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More states make eating roadkill legal... #6499412
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'Meals under wheels': More states make it legal to eat roadkill


You found it on the side of the road and now, in more than two dozen states, you can eat it with a side of potatoes.

At least 27 states have passed legislation allowing drivers to turn their roadkill into their dinner, and lawmakers in many others, including California, are poised to do the same.

"At the end of the day, it just makes sense to put to positive use the animals that were just going to end up decaying and creating problems alongside the road," Oregon state Sen. Bill Hansell, whose bill legalizing the eating of roadkill went into effect earlier this year, told NBC News.

Proponents of laws like Hansell's say the legislation not only provides free meals for those who may want them, but also helps clear the roads of large animals in rural areas where clean-up crews are sparse and contributes to the research of migration, health and disease patterns of wild animals.

Opponents, however, have warned of the risks of diseased meat and worry that legalization efforts could lead to over-eager drivers striking down animals just to get a free steak.

Despite those concerns, many state legislators are hungry to allow drivers to take fresh meat off a car grille and put it on a charcoal grill.

Under the law that Hansell, a Republican representing a largely rural district in northeastern Oregon, wrote — it unanimously passed both Oregon state chambers last year and became effective on Jan 1. — drivers can take home the carcasses of deer or elk they, or others, have accidentally struck and killed while driving. Interested drivers must get a permit (it's free and can be obtained via a mobile app within 24 hours of the accident), under which they agree to properly dispose of the unused parts of the animal, consume the meat at their own risk and provide the location of the accident.

Drivers are also required to submit, within five days, the head and antlers of the dead animal to their local Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife office for research purposes. Since the law took effect, more than 200 animals have been salvaged, Hansell said, noting that some fans of the new legislation have dubbed it the "meals-under-wheels" law.

Oregon is hardly alone.

Hansell modeled his bill closely after one passed in Washington State in 2016. Idaho legalized the practice in 2012, Tennessee dealt with the issue 20 years ago and, according to food blog Wide Open Eats, which has tracked such legislation, a total of 27 states have passed laws legalizing the consumption of animals killed by vehicles.

More are likely to follow.

California state Sen. Bob Archuleta, a Democrat who represents a Los Angeles district, has proposed a bill nearly identical to Hansell's.

Image: Bob ArchuletaFreshman state Sen. Bob Archuleta talks with Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson during the state Senate session on Dec. 3, 2018, in Sacramento, California.Rich Pedroncelli / AP file
"All of this done together will lead to safer roadways and more data for...state agencies to identify where roadway defenses can be enhanced and future wildlife highway overcrossings can be identified," a spokesman for Archuleta said.

In Wyoming, lawmakers introduced similar legislation in 2015 and 2017 but the bills failed to advance both times, due to strong opposition from the state's Game and Fish Department.

"What we find is that animals that become roadkill have a higher prevalence of diseases," Wyoming Game and Fish Department spokeswoman Rebekah Fitzgerald said, pointing to Chronic Wasting Disease in deer and Brucellosis in elk. "We want to ensure that people are eating edible and healthy meat."

Chronic Wasting Disease is not transmittable to humans, but Brucellosis is. It can cause profuse sweating and joint and muscle pain.

Wyoming officials also have expressed concerns over the possibility that laws like the one passed in Oregon could incentivize drivers to intentionally strike wild game with their cars — a worry shared by animal welfare organizations such as the Humane Society of the United States.

"Our concern really is where people might intentionally hit animals for trophy or food. Like an elk or something large. It's incredible dangerous. For both species," John Griffin, the senior director of urban wildlife programs at the Humane Society of the United States, told NBC News.

Other animal advocates, however, said eating roadkill is the most harmless way to consume meat.

"While the best thing for animals, the environment and human health is to go vegan," People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) spokeswoman Sophia Charchuk said, "roadkill is certainly a superior option to the neatly shrink-wrapped packages of meat in the supermarket."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/po...tates-make-it-legal-eat-roadkill-n986441

Re: More states make eating roadkill legal... [Re: BillyTraps] #6499432
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Re: More states make eating roadkill legal... [Re: BillyTraps] #6499460
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Slab of lab or chunk of skunk how can you lose! LOL


Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!

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Re: More states make eating roadkill legal... [Re: BillyTraps] #6499464
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grampa used to say the definition of roadkill is bad shot.









Re: More states make eating roadkill legal... [Re: BillyTraps] #6499472
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Roadkill ain't too bad as long as it's fresh


I don’t trap because I want to
I trap because I have to
Re: More states make eating roadkill legal... [Re: BillyTraps] #6499505
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I am eating a roadkill elk calf I picked up in idaho, steaks,sausage, burger and jerkey
dont even have to be a resident to pick them up there

Re: More states make eating roadkill legal... [Re: BillyTraps] #6499510
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You know it's good, straight from the hood.

Re: More states make eating roadkill legal... [Re: pcr2] #6499525
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Originally Posted by pcr2
grampa used to say the definition of roadkill is bad shot.


I thought the definition was good driving.

Re: More states make eating roadkill legal... [Re: BillyTraps] #6499529
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in the off season it is i guess.









Re: More states make eating roadkill legal... [Re: BillyTraps] #6499541
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So they are worried I am going to use my $50,000 truck to strike an elk hard enough to kill it ? And not worry about the thousands of dollars of damage to my vehicle. Sounds good to me damage my truck to get a free meal ! I guess i could put a bull bumper on the front and go fast ! I have seen the pictures of deer etc. coming into the front windshield. Oh look there is a Moose speed up and hit it- it is what is for supper. Puts a whole new spin on grocery shopping ! ! LOL.

Re: More states make eating roadkill legal... [Re: BillyTraps] #6499554
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I never knew it was illegal to consume roadkill.

Re: More states make eating roadkill legal... [Re: BillyTraps] #6499572
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You know some place in the US there is a place that is call the road kill cafe.There saying is this is you hit it we cook it


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When I was a kid it was illegal as heck to pick up a road-kill deer or other big game. That changed in maybe the early 70's, when it became legal to keep the deer. Bear weren't legal to keep until in the early 80's (?). Elk and Moose are still illegal to salvage. Small game can be kept if the season is open at the time.
Back around 1975 I went on a day-trip fishing with an old friend of mine named Jim, with the apt nickname of "Caveman". He deserved that moniker, being somewhat of a savage. He was the oldest son of a couple with 10-11 kids, the father of which had had a bad stroke and was crippled up bad. They ate a bunch of deer. Caveman, who was maybe 16-17 at the time, and I were returning home after the outing and along about dusk a couple venison popped out into the dirt road ahead of the mid 60's Delta 88 he was driving. He hollered "hold on" and punched the accelerator and quickly caught up to the now-panicked deer. He accordion'd the second doe, sending her flying off into the ditch where she was dead as soon as she quit sliding. Being pre-cellphone, he left me there while he drove up the road to the first farmhouse and called the Sheriff's Dept. A grey-haired deputy we both knew well was the LEO that showed up. He looked at the doe, Caveman, then me, and shook his head as he handed over the road-kill tag. He said, tongue-in-cheek, "I can't believe you accidently hit another one Jim". That guy had done this several times with my friend, and knew that every scrap of that doe was going to be eaten up in a matter of days. I don't condone what my friend did, but I fully understood why he was doing it. That family lived real close to the bone and found charity in the way of welfare a lot harder to swallow than a few semi-poached deer burgers.


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Originally Posted by Timothy
So they are worried I am going to use my $50,000 truck to strike an elk hard enough to kill it ? And not worry about the thousands of dollars of damage to my vehicle. Sounds good to me damage my truck to get a free meal ! I guess i could put a bull bumper on the front and go fast ! I have seen the pictures of deer etc. coming into the front windshield. Oh look there is a Moose speed up and hit it- it is what is for supper. Puts a whole new spin on grocery shopping ! ! LOL.



Know a guy that did just that though he was driving a car, swerved all the way across a 4 lane road to hit a 12 point buck, problem with that was a state cop seen him do it an wrote him out a ticket; he was - about getting a ticket and not getting to keep it he deer

Couple weeks later he was even more (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) because besides a fine for intentionally hitting the deer he lost his license for 6 months and his hunting license for 3 years and had to pay restitution for the deer to the tune of 5 grand

I thought he got off light myself



�Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.�
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He also was charged with recklessly driving, and his insurance refused to pay for the damage to his car stating by they were not liable because the damage was intentionally

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�Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.�
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Re: More states make eating roadkill legal... [Re: BillyTraps] #6499673
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A deer can total a car. Thats just stupid.

Re: More states make eating roadkill legal... [Re: BillyTraps] #6499708
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You kill it; we grill it.

Re: More states make eating roadkill legal... [Re: BillyTraps] #6499726
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Re: More states make eating roadkill legal... [Re: BillyTraps] #6499751
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Roadkill is the only venison I eat. I pick up 2-3 a year. I drive 40 miles of highway to work, so I can watch the roads and pick up only the fresh ones. You want the ones laying directly off the road or on the shoulder. If they're way off the road they got smashed hard and flung, they're no good. In the way of traffic means they're mush on the inside, guaranteed they've been hit.more than once. Broken front legs is good, broken back legs is bad...a hit in the front might mean mushy lungs and heart, but a hit in the back means poop all over the inside. Blood coming out of the nose usually indicates a front hit.
Always process gutless style.

Re: More states make eating roadkill legal... [Re: BillyTraps] #6499787
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