Is roadkill a viable meat source? - 'Harvesting the highway" is becoming more and more prevalent

guardian.co.uk ^ | Sept. 13, 2009 | Lucy Siegle

[fso301]

As long as the animal isn’t all mangled, there’s nothing wrong with wintertime roadkill.

[briarbey b]

YYYEEEWWWWW

[Revelation 911]

once i happened upon a deputy just as he gave a fat doe the kill shot - Yummmm - moist and tender right off the fender - another time my buddys wife hit one - it literally had the chevy emblem pressed into its flesh when i skinned it - Ive gotten 3-4 deer like this and 1 turkey that was hit by an ambulance in front of me

[goat granny]

As long as it is a fresh road kill, like venison, eat away. In Michigan deer are considered vermin there are so many...I saw one get hit in front of my house and called the police because the guy behind the car that hit it stopped and said it was still alive...One cop car came to check it out and said it was dead, then another cop showed up to look it over. They asked me if I wanted it and I said no. One of the cops left and came back about 20 minutes later and threw it in back of his pickup truck...

A righteous road kill can taste great....but with maggots on it that is a no no..

[libertarian27]

[Dr.Zoidberg]

All fair in love and protein acquisition.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

It depends on whether the toxic areas have burst and contaminated the meat. It also depends on the animal itself whether it had any diseases. It also depends on how soon after the tire tread/bumper you find it.

Years ago the law in NJ was that if you hit a deer, you could keep it to butcher...AFTER you went to a station and declared it. The problem was that the meat was spoiled by that time. I believe they changed the law so that, if you hit one, you can just take it. A friend shared an awful story about that, but I’ll spare freepers the details.

[Daffynition]

[lurk]

If it eats grass and it’s still warm, you’re dumb to pass it up. I smacked a big buck in Missouri and while he was still skidding down the road, I was thinking of where my knife was. Sadly, he got up and scrambled into the woods.

[goat granny]

HYSTERICAL........LOL

[NormsRevenge]

varmint again tonite, Honey? now what did ya hit?

[lurk]

Road kill butchering tip: sawzall goes through bone like butter.

[LiberConservative]

I think there are a few states that allow you to remove roadkill no questions asked. MI is one of them.

[NormsRevenge]

I nailed one doe and almost took out two elk ,, I was lucky that night ,, ya got to dress them out quick, and get em to a meat locker or butcher to get processed..

[goat granny]

A skunk is not a righteous kill daffy......just glad it wasn’t a coon...I have been told coon taste good, but you have to pick all the buckshot out of it first... LOL

[goat granny]

OOOP I looked again and it isn’t even a skunk...What is that? Must be mystery meat...

[goat granny]

If it eats grass and it’s still warm, you’re dumb to pass it up. I smacked a big buck in Missouri and while he was still skidding down the road, I was thinking of where my knife was. Sadly, he got up and scrambled into the woods.*********

I'll bet you said "damn there goes dinner" LOL

[reg45]

You gotta be fast to keep yourself off of the menu.

[Dallas59]