Astonishing dashcam footage shows the moment the battered deer, hit on a road some minutes earlier, seized its opportunity to escape from the car's trunk.  A "dead" deer gave Michigan public safety officers the fright of their lives — when it jumped out of a car's trunk and hoofed it to freedom.  Astonishing dashcam footage shows the moment the battered Bambi, hit on a road some minutes earlier, seized its opportunity to escape.  RELATED: VIDEO: OH, DEER! BAMBI BLINDSIDES BIKE RACER  Two agents patroling the area had spotted a man sitting in his car outside the Red Roof Inn, in Kalamazoo, at 2:20 a.m. on Tuesday.  He told them he had hit a deer and, observing state rules, asked Public Safety Officer David Miller for permission to take the dead animal home so he could feed his family.  RELATED: LONG ISLAND POLICE RESCUE FREEZING BABY DEER ON FIRE ISLAND  Miller asked to check if the deer had been tagged and accounted for — and went to open the trunk.  It was then that the supposedly lifeless animal leapt from the vehicle.  RELATED: IND. COUPLE FACES JAIL TIME FOR NURSING INJURED DEER  Startled, it first fell to the ground, apparently dazed, but quick got up to run away to nearby woods.  Miller said the driver, who has not been named, was "lost for words."  A Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety statement said Michigan has 2 million deer, which cause more than 60,000 crashes each year.  It added that motorists who hit deer can request to keep the meat, but need to report the incident and acquire a state deer kill permit.  On a mobile device? Watch the video here.
Kalamazoo public safety officials were stunned when the inert animal, destined for the kitchen table, springs to life and runs away.