Video- how to cook a roadkill raccoon.

Awesome! Check out the vid on the right...
http://www.wayoutwestnews.com/2011/02/18/san-francisco-sidewalk-gardens-cause-kerfuffle/

there was a little bit of chatter about this last week when the show came out..apparently its illegal for someone to pick up and use roadkill in the state and that the show was in violation of the law.  Not that I care but it was an interesting discussion and the following from Carrie Wilson is kind of funny:

Question: I have a couple of questions regarding deer killed on roadways. First of all, if a deer is accidentally hit and killed on a roadway, can it be collected and utilized so as not to go to waste? Secondly, if I have a valid California hunting license and deer tag, and while coming back after dark from a day of hunting, if I accidentally hit and kill a deer on one of the backroads, how is that handled? Do I wait until morning and shoot it, or is that considered a "bag?” What are the laws pertaining to animals accidentally killed on the highways?  (James M.)
 
Answer:  Road-killed wildlife may not be retained by the driver of the vehicle that hits the animal, nor anyone else associated with the accident or not. Only authorized personnel of state and/or local agencies are permitted to dispatch and remove injured or dead animals.
 
In regard to your second question, even if the driver of the vehicle is a licensed California hunter who has the appropriate tags to take the deer that is accidentally hit by their car, that hunter cannot legally tag that deer and take it home. Deer may only be taken with rifles, shotguns, pistols and revolvers, muzzleloaders and archery equipment. Motor vehicles are not included in this list of legal methods of take.
Although Fish and Game Code section 2000.5(a) states the accidental taking of game by a motor vehicle is not a violation of the law, it does not authorize the possession of animals taken by a collision with a vehicle. You may wonder why this is the case since it seems like it would be a waste of a deer to not be able to place a tag on it and perhaps save another from being taken. The reason is that some poachers would use the “collision” excuse to take deer at night with their vehicle and just attach their tag to justify the action.

. Motor vehicles are not included in this list of legal methods of take.

 

just a note on keeping motor vehicle killed animals....

In many states (Missouri and Arkansas for sure) you are allowed to get a take permit if you want to utilize the carcass of a game animal killed on the roadway.  I have actually used this and filled a cooler with deer meat after a really strange dove hunt.  The states get around poachers by conducting stings with robotic or otherwise fake deer and arresting poachers at night and in the wee hours of the morning 

Jim

Interesting info Jim.
I know that back in the day when I was in AK the rumor was that harvesting roadkill was permissible but that the killed animal belonged to the car behind the vehicle involved in the collision. I never got to around to finding out if this was real or just rural legend.

Interesting info Jim.
I know that back in the day when I was in AK the rumor was that harvesting roadkill was permissible but that the killed animal belonged to the car behind the vehicle involved in the collision. I never got to around to finding out if this was real or just rural legend.

In AK there used to be (maybe still is) a roadkill list you could get on.  You may have had to qualify for it (think low income).  When roadkill was reported, you'd get a call to go get it if you were next on the list.

-Allen