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Would you (or do you) scavenge road kill?
Idaho's new road kill law went into affect on Jan 1st. It is now legal to pick up road kill for consumption. I hadn't really thought about it, but last weekend, I saw a couple guys skinning and quartering a cow moose on the side of the road.
The only things I've ever picked up are fur bearers. I'm not leaving perfectly good cash on the side of the road. Not so sure about meat...
Thoughts?
The only things I've ever picked up are fur bearers. I'm not leaving perfectly good cash on the side of the road. Not so sure about meat...
Thoughts?
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Adam J. McCleod
Adam J. McCleod
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Recoil is how you know primer ignition is complete.
I did however come up on a doe once that was hit and still alive. Called the local police. The officer that showed up went to HS with me. He called a rookie Afro American female officer and made her shoot it...missed with the first shot. he then let me gut it and keep it.
All fresh enough road kill and that is the key, how old is the road kill.
I draw the line at 'possum.
:sulksofftocorner:
I've picked up muskrats, minks, beaver, a couple coons, and a coyote. I stopped for an otter one morning but he was sploded. 12 miles of my daily commute is along a river. Seen plenty dead ducks and geese, but haven't picked them up.
Adam J. McCleod
You are fortunate. We cannot use any part of any "game animal" as bait, not even hides or gut piles.
Adam J. McCleod
Absolutely!.. Mostly deer, even if it's just for the backstraps .I'm hoping that someone is going to whack a bison out on the public road through the refuge....
As the main guilty party has been retired for several years now..... The tailboard of a 1978 American LaFrance "Snorkel" is perfect for loading a deer onto for the ride back to the station. As the station has several mature trees around it, no use of the boom to hang the deer was required. Always helpful to be friendly with the donut munchers, they can let you know when there is a deer down from a vehicle strike.
Buddy of mine told me about a Ford Escort that hit an Elk outside of Ft. Riley. Guy was knocked out for several days. The Chief of the VFD took the elk home and processed it. First thing the guy asked when he woke up in the hospital was, " Where is my Elk?"
No.
Oh, we're talking about "that"?
Then yes.
Hey, thanks!
Beetles are natures M&M's
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
Same here but I've never asked or looked at the regs in re: roadkill as bait. But our archery whitetail and black bear openers coincide so if I were to take a deer in this new area we're hunting there is no law that says I have to haul the gut pile out. This last season I did not take a deer with my bow but I had that tactic in mind and still do.
JAY
Oh! Now the Bunny Huggers will be out in force!!! The poor Buzzards will starve to death!
Which side of the Possum Line are you on? :silly: :roll2: :roll2: :roll2:
Jerry
But, I expect they are too greasy for my health, to eat them.
Actually possum and sweet taters is an Arkansas delicacy. The possum is best live trapped and finished for a couple of weeks on apples, persimmons, and other fruit to get some of the gaminess out of the meat. Then you kill and skin, and boil in pot with sweet taters for a few hours...put a nice clean brick on the carcass to hold it down
Recoil is how you know primer ignition is complete.