John,
I agree it certainly looks like the deer was placed on the pole. Look at the position the deer is in. Also if it had been hit by a train and traveled that distance there would be a lot of momentum and it might have taken out that pole.
The question is how? It appears that there might be a tire track in the bottom left of the picture. My guess it that one guy had a stinger crane and another guy climbed up the pole to position the deer.
I am sure alcohol was involved.
Scott
