Roadkill

You would think a enviromental state such as California would support the harvest of roadkill. If I could grab all the deer and pigs I see, I wouldn't need to buy tags ever again.

the idea is that it would be difficult for wardens to determine whether someone actually picked up roadkill, or if they saw a deer on the road and purposely hit it.  it makes some sense, but i don't know why they can't have a specific contractor or someone to pick it up, determine if its of any quality for meat, and dispose of it.  i did actually read about a new fur company that specializes in roadkill fur, interesting idea actually.

You would think a enviromental state such as California would support the harvest of roadkill. If I could grab all the deer and pigs I see, I wouldn't need to buy tags ever again.

the idea is that it would be difficult for wardens to determine whether someone actually picked up roadkill, or if they saw a deer on the road and purposely hit it.  it makes some sense, but i don't know why they can't have a specific contractor or someone to pick it up, determine if its of any quality for meat, and dispose of it.  i did actually read about a new fur company that specializes in roadkill fur, interesting idea actually.

You'd have to be nuts to deliberately hit a deer in order to get the meat.  Hitting a deer can do a shocking amount of damage to a vehicle. Even if you only had to pay your insurance deductible, it would still be expensive and a big hassle. Plus, you could mush up the deer and damage a lot of its meat.  But I suppose that a certain breed of sportsman could bolt railroad ties and floodlights to the front of an old pickup and cruise country roads at dawn and dusk, looking for an incautious and/or dazzled deer . . . .

I suspect one reason that state legislatures are unwilling to enact legislation which lets people take home and eat roadkilled animals, is because they don't want late night talk show hosts to make fun of the legislation.  Like they did when Montana and other states enacted such laws. Most of the population of the US appears to think that only impoverished and meth-crazed rednecks would consider eating a road-killed deer.

Even in Montana, most of the locals look at that way too. Personally, I would build a hell-for  stout brush guard, n go huntin! #itsbangtime

You would think a enviromental state such as California would support the harvest of roadkill. If I could grab all the deer and pigs I see, I wouldn't need to buy tags ever again.

Environmental, hah! You answered it perfectly in your last sentence.