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[–] 23 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I know some people who shoot and hunt their own venison. Some people moved over to butcher shops. But no one is finding roadkill and saying "oh man, I gotta get in on that"

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I can think of one…

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    When I was a kid I visited my cousin in backwoods Missouri, and we heard on the radio that there was an uptick in leprosy because of people eating roadkill armadillo. It was a real wtf moment in my life

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Shit. Is there a certain kind of roadkill that's safer to eat?

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    But no one is finding roadkill and saying “oh man, I gotta get in on that”

    Fun fact, there was enough public outcry in '16 for the state of Washington to amend it's laws and make it legal to harvest roadkill for food.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Of all the states, I wasn't expecting Washington.

    Alabama? Sure.

    Mississippi? I can see that.

    Georgia? Yeah, ok.

    Washington? Of all the states, WASHINGTON??? Oh god damn....

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I mean if you hit a deer with your car, why let all that venison go?

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    My uncle loves to tell a story from his youth about when he was driving his VW bug up in Maine back in the 70s. As he was winding through the woods on a back road, he struck and killed a rather large buck, which is honestly a fairly impressive feat for a 1970-something VW bug. As he's standing there assessing the (thankfully minimal) damage to his car, a game warden pulls up and informs him that, in Maine, if you kill an animal while hunting, you're legally required to haul carcass home with you under threat of jail time.

    And so began his several-hour task of cramming a 6-point buck into the back seat of a 1970-something VW bug. As far as I remember, he was successful, too.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    It's actually not terribly uncommon for people to take roadkill if it's fresh and in decent shape.

    In my state (PA) you're supposed to report it to the game commission within 24 hours, and you're supposed to surrender the hide and antlers to them unless you pay for a separate permit.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    In the UK it's illegal to claim roadkill if you're the one who struck the animal.

    If you weren't, it's free game (unintentional pun, nice)

    At first that didn't make sense to me, but I now realise it's to prevent someone purposely striking an animal just to take it.

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