Posted on 04/07/2013 12:00:37 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Montana legalises cooking and eating roadkill
Montana has become the first US state to allow drivers to cook and serve carrion picked up from road accidents under a 'you kill it, you grill it' law.
By Philip Sherwell, New York
7:10PM BST 07 Apr 2013
Lawmakers in the US state have overwhelmingly passed a bill allowing locals to salvage meat from the carcasses of wild animals killed in road accidents.
When signed into law by the governor, Montana could become "the ultimate drive-through destination for adventurous foodies", the website Huffington Post noted.
Steve Lavin, the legislator who introduced the bill, said that the idea came to him as he drove the open highways of the predominantly rural state and started to count the carcasses lining the road.
"It really is a sin to waste a good meat," said Larry Jent, a state senator who also supports the legislation.
All wild animals were included in the initial draft. But amid fears that there would be an incentive for motorists to hit sheep, bears and bobcats, whose parts have financial value, Mr Lavin limited the legislation to deer, elk, moose and antelope.
The bill outlaws deliberately striking an animal. But some have expressed concerns that "you kill it, you grill it" legislation could nonetheless encourage such collisions.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Quit yur complaining and eat around the tread marks.
What is sad is that government seems to think that this is any of their business at all.
I hit a Roosevelt Elk once. Much cheaper to just buy your meat.
Mel’s Char Palace?
Expensive, and no guarantee of a ‘clean’ kill.
Here’s a deer strike story (foul language warning) with a little humor at the end.
http://www.advrider.com/Fame/Deer.html
Oh deer/dear. Well lets eat.
Drive through fast food!
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