Looking at the damage im thinking it was a doe, just judging by the amount of damage to the hood, probably jumped from the left of the road which caused the broken light? id love some more details on it if you can supply me with them
Looking over the pictures again it would appear that the most damage is on the right side of the car, suggestion that the animal jumped from the right side of the road, the damage appears to stop at your left light and appears to follow a basic outline of the animals neck, i still believe it was a doe as i don't see any signs of it being a buck.
Again if your dad saw anything long enough to determine anything such as the animals gender then id love to hear it