[humblegunner]

dead deer are carcasses.

Carcasses are what's left after the deer meat is in the cooler.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

But if the meat's still on the bone and going to waste, it's a carcass,
or the pre-skelletonized remnants of an indigenous or possibly introduced ruminant mammal,
or road kill,
or cougar bait,
or "What's that smell?",
or if in a moving vehicle - BUMP "$hit!",
or if you have a head cold and are walking and not looking - "eeeeyyyuuuuuhhh!",
or ...