PLT OF AN ACR C402C COMMUTER STRUCK A DEER DURING TKOF AND AFTER CHKING ACFT SYS DURING CLB CONTINUED ON TO DEST. JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVING AT DEST THE R ENG QUIT DUE FUEL STARVATION AS ALL R SIDE FUEL DRAINED OUT DUE TO WING DAMAGE. THE RPTR SECURED THE ENG; DECLARED AN EMER AND LANDED.

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WHILE DEPARTING PVC; I STRUCK A DEER. THE IMPACT OCCURRED JUST AS MY C402C HAD REACHED ROTATION SPD AT 95 KIAS. THE DEER STRUCK 5 1/2 INCHES OUTBOARD OF THE R ENG NACELLE. THIS MEANT THAT THE POINT OF IMPACT WAS INVISIBLE FROM THE COCKPIT DUE TO THE ENG NACELLE. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THE ACTUAL EVENT WAS SIMPLY A FLASH OF MOVEMENT AT THE MOMENT OF ROTATION FOLLOWED BY A SLIGHT BUMP; OR THUD; AND WE WERE AIRBORNE. A QUICK SCAN OF ALL SYS AND GAUGES REVEALED NOTHING AMISS SO I DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO OUR DEST; BOS; ONLY 25 MINS AWAY. AFTER ESTABLISHING ON CRUISE AT 4000 FT; I NOTICED THAT THE R FUEL GAUGE WAS AT ZERO. HOWEVER; SINCE THE ENG WAS RUNNING NORMALLY; I GUESSED THAT THE SENSING SYS MUST HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE IMPACT WITH THE DEER. ABOUT 5 MINS LATER; I NOTICED THE FUEL FLOW ON THE R SIDE BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE. 2-3 MINS LATER WHILE OVER WEYMOUTH NAS; AT ABOUT 5-7 MINS FROM BOS; THE R ENG FAILED. SINCE I KNEW THAT THE DEER STRIKE HAD CAUSED SOME SORT OF DAMAGE THAT HAD CAUSED THE FAILURE; I DID NOT ELECT TO XFEED FUEL. I SECURED THE ENG; DECLARED THE EMER; AND PROCEEDED TO LAND AT BOS. SUBSEQUENT EXAM OF THE R WING REVEALED A 12 INCH GASH IN THE LEADING EDGE AND UNDERSIDE OF THE WING THAT HAD ALLOWED ALL OF THE FUEL FOR THE R SIDE TO DRAIN AWAY.