Got a roadkill tag! (warning: graphic)

[Draugr]

Hit not even a quarter mile from my house. Nobody wanted it so I claimed it . Just a little button buck but I managed to cut a decent amount of meat off him. Samson was gnawing on the carcass the entire time I was cutting it up which made for a rather interesting experience, hehe.







I tried to get a picture of when he was gnawing on it but by then the sun had set and I was working by flashlight. Not too much went to waste but by the time I got down to the neck area the mosquitoes were getting heavy and I'd been without sunlight for quite awhile so I decided to call it quits. Had no way to keep the carcass cold so I had to bury the rest the next morning. I kept the front hooves to use as chews this winter . I think I will give them to Samson and his best buddy Jake for Christmas.

[Freestep]

What a great way to get free RAW food for the dog! Do you have to pay for the roadkill permit?

[Dainerra]

I think it depends on your area. Here, you just give your name to the local Sheriff's office and ask to be added to the list. They call people off the list anytime a deer is hit by a car (provided the driver doesn't want it). They just call down the list until someone says they want it.

[Draugr]

Originally Posted by Freestep

What a great way to get free RAW food for the dog! Do you have to pay for the roadkill permit?

Nope, it's free. A deputy just has to sign off on it and verify that it actually was a highway kill and not poaching.

Originally Posted by Dainerra

I think it depends on your area. Here, you just give your name to the local Sheriff's office and ask to be added to the list. They call people off the list anytime a deer is hit by a car (provided the driver doesn't want it). They just call down the list until someone says they want it.

That's a good idea. I didn't even know there was a list! I should check and see if my county has one. Thanks! My dad was right behind the woman who hit the deer so that's how I got this one.

[smithie]

blimey, I'm just trying to imagine my neighbours face if I had something like that hanging in my back garden while I merrily chopped away at it lol. Great free food though.

[Draugr]

Originally Posted by smithie

blimey, I'm just trying to imagine my neighbours face if I had something like that hanging in my back garden while I merrily chopped away at it lol. Great free food though.

Hehe, well out here everyone and their grandmother (not joking about the grandmother part either) hunts deer, and almost always guts/skins it too. Some of them even process it themselves but usually they send it elsewhere for that to get it done professionally. Since this was going to the dog I didn't much care how the cuts of meat looked :P. Samson isn't too picky about that, hehe!

I haven't actually hunted deer before, personally, but I've been around it enough to sort of fumble my way through it and figure out what I was doing :P.

[JakodaCD OA]

my husband used to hunt, they'd hang the deer or hang them in a shed, the dogs knew where those deer were hanging I'll never forget once, hubby ws dragging one across the lawn, my old gsd Jake, jumped on the thing, hubby stopped iin his tracks wondering why the deer wasn't dragging, turn around there is Jake on top of the thing..Kinda funny at the time

Venison great for the dogs, no fat..I used to cook up the liver/heart as well, couldn't bring myself to give it to them raw..

[Draugr]

Originally Posted by JakodaCD OA

my husband used to hunt, they'd hang the deer or hang them in a shed, the dogs knew where those deer were hanging I'll never forget once, hubby ws dragging one across the lawn, my old gsd Jake, jumped on the thing, hubby stopped iin his tracks wondering why the deer wasn't dragging, turn around there is Jake on top of the thing..Kinda funny at the time

Venison great for the dogs, no fat..I used to cook up the liver/heart as well, couldn't bring myself to give it to them raw..

Hehe, awesome! I had a moment like that too, I was trying to cut a hunk of meat off one of the rear legs and all of the sudden the deer started moving - I look down and there was Samson, teeth locked on one of the rib sides, pulling away at it so hard the deer was almost at a 45 degree angle :P. He was also munching on the grape vine leaves since they were covered in blood from me draining it, heh. He didn't eat much though, mostly just licked the leaves.

I didn't save the liver/heart because I've already got tons of it in the freezer, and like you, I would be nervous feeding organs from a game animal, I'd be too worried about parasites (well without cooking it first, I mean).

I get beef liver for $1.09/lb, pork liver for .89/lb, and beef heart for .89/lb too, so it isn't too terribly expensive. But, if I was running low, I definitely would have saved it and bagged it for the freezer, just written on the bag that it needs to be cooked before it was fed.

[Dainerra]

Originally Posted by Draugr

Hehe, well out here everyone and their grandmother (not joking about the grandmother part either) hunts deer.

that does sound like "your grandmother wears army boots"

the dogs don't care how messed up the meat is. They'll eat it. It's good practice for when you do go hunting!

[Draugr]

Originally Posted by Dainerra

that does sound like "your grandmother wears army boots"

the dogs don't care how messed up the meat is. They'll eat it. It's good practice for when you do go hunting!

Yep! That's what I figured. I'm going to try and get one this winter during shotgun season. First winter I've fed raw, so I've got a very good reason to go out and hunt - I'm not *too* fond of venison but I'll eat it. And I'm not too picky about how it looks either hehe. As long as it is cooked .

I'll probably save a few lbs for me if I do get one .