Eating Roadkill Grouse

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I don't know if this should have gone into the Survival prep forum or not... times are tough and we need to supplement our diets how ever we can I guess.

Driving home and a bird flew out of the bushes and straight into my bumper. I saw it tumble to a stop on the shoulder from my rear view mirror so I turned around and picked it up. Broken neck. Fresh meat.

I guess if I had run him down and squashed him it would be an unethical, immoral and illegal act. However, having been involved in an accident, wouldn't it be unethical and immoral just to leave it to rot?

That being said, here are some pics and a video. What kind is it? Head was mangled but based on the furry legs I think its a ruffy?


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Depends on the season. I know if you hit a deer and it isn`t deer season (no tag), you can`t load it up and take it home. Thats for the DNR to decide.
 
Bon Appetite.. Im sure theyre good any time of year.
Its a female Ruffed grouse in red phase... no point wasting it.. either you eat it or the crows, fox or other vermin..
 
that's a ruffed grouse. Should be white meat......and pretty tastey. I don't get excited about the idea of free steak every time I pass a carcass on the side of the road but to each their own and it's a good feeling to know it didn't die to be wasted.
 
Depends on the season. I know if you hit a deer and it isn`t deer season (no tag), you can`t load it up and take it home. Thats for the DNR to decide.
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Depends where you are. Here, north of Guelph ON, a nice man in an $80,000 BMW hit a deer in front of my mum's farm. My wife scooped it off the road with the tractor right away. *It posed a hazard to other traffic, you see.*

OPP showed up, I thought I'd have to cancel a tag or pay the MNR a fee.
Them: "Oh, you moved it off the road? Thanks. Do you want it?"
My wife: "Yep."
End of conversation.

Obviously that OPP copper wasn't from Toronto.
 
MusicianShooter said:
Depends where you are. Here, north of Guelph ON, a nice man in an $80,000 BMW hit a deer in front of my mum's farm. My wife scooped it off the road with the tractor right away. *It posed a hazard to other traffic, you see.*

OPP showed up, I thought I'd have to cancel a tag or pay the MNR a fee.
Them: "Oh, you moved it off the road? Thanks. Do you want it?"
My wife: "Yep."
End of conversation.

Obviously that OPP copper wasn't from Toronto.
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i live in the country and am allways looking for fresh accident game,, ive seen lotsa dead deer and wabbit,, but never any fresh kills.. yet,,
(uhmmm..yee haa? :eek:)
 
It's a ruffie...

Roadkill in Ontario is not based on seasons or tags. Whoever hit it, gets it or can decide who gets it.

To the OP, if times are tough, I am more than happy to set you up with some great venison steaks, chops, etc......if you're near by.
 
Waterfowler said:
It's a ruffie...

Roadkill in Ontario is not based on seasons or tags. Whoever hit it, gets it or can decide who gets it.

To the OP, if times are that tough, I am more than happy to set you up with some great venison steaks, chops, etc......if you're near by.
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youre a good man kind sir.. wish it was contageous :)
 
No dissent here. It's a ruffed grouse and you should eat it! I've hit a few over the years, and as long as they aren't mangled, I clean them & eat them. Depending on how they hit the vehicle, there can be substantial bruising on the meat. sometimes too bad to use...
 
Am I driving too slow? I can't seem to hit the damn things even if I swerve towards them. A friend at work seems to hit several every fall. I've eaten freshly roadkilled pheasant and it was quite tasty but I don't think I'd be picking up someone else's roadkill. I'd have no problem something I hit or witnessed being hit if it wasn't mangled.
 
I would. I've haven't taken a grouse but but several Hungarian partridge and a mallard duck fell to my old Chev half-ton when I lived outside the city, and none went to waste.
 
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My son is a forest fire fighter in Northern Saskatchewan. Last August he hit a grouse on the way home after a long days work when he didn't have time to buy groceries. That worked out so well he discovered that the anti-sway bars on a Ford Explorer are very efficiently placed at ruffed grouse head height and they don't mangle any meat. He has had several good meals since then supplied from the "bush pantry". Grouse are Yummy!
 
Waterfowler said:
It's a ruffie...

Roadkill in Ontario is not based on seasons or tags. Whoever hit it, gets it or can decide who gets it.

To the OP, if times are tough, I am more than happy to set you up with some great venison steaks, chops, etc......if you're near by.
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Times are actually not that bad for me personally. I was referring to society as a whole, poor economy etc.

I would however appreciate a sampling of delicious venison steaks if you're in the Peterborough area. :D


I did look into rules on these things and found out that in Ontario, if you hit a raptor, specially protected species, or moose / deer / bear, you are supposed to report it. Everything else is free for the taking.


I chopped two green chives, 2 cellery sticks, a handfull of mushrooms, half a red pepper, 1 clove of garlic, and 1 grouse.

Tossed into a cooking bowl and added some black pepper, crushed read pepper, various green herbs and spices such as parsley etc... A few squirts of Diana BBQ sauce.

Add some rice, and some water. place lid and cook at 350 F for a time.

The result? Too much rice but tasty! I sprinkled Franks Red Hot on liberally for flavour.

It was a white meet for sure and tasted very chickeny and not gamey though, quite chewy. Perhaps this fellow ate the same grain that the free range chickens up the road eat.

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