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hils

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
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Location: Nottingham

Posted: Sun Nov 19, 06 4:45 pm Post subject:
Don't you have to take the hoofs/feet (what do deer have?) off in 2 hours of the kill because it can taint the meat? I found a road kill recently & was told not to bother because of this - obviously not knowing how long it had been there.

fish (the other one)

Joined: 24 Dec 2006
Posts: 319

Posted: Sun Dec 24, 06 11:05 pm Post subject:
if it looks dodgy ide still have it for pet food!

jamanda
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Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Dec 25, 06 9:58 pm Post subject:
I read this and thought of ..........well some of you

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 06 9:54 am Post subject:

Just a few words of warning. I think it is illegal to pick up road kill deer without the owners permission and I read in a shooting magazine that it's even illegal to pick up pheasants etc. With deer be very careful it's not still alive otherwise you make be hurt by it.

For me though, the main thing to worry about would be if the animal had been poisoned and that caused it to be hit by a car or the carcass had been poisoned. Not sure how likely it is to happen but I've heard a few people say it has.

If you do notice a wounded deer then please phone the local police ASAP so someone comes to dispatch the poor animal ASAP.

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 06 7:44 am Post subject:
I think that for some reason the law makes a distinction between you picking something up that you've knocked over and something that someone else has knocked over. In other words it doesn't encourage you to use your vehicle as you would a shotgun but that you're alright picking somebody elses accident.

woodsprite

Joined: 20 Mar 2006
Posts: 2943
Location: North Herefordshire

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 06 9:27 am Post subject:
You're right Bodger. Round these parts country lore means thats its accepted if you run something over and kill it, you wait for the next car along, he/she loads it and you share the meat. We country folk never leave a good meal by the roadside!

Andy B

Joined: 12 Jan 2005
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Location: Brum

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 06 12:49 pm Post subject:
Its a shame and people should drive slower !

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 06 7:49 pm Post subject:

Andy B wrote:

Its a shame and people should drive slower !

Yes - but someone I knew years and years ago had a deer literally jump out of a hedge on to his bonnet, to the total detriment of the deer and a relatively mild detriment of his car. Sometimes you just can't stop, however carefully you're driving :/.

Gavin Bl

Joined: 14 Jul 2006
Posts: 281
Location: Cardiff

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 07 12:39 pm Post subject:

dpack wrote:

ps if it is fresh enough still to do so bleed out the carcase as soon as poss for better flavour and storage .
if the internal organs are really messed up it's best to stick with the muscle
beware grit / glass / bone splinters
eat well for free ,easy

interesting, I wouldn't have the know-how to do the whole 'bleed out' thing, but I reckon I could manage hacking off a leg.

Actually on second thoughts

What are your chances of getting sick, through say the animal having been sick itself, or poisoned or summat?

thanks
Gav

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