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Post by OldHippieDude on Oct 10, 2013 16:33:58 GMT -5
October 10, 2013 (HELENA, Mont.) -- Salvaging roadkill for the dinner table is not only legal starting this month in Montana, but state officials plan to let drivers who accidentally kill big game to simply print out permits at home that allow them to harvest the meat. Later on, there will be an app for that.
The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission is expected to approve regulations Thursday that allow people to go online for permits to salvage for food the animals they hit and kill within 24 hours of the fender-bender. No need to present the carcass to a law-enforcement official in person within a day of a crash, as was originally planned. Now drivers will be able to apply at a website and print out permits from their own computers. And a request for bids is being issued to develop a smartphone application for roadkill permits, said Ron Aasheim, spokesman for the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks agency. "With all the advances in technology, why not allow people to do that," he said. Particulars
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2013 20:42:07 GMT -5
Great idea if it's done properly. Several hunting groups here donate parts of their kill to shelters and food kitchens. Butchers donate their time in many cases and accept small donations in others in order to process the meat.
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Post by OldHippieDude on Oct 11, 2013 2:48:17 GMT -5
Great idea if it's done properly. Several hunting groups here donate parts of their kill to shelters and food kitchens. Butchers donate their time in many cases and accept small donations in others in order to process the meat. I ran over a cotton-tailed bunny on my way to Gore, despite averting to miss it. I shopped in Gore, and on my way home I saw it lying on the road, deader than Kelsey's nuts! So I brought it home for the colony of feral cats that hang out here, ever mooching. They devoured that bunny in minutes in an absolutely natural "top cat" feeding frenzy!! It was a sight to behold! Peace, OHD
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2013 11:37:28 GMT -5
lol
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Post by OldHippieDude on Oct 11, 2013 14:05:27 GMT -5
I have no problem with this, it makes perfect sense. I just hope people don't starting installing HD brush guards on their SUV's bumpers and go out hunting. Abuse messes so many good things up.
Peace,
OHD
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2013 16:22:46 GMT -5
You're right. The deer population being as high as it is maybe they won't resort to that. Really think a person would have a hard time taking one with a vehicle on purpose.
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Post by OldHippieDude on Oct 11, 2013 20:06:35 GMT -5
You're right. The deer population being as high as it is maybe they won't resort to that. Really think a person would have a hard time taking one with a vehicle on purpose. Yeah, that would be a little tricky, but in my years of living out here in the Cookson Hills, I've only hit one deer, and at that, just kind of gave it a glancing blow at about 45 mph, and I think she survived okay. It's pretty predictable when they will be crossing more though, during the rutting season. We saw literally hundreds of jack rabbits driving across, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and even in N. CAL. Those damned things are so tough you can't eat them though. My gramps used to make a great "jackrabbit chili con-carni," out of them! It was pretty darned good, and tender after several hours of simmering! Peace, OHD
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Post by pipaduck on Oct 12, 2013 6:16:39 GMT -5
Did you ever see the insides of a road kill deer? It's already "chili con-carni,"
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Post by OldHippieDude on Oct 12, 2013 18:46:22 GMT -5
Did you ever see the insides of a road kill deer? It's already "chili con-carni," Never have!! I've never been quite that curious! Peace, OHD
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