If you hit a deer with your vehicle, can you eat the meat? Is the meat any good? I know they do this in Alaska with moose, but those are much bigger animals. And I'm not talking about scraping road kill off the side of the road, I'm talking freshly killed. I mean, if it's dead, it's venison, at least if you eat it, it served a purpose.
2007-08-03 05:17:31 · 8 answers · asked by CNJRTOM 5 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
Of course you can eat it. Doesn't get much "fresher" than that (No pun intended). Here in my home state of Maryland, Deer that are struck and killed can either be claimed by the person who in fact struck it with their car, or the Police will call several local food banks and soup kitchens who will actually come to the scene and take it away for use as food to serve the needy. Here it never goes to waste. Of course if there is entensive internal damage in a few cases that make the meat unuseable but these are rare occasions. So yes, it's always best that it not go to waste, and it serves a real purpose.
2007-08-03 05:30:36 · answer #1 · answered by JD 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As long as the deer isn't smashed too badly. I would definately check with your local laws, but as long as we get a deer check(which we can get for free from our local police) we can take the deer. Just be sure you know when it was killed, and make sure the weather conditions are favorable for meat to be left out for however long it has been or will be left out.
Venison is great and better for you than beef. There are tons of great recipes online.
2007-08-03 09:16:07 · answer #2 · answered by Huntermom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends.
You can eat the meat but you may not want too. If there are a lot of ticks, or fleas you may not want to mess with it. If the internal organs were severly damaged or if the hair touches the meat it can spoil the flavor.
As stated before the meat will not be good if it gets too hot.
I have hit deer before and ht emeat varied in how good it was depending on the time of year and the conditions as I have stated above.
2007-08-03 05:32:09 · answer #3 · answered by David's Roast - Fuji Master 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
some states allow this some don't . But I would not. Ruptured intestines spread bacteria and all kinds of nasties very quickly into the meat after being hit by a car. We make a call to the local zoo and they use it to feed the carnivores in the zoo.
2007-08-03 06:06:31 · answer #4 · answered by randy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eat it. You do not want it to go to waste. Talk to someone that knows about deer meat. You want to prepare it in the correct way. My uncle is a state trooper in Delaware. He lets my dad know when there is a fresh killed deer. If they are badly injured then it humane to finsh the job. They do not always pass right away. Sometimes they need a little help. Get a fillet knife and cut their throat deep or cut their head off. Just do them fast. Also if there are deer in your area try to start feeding them. Once you feed deer they come back like clockwork. You can blast a deer in front of the bunch, and they will still come back the next day. They eat alot though. Also, do not poisen them. They just wonder off and die and you never find them. If you put to much poisen then mabey it will get into the meat.
2007-08-03 05:46:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Stronly recommend making a quick call to your state conservation dept. Game warden,etc. Or look them up on the net.
My state does have VERY specific guidelines to follow about this.
2007-08-03 06:11:36 · answer #6 · answered by Truth Seeker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my state you can harvest road kill, you have to make a report to the DNR of the kill.
2007-08-03 08:03:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no problem as long as it doesn't get to hot and ruins. there is nothing immoral about that, i think you are supposed to call a game warden and tell them that it happened, but im not so sure about that
2007-08-03 05:24:52 · answer #8 · answered by Brandon M 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋