good 45 minutes to repond -- we had to get a police report filed in case the insurance company didn't believe the "deer ran into my car" story. What's even funnier than the 45 minute response time nor the suicidal deer, nor the fact that there were only two state troopers in the entire eastern shores of Virginia, is that the state trooper car that responded to our scream for help in the midst of pitch black darkness of the forest-covered Assateague town was driven by two state troopers. Does that mean while these two troopers who are patrolling the entire eastern shores of Virginia are busy taking report of a deer suicide, bunch of people are having a field day on 55 mph-limit highway?