Not sure I'd eat roadkill, but I have eaten lionkill.

Hunting in Masailand in Luke Samaras' Simanjiro concession, my PH, Lupo Santasilia, and I stopped by Luke's main camp where Paddy Curtis had a client on a lion hunt. The client had just started his safari, but they invited us for lunch. Main course was eland backstrap.

I congratulated the hunter on having taken an eland so early on his hunt. He said he hadn't shot the eland. Paddy let me know that they heard the lions take the eland the night before and salvaged the kill for bait, taking the backstraps for lunch. I asked for seconds. Next day Paddy radioed to find out if anyone had any issues with yesterday's lunch. Neither Lupo or I had. Not sure what prompted the inquiry.

I only take or keep roadkill I've either hit myself or SEEN while it was still showing signs of life

It takes skill to get a deer with minimum damage to the vehicle and minimal damage [other than death] to the deer.
My friend had seen a deer hit and killed so he immediately stepped up and said 'that deer is spoken for ' and brought it the 1/4 mile to my house !

Ray passed away in late 2013 and this was one of his last initiated threads.

To join in memorial, yes I've eaten road kill ptarmigan in Alaska!

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It takes skill to get a deer with minimum damage to the vehicle and minimal damage [other than death] to the deer.
My friend had seen a deer hit and killed so he immediately stepped up and said 'that deer is spoken for ' and brought it the 1/4 mile to my house !

FWIW keeping or taking any part of a road killed deer in Texas is illegal. I don't necessarily agree with it, but the logic is there. IMO there should be a method to allow recovering the meat, with safety first, of course.

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Ray passed away in late 2013 and this was one of his last initiated threads.

Dammit! I did a bit of business with him, he was a good guy!

RIP Ray..........


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FWIW keeping or taking any part of a road killed deer in Texas is illegal. I don't necessarily agree with it, but the logic is there. IMO there should be a method to allow recovering the meat, with safety first, of course.

It is in Oregon too, unless the local fuzz comes out and kills the road-injured deer and then takes it to town for charities such as the Sally-Anns, the local mission, or for some place such as "Wildlife Safari" for the lions or leopards to eat.

But the nice thing about the rural counties (Anywhere more than 100 miles from Portland) is that if you are a local resident and call them, they'll almost always tell you to just put it out f its misery, take it home, and eat it. And then they'll usually have deputy drop by the next time he comes down your road...not to check it out, but to tell you..."The next time you hit a deer or see one hit, please don't call us, we've got plenty to do already. Just take it home and eat it."

Goes for wild turkey too, though most folks around where I lived in Douglas County don't like eating wild turkeys...especially if the breast is all bruised up from a bumper or fender strike.