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Back in the day, in my rural county, people would drive with a spotlight, find a large deer, and run it over. Result? Food for months and months for the famil

by b112 3y ago

Back in the day, in my rural county, people would drive with a spotlight, find a large deer, and run it over. Result? Food for months and months for the family, and the insurance company produced a replacement car. And yes, people would do this when their car was in poor shape, eg transmission going or some such. Car rusting out, etc. They eventually changed the laws so that deer were no longer given to people in car accidents, for obvious reasons. I imagine the light law mentioned here, is due to this too.

giantg2 3y ago
Not really. PA will still allow you to keep roadkill if you report it.
- Arrath 3y ago
  Even in states where you can't legally keep roadkill its often with a wink and a nudge that the officer/trooper on scene will say "I've taken my report and I'm going home. If that deer vanishes before fish and game gets here to collect it in an hour or so, well, I guess the coyotes were hungry tonight."
- bluGill 3y ago
  In most states it is up to the police (game warden is police and should be consulted) discretion. They will almost always give you a permit for the roadkill. The animal is dead and despite OP, most people are not killing deer with their car, so may as well not let it go to waste. Of course there are exceptions and so if the police suspect something they will not give the permit.
  - HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
    One interesting thing that I learned when I visited the Minnesota Wolf Center (20 years ago, but still...) was that their wolves were fed only from roadkill collected in a 100 mile radius.
- magicalhippo 3y ago
  Here in Norway they usually give it to a nearby nursing home, assuming it's in good shape for human consumption. Nice dinner for the elders.
crazygringo 3y ago
Oh wow. I assumed that would make your insurance more expensive because you got into an accident, but looking online it turns out it generally doesn't because it's not considered to be something that you're at fault for. But still, yikes. There are just so many bad things about that.

by b112 3y ago

giantg2 3y ago

Not really. PA will still allow you to keep roadkill if you report it.

Arrath 3y ago
Even in states where you can't legally keep roadkill its often with a wink and a nudge that the officer/trooper on scene will say "I've taken my report and I'm going home. If that deer vanishes before fish and game gets here to collect it in an hour or so, well, I guess the coyotes were hungry tonight."
bluGill 3y ago
In most states it is up to the police (game warden is police and should be consulted) discretion. They will almost always give you a permit for the roadkill. The animal is dead and despite OP, most people are not killing deer with their car, so may as well not let it go to waste. Of course there are exceptions and so if the police suspect something they will not give the permit.
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
  One interesting thing that I learned when I visited the Minnesota Wolf Center (20 years ago, but still...) was that their wolves were fed only from roadkill collected in a 100 mile radius.
magicalhippo 3y ago
Here in Norway they usually give it to a nearby nursing home, assuming it's in good shape for human consumption. Nice dinner for the elders.

crazygringo 3y ago

Oh wow. I assumed that would make your insurance more expensive because you got into an accident, but looking online it turns out it generally doesn't because it's not considered to be something that you're at fault for. But still, yikes. There are just so many bad things about that.