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."
" Michelle Higgins's car was badly damaged in a moose accident on the Trans-Canada Highway, a collision she can't remember. "
Is that Mickey Rooney?
Remind me to only drive large vehicles with ‘roo guards while in Oz. I guess that there are various species.
That’s some serious fabrication work there I’ll tell ya....
They don’t even slow down. On CB one night, during migration, heard one trucker, “DAMN! Just got ANOTHER one!”
Where’s Sister; she driving, or riding shotgun?
Is the cheese in that red & white mold?
Yes, it’s Mickey Rooney & Cheese.
Nuna & Toodles weren’t there that day.
That pheasant is already tenderized.
Grilled roo in toast.
I am surprised they didn’t already have it.
Heck, even here in the People’s Collective of New York anyone can keep deer killed by cars, regardless of season. You just have to have a sheriff’s deputy give you a tag for it so the State DEC doesn’t nail you for taking a deer out of season. This is easy since one usually calls for a LEO after hitting a deer because you need the report for insurance.
Hit a deer around here and someone will show up in short order asking for it. They rarely go to waste.
I have only “harvested” deer by motor vehicle (2 in the last 6 years alone) but thankfully no other big game. So I don’t know if the same rule applies to bear.
“It was memorable, and the undies survived.”
Modern washing machines and modern detergents are amazing, aren’t they?
I have seen some hit so hard even the hide was questionable.
I saw one get hit which was merely decapitated. A whole critter of good meat, bled out on the scene.
It varies, and fresh meat in any month with an 'r'...
The town of Kanab is one of my favorite places on this earth.
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