In a lot states like Wis. it is perfectly legal to salvage most any animal hit by a vehicle.
Most of the time all it takes is a simple phone call to get an authorization number.
Technically, here, you’re *supposed* to call in for a tag and they’ll let you take it.
I am not kidding when I say it’s nearly impossible to beat the hillbilly scavengers to a decent roadkill.
Couple years back, it was wicked cold and I passed a just-hit giant buck coming up the mountain.
By the time I found a place to turn around and go back for it, it was *gone*.
I didn’t see a car pass me going either way, so in that 5 minute missed window of opportunity, someone younger/faster/stronger saw that buck, too, and threw it in the back and took off.
Would’ve been months of fresh meat and antler chews for the dogs.