Posted on 04/07/2013 2:36:40 PM PDT by JoeProBono
HELENA, Mont.- Montana lawmakers have approved a bill that would allow residents to salvage meat from wild animals accidentally killed on the state's roadways, officials said.
The Montana state Senate approved HB 247, or the "roadkill bill," in March and it is now awaiting review by Gov. Steve Bullock, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The bill would allow some Montana residents -- they would have to apply for a permit -- to take home certain roadkill for food, Republican state Rep. Steve Lavin said.
"There are a lot of animals and a lot of roadway in Montana," Lavin said. "I've had a ton of people ask me after striking a deer or an elk, 'Can I take it?' And I have to say no."
The bill allows people to salvage more than 10 types of animals, including black bears, bighorn sheep and mountain lions.
June Munski-Feenan, the director of the Whitefish food bank in the northwestern Montana, said although it is currently illegal, salvaged road kill helps her feed more people at her shelter.
"We save all the food we can up here," Munski-Feenan said, adding that she hope the bill will be signed into law.
"That would help us quite a bit," she said. "But I don't know how it will go."
elgen stopper her
Down here on Highway 89 on the east side of Zion National Park they hit at least one mule deer daily. Colorcountry hit two deer in the last year. In fact she hit one on the way to the Freeper picnic when Jim Robinson was here.
We all come from a long line of survivors, thank God.
Sikker noget!
I'm still limp as overcooked asparagus
Elk can be really BIG. Only the legs can be seen in the fog at night. It’s scarey seeing what looks like a bunch of people crossing the street in the middle of nowhere.
Me too. LOL
You want scary, one night we turned off the pavement onto our county gravel, then saw shadows out the side windows.
We were inside a loping herd of elk passing us on both sides of the car. We stopped, and the ones on the right crossed in front & & behind us, then they all went over the fence into a hay field to graze.
It was memorable, and the undies survived.
It doesn't take long to brake to 0 mph when driving at 10mph makes it difficult to stay in your lane.
More elk, x20.
I note that many 18 wheeler tractors out West are sporting serious looking "roo guards" these days.
Alaska makes good use of Road Kill in the winter. When a Moose bags a car, the cops call people on the road kill list and they come salvage the meat. The moose that is.
Most guys just drag the whole moose into the truck and clean it at home.
Wolves.....the other white meat.
Nice!
‘Roos are small compared to moose.
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