Posted on 06/22/2017 10:27:41 AM PDT by C19fan
Some folks in Oregon might not want to ask, when served an elk burger or a venison steak, where the meat came from. Under a roadkill bill passed overwhelmingly by the Legislature and signed by the governor, motorists who crash into the animals can now harvest the meat to eat.
And it's not as unusual as people might think. About 20 other states also allow people to take meat from animals killed by vehicles. Aficionados say roadkill can be high-quality, grass-fed grub.
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Deer season all year, shoot ‘em drag ‘em in front of the truck, drive 10 ft, load ‘em up.
Yum. In Maine, sometimes motorists will fight over a deer killed in traffic.
So, possum and raccoon soon to be served in Portland restaurants?
Takes three people to eat roadkill: One eats it and the other two watch for cars
I hit a deer on the Interstate once.
The Highway Patrol that responded put it in his trunk...........
It’s legal in TN. I saw a semi-truck driver the other day hiking up the side of I-75 with a big deer tucked under his arm by the head. He either saw it hit or he hit it but the law is good because freshly killed animals like deer don’t go to waste and rot on the side of the highway.
Grilled roadkill:
first the front grille.
Then, the Foreman Grill.
AFAIK, in most Provinces, large road kill is often given to the nearest First Nations Reserve.
Been legal in Tennessee for a while. No, really.
I was driving through rural Florida at night when a pickup truck ahead of me hit a deer. The hitter and the truck ahead of him veered off the road, as did the one immediately behind. As I passed, two men were sprinting back with a chainsaw. A chainsaw.
I’ll bet there was an argument including, Hey, I hit him, he’s all mine! It is against the law to pick them up. I was told it was because people were aiming for them. I imagine if you got good at it, they will fly over the cab and land in the back.
Some of the best elk I’ve eaten was taken by an “87” GMC at about 40 mph.
What business of is it of the government? What’s next, bandaid regulations?
Roadkill crunchies for pothead munchies.
When I was in high school, my buddy bought this guy’s 57 Chevy with a 327 in it. It needed some work on it so I took a few nights after school and got it running great. For our maiden voyage I drove and left rubber all over the road. Came up, fast, on a lady from the the area and BOOM she hit a deer. I slammed the brand new brakes on and we jumped out and shoved the deer in the back seat. I took off laying rubber all over the place and my buddy half turned in his seat and started screaming which scared the Obama out of me as he bailed out the passenger just as I power shifted into second gear. I looked in the mirror to see if he got killed and there was a deer looking back at me!!! It actually kicked and squirmed until it got out the window on my side and took of. I got 27 stitches and no venison roast.
There is no better meat than prime rib from a freshly killed deer or elk.
One of my daughters hit a deer that jumped out of the woods in front of her car four or five years ago. To her great luck, a state gamekeeper came by shortly afterward, said she could eat it, and helped her load it into her trunk (with the trunk door up).
She brought it home. Came over later and gave us a quarter. Best deer meat I ever tasted. Fresh kill. Properly skinned, cut up, and aged. Put some in the freezer and had it when any of the kids came over for dinner.
A stupid, terrible waste not to eat a fresh-killed deer.
In the People’s Republic of New York, toss that roadkill deer in your tuck; you’re going to jail.
One has to call the Sheriff, or local PD, and beg to have a Hunting Tag issued for the harvested unit.
Oh yeah, don’t forget to pay that ever-lovin’ fee.
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