Stupid question...
- Thread starter Zeth
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Most deer are taken to the landfill. At least that's how it is around here. You would think the meat would be donated, but I heard there is some hoopla about human consumption of non regulated/inspected meat and the powers that be want to stay away from it.
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In Ontario, if you hit a deer, you can keep it as long as you report it. Don't know what they do with road kill otherwise. Likely buried or burned. No zoo would take it. Animals in zoos are far too valuable to be fed meat of unknown quality.
In Ontario if you hit a deer it's yours to keep and you don't need to put your tag on it I clipped a small doe with my pickup a couple years ago. I called the local police to report it. Cop came out and filled out a report but wanted to know why I need a report since there wasn't any damage to my truck. I told him the butcher may need it and the MNR could get snotty without a tag. The cop just laughed and said good point, then he asked me how far off the road I had to go to hit it
I clipped a small doe with my pickup a couple years ago. I called the local police to report it. Cop came out and filled out a report but wanted to know why I need a report since there wasn't any damage to my truck. I told him the butcher may need it and the MNR could get snotty without a tag. The cop just laughed and said good point, then he asked me how far off the road I had to go to hit it
It used to be that way here in BC during the 60's & 70's but then it was stopped. I heard that it's illegal in BC to keep roadkill (think I read this in the hunting regs) although I'm not sure the exact law.
then he asked me how far off the road I had to go to hit it
Hahaha that's exactly what I thought of when you said your story
In Ontario if you hit a deer it's yours to keep and you don't need to put your tag on it
Ontario people...you are still required to call MNR office to report the deer. Police incident report doesn't mean squat to a CO. Call ASAP, and they will send you a tag in the mail...FREE.
SK and AB were the last places in Canada that will give you (sell you) a permit for found birds of prey, AFAIK.
I was able to get a permit on a road-killed owl, so that I could get it mounted. Had to take the bird in for inspection (any bullet holes, and it's not gonna happen) and sign a Statutory Declaration telling of the circumstances it was found in.
No permit, and you can get your butt in a sling on any found wildlife here in Alberta, too.
Heard of a couple guys that had arrangements with the Highways Dept road crew that picked up the dead, to be fed to their wild boars. No first hand info on that, though.
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Trev
Keeping roadkill in NB is a no no. It all goes to carcass "dumps" that the DNR use or dragged off the road into the woods depending on the location. There is one off the Hanwell outside of Fredericton, next to the firing range. I remember taking my wife there to see bald eagles.
I also remember coming across a nice little buck that had been hit and his legs were broken. I called DNR, the officer showed up WITHOUT A GUN!!! A farmer came out to see what was going on and the DNR officer had to ask the old guy "If he had a gun..." The farmer went and got his old bolt action 32 Special and the DNR officer let the old guy shoot it. I should also mention that putting down or destroying wildlife (even for humane reasons) is a no no in NB...
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Jay
I also remember coming across a nice little buck that had been hit and his legs were broken. I called DNR, the officer showed up WITHOUT A GUN!!! A farmer came out to see what was going on and the DNR officer had to ask the old guy "If he had a gun..." The farmer went and got his old bolt action 32 Special and the DNR officer let the old guy shoot it. I should also mention that putting down or destroying wildlife (even for humane reasons) is a no no in NB...
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Jay
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In my part of S.W Ontario there is a company that contracts to pick up and incinerate road kill. I deliver the fuel to the outfit.
What happens to the deer that get hit by cars?
For example, if I hit a nice big buck with a truck (let's say for arguments sake that I survived the hit by this huge bastard
In Alberta you need written permission from wildlife officials to keep or be in possession of any part of the animal.
Two years ago I was duck hunting and looking for a wounded duck, and was crossing over a log and the log moved!..
Yea, I was startled.....
Turned out what I thought was a log, was a deer hit by a vehicle.
It had to have been there for a few days, and so mangled up, with broken legs, and the back end full of maggots, but was still alive.
I shot it in the head to put it out of it's misery. It felt unsporting to shoot it, but knew it was the best thing to do.
No need to have animals suffer like that.
Yea, I was startled.....
Turned out what I thought was a log, was a deer hit by a vehicle.
It had to have been there for a few days, and so mangled up, with broken legs, and the back end full of maggots, but was still alive.
I shot it in the head to put it out of it's misery. It felt unsporting to shoot it, but knew it was the best thing to do.
No need to have animals suffer like that.
Two years ago I was duck hunting and looking for a wounded duck, and was crossing over a log and the log moved!..
Yea, I was startled.....
Turned out what I thought was a log, was a deer hit by a vehicle.
It had to have been there for a few days, and so mangled up, with broken legs, and the back end full of maggots, but was still alive.
I shot it in the head to put it out of it's misery. It felt unsporting to shoot it, but knew it was the best thing to do.
No need to have animals suffer like that.
I agree, I think you did the right thing, there is no need for an animal to suffer if you can humanely dispatch it, BUT, doing so might not be legal where you are... So, in those situations most people apply the 3 "S" rule... Shoot, Shovel & Shut Up...
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Jay
