California is a joke DFG wise on a lot of fronts....If fresh enough, many of our road kills are given to the Wolf center in Julian.
ps.....In Montana, you just call DFG and they give you a number.....They might come out and see it or may not.
The fact is,I don't like seeing a deer killed by cars then wasted. Hunting is different. The deer will not be wasted. Secondly the herds have been stressed by previous drought. Needless kills by cars is not good..