Roadkill salvage - Lesson learned. Is this new?

[Yarome]

Long story short, got off with a warning and allowed to keep the meat, but it was something I was unaware of and kind of confusing, to me.

So, any member of the public is generally allowed to salvage roadkill, and allowed to humanely dispatch a critically injured animal, HOWEVER..... what I was not aware of. While you MAY humanely dispatch an animal struck by a vehicle, only the driver of the vehicle that struck it is legally able to salvage the animal and qualify for the salvage permit. YOU can't in that particular set of circumstances.

I don't get how that makes any sense, but evidently, that's how they roll these days.

Not that I would encourage anyone to violate the rules, but in the case that you run across a struck animal and the driver has moved on.... "It was dead when I found it" might save you some hassle. Of course, that also means you are violating the rule that you are required to report dispatching an animal to the po-po within 24hrs, too.

I still fail to see what they are trying to accomplish with that, though. Can someone enlighten me?

Roadkill Salvage Permits | Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife

It is legal to salvage meat from deer and elk struck by vehicles in Oregon. You must complete a free permit within 24 hours of salvaging and you must surrender the head and antlers to ODFW within 5 business days.Roadkill Salvage Permit

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[Andy54Hawken]

Hmmm....
Maybe to keep people from filling their tag via Ford F150 , Chevy Siverardo or Dodge Ram....?
I can see a whole new twist to hunting caliber debates here....
Andy

 

[Certaindeaf]

So kin ya still "store your corn", wink wink, in the middle of th road? Kinder confusing.







Lol

 

[Yarome]

So kin ya still "store your corn", wink wink, in the middle of th road? Kinder confusing.

Works with apple slices... but corn isn't a fruit. Good question!

 

[parallax]

Good post!
Seems kinda heavy handed that the police were considering giving you a citation. would seem more productive if they would have explained the possible infraction better. looks like the rules are kinda vague and the spirit of the law would be more lenient to allow harvesting.
Of course now I am required to post the " gonna go out and buy me a 800 pound 1/2 steel bull bar bumper and do me some road huntin" joke LOL

 

[Yarome]

The salvage permit application notes it too. For general info.

 

[Alexx1401]

Get Gov bureaucrats involved and things seldom make sense.

 

[Provincial]

Probably a convocation of drunken, drug-addled liberal lawyers (also known as a "Legislature") came up with that jewel.

 

[Yarome]

It certainly can discourage a person from wanting to try and remain in compliance when common sense is discarded and may just come back and bite you in the nethers. That's for sure.

I'll tell you this... walking away from fresh venison liver'n'onions ain't gonna happen.