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Roadkill Salvaging
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In ontario there are laws about "letting wild game spoil" so here, once you claim a roadkill deer (by contacting the ministry of natural resources, online or by phone) you can't just take backstraps, or loins, you are responsible for the entire animal, including the pelt.
if pats of it are not edible, and the fur is not useable or saleable, then you can discard those parts. but you can not, simply grab what you want and leave the rest. we require the entire animal to be used if it can be, by law, and the un-useable parts (if there re any) to be appropriately disposed of.. (this law applies to ALL hunted, trapped, and fished animals here, as well as legally claimed roadkill)
if pats of it are not edible, and the fur is not useable or saleable, then you can discard those parts. but you can not, simply grab what you want and leave the rest. we require the entire animal to be used if it can be, by law, and the un-useable parts (if there re any) to be appropriately disposed of.. (this law applies to ALL hunted, trapped, and fished animals here, as well as legally claimed roadkill)
Been eating roadkill for decades. Squirrels to deer. My personal ethic is to honor all life. (Y'all do what your conscience tells ya.) Therefore I eat not only the meat but also the innards/offal. Use the fat, feathers, hide, bones, etc as I can. Always worth stopping for since if I can't eat it, sometimes I can use it for dog training &/or dog food. Nothing like the coat and muscle tone of a dog eating raw frozen meat, bone and fat.
There are lots of little tricks to determining how fresh it is and how destroyed it was by being hit. Some deer have looked fine on the outside yet had feces under the hide from stem to stern. Some pheasants looked flattened yet other than shattered bones there's not a thing wrong with them.
One thing to be aware of is freshly hit critters may only be stunned. Ever had a woodchuck or turkey wake up in the back of a stationwagon then have your hunting dog chasing it around the vehicle while driving down the highway?? Fun times. Taught me to always make sure it is dead by dealing a lethal blow before it is allowed in the vehicle. Also caused me to purchase a truck with a cap. Much happier now.
Getting permission to take it, especially for deer, can be problematic. Call the local warden and they say call the county sheriff. Call the sheriff and they say we don't do that, call the warden. Call the warden again, nope they don't have tags can only get them from the sheriff. Call the sheriff again and they say "What tags? We've never had deer tags." Gotta love bureacracy.
There are lots of little tricks to determining how fresh it is and how destroyed it was by being hit. Some deer have looked fine on the outside yet had feces under the hide from stem to stern. Some pheasants looked flattened yet other than shattered bones there's not a thing wrong with them.
One thing to be aware of is freshly hit critters may only be stunned. Ever had a woodchuck or turkey wake up in the back of a stationwagon then have your hunting dog chasing it around the vehicle while driving down the highway?? Fun times. Taught me to always make sure it is dead by dealing a lethal blow before it is allowed in the vehicle. Also caused me to purchase a truck with a cap. Much happier now.
Getting permission to take it, especially for deer, can be problematic. Call the local warden and they say call the county sheriff. Call the sheriff and they say we don't do that, call the warden. Call the warden again, nope they don't have tags can only get them from the sheriff. Call the sheriff again and they say "What tags? We've never had deer tags." Gotta love bureacracy.
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I have harvested over 150 moose that were hit on the road. For 20 years I was on a rotation dispatched by the troopers.
I gave the meat to folks who needed it. Most of the time if they are hit by a car the lungs are punctured they bleed out imedeatly. You almost always get at least three good quarters. I once got a big cow that was hit in the head by the mirror of a Simi. Another time I got a call on a moose that got under a train. It was on its side and half of it was gone. There was two good quarters. If they were in bad shape they went to the dog mushers. It was always hard to get help so I finanaly gave it up. We now pick up a excess meat and produce from the food bank . Last month we picked up over a ton. We send it out to villages where it is distributed to folks in need.
I gave the meat to folks who needed it. Most of the time if they are hit by a car the lungs are punctured they bleed out imedeatly. You almost always get at least three good quarters. I once got a big cow that was hit in the head by the mirror of a Simi. Another time I got a call on a moose that got under a train. It was on its side and half of it was gone. There was two good quarters. If they were in bad shape they went to the dog mushers. It was always hard to get help so I finanaly gave it up. We now pick up a excess meat and produce from the food bank . Last month we picked up over a ton. We send it out to villages where it is distributed to folks in need.
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I grab road killed deer often in fact just a few days ago a 7 point . I cut off what was good for me then took the rest out back in my field. My dog eats it up along with coyotes and crows. Makes for some good shooting off my back porch. In Pa. you just call the Game wardens and tell them you have a roadkill that you would like to keep. Never had a problem.
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Not exactly what you're looking for, but I try to maker sure any road kill deer go to someone on a list of interested parties that I maintain
I hate driving down the road seeing carcasses on the shoulder
Most get picked up by highway and composted, but I'd rather see the meat go to someones freezer if its not to badly damaged
Not exactly what you're looking for, but I try to maker sure any road kill deer go to someone on a list of interested parties that I maintain
I hate driving down the road seeing carcasses on the shoulder
Most get picked up by highway and composted, but I'd rather see the meat go to someones freezer if its not to badly damaged
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Entirely relevant, IMHO. Different in every jurisdiction as we have seen here, but it isn't as uncommon as some might believe. Nor as gross or dangerous. As a hunter, I would much rather see edible roadkill utilized than picked up putrefied by highway department worker and taken to a landfill.
So very true too many people going hungrey. On list for city and county. Anything I can salvage goes to local food bank/diners etc. Try to help all when I can Peace Out Mongo