Stupid question...

7mmlefty said:
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.
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You made the right decision. Don't think you would find many true "sportsmen" that wouldn't have shot it.

Technically, not by the book, but it is the RIGHT thing to do. :)
 
if the roadkill has a real nice rack the warden keeps it and if the meat isnt beat up bad he keeps that too.......then if that were true which we all wonder then the warden should have 5ooo lbs of meat at home and a record collection of horns! They all have a dump site that they dump annimals in so that the other annimals can clean them up, i have seen many of these place myself and have set traps for coyotes and foxes there. They will place the bodies in closed parks to help take pressure off the alive ones . ever cook a piece of meat after the chevy tenderised it? Its not as good as you might think the bloodshot steaks are not first choice or even 5th choice, Im not proud i have eaten moose roadkill ONCE ,what a waste of time and steak spice that was !
 
In Ontario, if it is not taken by someone for meat, half the time it ends up in the ditch. Sometimes landfill.

There are some big cat zoo's that take them for feed.

As others have mentioned, just call the OMNR and they will send you a letter/permit to cover you for having the meat. It says you must call the MNR immediately, but I don't know how you do that at 4 am??? A police report is not needed as far as the deer goes.

Here's a thought for you though.......Hit a deer and it is a "not at fault" insurance claim. Swerve to miss a deer, miss it, yet hit a tree, and it is an "at fault" claim.

So hit the deer, get some meat and save on your insurance!!!!!
 
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When I worked for Parks here in BC we would just throw roadkill in the truck...sometimes they needed a sledgehammer between the eyes first (no guns available) and then we would go dump it in the bush.
 
Waterfowler said:
In Ontario, if it is not taken by someone for meat, half the time it ends up in the ditch. Sometimes landfill.

There are some big cat zoo's that take them for feed.

As others have mentioned, just call the OMNR and they will send you a letter/permit to cover you for having the meat. It says you must call the MNR immediately, but I don't know how you do that at 4 am??? A police report is not needed as far as the deer goes.

Here's a thought for you though.......Hit a deer and it is a "not at fault" insurance claim. Swerve to miss a deer, miss it, yet hit a tree, and it is an "at fault" claim.

So hit the deer, get some meat and save on your insurance!!!!!
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Good advise. Even better when you consider that insurance industry stats show that more people are injured and killed swerving to avoid collisions with wildlife than are injured or killed by actually colliding with it.
 
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