Jim Boyd
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On the way home today I saw a deer that wasn't there this morning. Since I had a hacksaw in the toolbox, I came home with a nice set of 7 point antlers
Yum Yum! ROADKILL!!!!
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Easysport
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I think there's a law against that, but maybe not in Texas[]
]rtparso
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Be careful that is poaching around here. To be legal you have to get a cop or a game warden to write you a ticket (permit).
wdcav1952
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In other words, you should let the animal rot on the side of the road rather than any of it be used. Sigh!!
fritzmccorkle
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ol' fritz says if no one saw ya, it didn't happen.
Woodbutcher68
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In Indiana and Illinois, you can claim roadkill, but you have to remove the whole thing, not just select parts of it.
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Mudder
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Sadly, It is considered poaching in Connecticut but I must agree with Fritz on this one.
Daniel
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Sad but true. the thinking behind this is that if you can claim a deer that was hit by a vehicle. you will end up with people taking old clunkers and running deer down all over the place. It still does not make a lot of since considering I've never seen alot of deer standing in the road waiting to get ran down. but that is the thinking anyway. When I was very young I remember my father hitting a deer. he called the game warden himself, after considerable effort to get the number. drove to the site with them. and they had someone that they gave the Meat to so it was not wasted. If more people didn't just drive away maybe there could be more sensable laws.
rtjw
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Agree here. It aint illegal if you didnt get caught.
Rifleman1776
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Illegal in Arkansas also. Especially if you get caught. []
]jkoehler
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Up here ( in Ontario ) I don't know what the rules are.
I know my brother-in-law sometimes is visited by or called by the local police to go and pick up some fresh roadkill ( just deer ).
he has gotten quite a few this way.
I guess it pays to be friends with the police.
they have a list of people that will pick up the road kill.
my theory is make use of it rather than waste it.
i know if i hit something and the vehicle was still drivable, i would throw it in the back.
I know my brother-in-law sometimes is visited by or called by the local police to go and pick up some fresh roadkill ( just deer ).
he has gotten quite a few this way.
I guess it pays to be friends with the police.
they have a list of people that will pick up the road kill.
my theory is make use of it rather than waste it.
i know if i hit something and the vehicle was still drivable, i would throw it in the back.
Jim Boyd
Member
I guess it is a good thing that I live back in the woods a ways. Not much traffic and nobody saw what I didn't take. Never happened[:I]
fritzmccorkle
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fritzmccorkle
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i sure messed that up....this is what i wanted to say.
this would probably lead to stricter used car laws and perhaps a waiting period on clunkers. "they can have my clunker when they pry it from my cold dead fingers" right?
this would probably lead to stricter used car laws and perhaps a waiting period on clunkers. "they can have my clunker when they pry it from my cold dead fingers" right?
Dario
Member
I think they made it illegal to actually protect the public. Some people may collect a deer (or other animal), eat it and get food poisoning!!!
Just my thoughts.
Just my thoughts.
fritzmccorkle
Member
or it might be like that movie tommy boy (or the famous 911 call) where the deer comes to life in the back seat.
woodwish
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I think until we make illegal to be stupid we will continue to laws like this to violate, and people to debate the validity of the law. []
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Rifleman1776
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It is illegal in most places to discourage people from shooting from the roadside, especially at night (that's poaching/spotlighting) then claiming they hit it and shot to put out of misery. Also, roadkills cannot be counted otherwise be counted or recorded for game commissions to study. I agree with those laws. Unless the deer has a really big rack and I'm the one that finds it. [][][]
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