Roadkill

I am going to post on here every time I see a roadkill deer. I drive to work 8 miles and see them almost everyday. 4 miles is rural/ 4 is subdivisions. Today I saw 2 does new from Yesterday. El Dorado Hills area.

It is tamale season...just tossin that out there 

Carry a filet knife and some gallon baggies. Stop cut a couple choice pieces and put in fridge at work til you go home; put baggies in paper bag. My wife used to call my road kill kit, the "murder kit", because I had knife, plastic baggies, 30 gallon  garbage bag, and rubber gloves. The key is don't break the gut sack and just filet off the good pieces.  This of course if you were to do this type of activity 

Carry a filet knife and some gallon baggies. Stop cut a couple choice pieces and put in fridge at work til you go home; put baggies in paper bag. My wife used to call my road kill kit, the "murder kit", because I had knife, plastic baggies, 30 gallon  garbage bag, and rubber gloves. The key is don't break the gut sack and just filet off the good pieces.  This of course if you were to do this type of activity 

That's how we roll round here... Haven't had to "Shoot" a deer in years

Too many  "awww those are so pretties" around here. It would be the same as if I cut the heart out and was eating it raw on the side of the road. I wont hesitate to youthaknife one but I dont see any upside to cutting out the good parts. I try not to get cited for  fish and game violations.

I'm a EDC worker and see them all the time  along the roads. ..the roadkill kit would be great to have in my work truck!

It's not just roadkill that comes by every once in awhile,

In answer to a question in this old post,

http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=16869.msg164451#msg164451

Yes I ate it and it was surprisingly good.

For a description of a fishing trip last winter during which I got 10 mountain whitefish and two roadkilled elk, see http://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=14677.0 .

In Montana, you can take home a roadkilled animal, but you have to take it home whole.  You can't gut and butcher it in the ditch.  This isn't too much trouble with a roadkilled deer, but lifting an un-gutted elk into the back of a vehicle is a big job.  Once you get the critter home, you report the roadkilled animal you took on FWP's website, which only takes a couple minutes.

I have several friends who have taken home two or more roadkilled animals, mostly deer.  Some roadkilled animals are badly damaged, and it's hard to salvage much meat.  And meat can go bad if it sits beside the road for very long in warm weather.  But if you find an animal which was hit lightly and not too long ago, you can get a lot of excellent meat off it.  We had to discard surprisingly little damaged meat from the two elk I found.

in some states they feed the poor with road kill. And people who hunt can donate as well. But in this state I do not think you can do either.

Saw a dead bear right on Green Valley Rd about two months ago.

That fat would be great rendered.

About 10 years ago down in kernville I had a friend from Texas who got charged with poaching cause he pulled a dead deer of the side of the road. He eventually got the charges dropped but it took a couple years and some court appearances..

Yep, illegal in Cali to pick up roadkill. I asked a warden once if I could pick up a deer I seen get hit, and no dice.

For information about the Montana's statutes which permit you to take home and eat roadkill, see http://fwp.mt.gov/hunting/licenses/all/salvagePermit/default.html .

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.