Why is there a law that forbids eating roadkill such as a deer...?

Im not saying Id got out and eat whatever animal Id hit in the streets,but what difference does it make if you shoot the deer (while deer hunting) or accidently happen to hit the deer? Is some health hazard concern behind it or what? Hope youll understand me!! Help a sistuh outWhy is there a law that forbids eating roadkill such as a deer...?
Many states have strict laws against hunting with your vehicle. It gives the hunter an unfair advantage and usually creates more problems. Most of the time there will be damage to private property (driving through someones fields) I know in Alaska when someone hits a moose (trust me, NOBODY would do this on purpose!) the state troopers call local churches and charities to see if they want the carcass. If there is not a non-profit to take the animal, they call private citizens who have placed themselves on a waiting list to get ';roadkill';. Many people will not take a road killed animal because of the chance of the stomach and intestines having burst. If the stomach or intestines(well, almost any internal organ) burst, they spill toxic chemicals like bile and stomach acids into the meat, spoiling it for consumption. Many people feel real hunters don't need to use something as large as a car or truck.Why is there a law that forbids eating roadkill such as a deer...?
To give animal eating animals something to eat..





Its like this, the deer dies another animals eat and don't get extinct.


This way of helping the weak survive.





Wildlife Dept of Conservation's


without them many species would


be gone now.
The real reason is the stupid clause that most laws exhibit.





Meaning you must make a law that directs even the most foolish in the safest possible direction. Meaning, if your the kind of person who would eat something you found on the road, then you probably need a law to forbid you from doing it.
I am not sure about laws, but I would not recommend it. You could damage the gut and ruin the meat and get some bad bacteria and not know until you are already sick.
Laws against eating roadkill!?! Does this mean that I am going to have to stop doing it?
It's a law? .....oops.
if you were following a car or you were the car that struck a deer you could stop pick it up and bundle it into the boot of the car.... if stopped by anyone , you could always try out the ';i was just taking it to the vets'; ploy








seriously i think it's to stop people from going out to hit animals on purpose
in texas,now if you hit a deer with your car,your allowed to keep it.small compensation for the damage,better than nothing.
i think if you hit a deer and killed it, and if you immediately got out and skinned it and bled it, it would be ok to eat, what is wrong is it to lay there dead, the blood contaminates it. hope i helped
girl I hear ya on that one, but have no idea... good question!
I think it might be a health concern.
IN some states it is legal to keep a road kill deer, but in some States it is not..





A major problem with this is when you hit the deer, the impact can cause internal organs to burst.. Like the liver, intestines, stomach..





Once that happens the meat is no good, because the toxic contents of the organs enter the meat.





As another poster mentioned, hunting uses a precise shot though the lungs and maybe heart just behind the front leg, so no toxins are released into the meat.
ain't no law in NY bout that all you do is call a trooper he tags it ask if you want the deer then go to the store and buy some Stove Top Stuffin and you got some serious eatin's. Bon appetites
Well, whenever you hit a deer chances are that you've busted vital organs and that jeopardizes the integrity of the meat. When hunting, it is a very precise shot. Sometimes, if they are hit in the wrong place, hunters will just leave them 'cause the meat will not be good.
Depends on what state you are living in. Some states it is legal as long as the state game and fish is notified.
Where do you live. I live in Wisconsin, and if you hit a deer with you car you can take it. The police have to come out and verify that it is road kill. They will give you a tag so that you can prove you are not a poacher.
probably becuase the eater will catch diseases and stuff, and possibly spread it to other humans
THEY KNOW POACHERS WILL SAY IT WAS A ROAD KILL.
Well when you hit a deer with your car you put all the bacteria that was on your bumper inside the deer also people would probably eat old road kill maybe a couple of days old and that would be bad. Also, people would just go around running over the deer and eating it effectively ';hunting'; the deer without a permit and not in deer hunting season.
I have heard that you are allowed to pick up road kill and take it home to cook if you were NOT the person who ran it over. If you are a following driver it is not illegal. I am pretty sure that's how it works here in the UK.
Some states will allow you to take the meat home... you must first report it and then, occasionally, if you do the right thing they will let you keep it.





See, petef and me know what we're talking about! colorado rocks!
in north carolina, if you hot a deer, you have to notify the cops and they will come out and verify that it was killed by your car. they will ask you if you want it, if not they usually take it to the closest prison camp and give it to them. but if you want to keep it you can take it home, before you take your vehicle to the body shop.
In Colorado there is actually a law to state who has the legal right to the animal if it is killed on the road. It pretty much follows the 1st 2nd 3rd person on scene etc. You can do whatever you want with that animal. Most people leave them but I know people who eat them. it is the same hitting it with a big metal car or a small metal bullet.
In my home state you can get a tag issued for the animal that makes it legal for you to keep it if you hit it. More than 1,800 deer are killed in this state each year by vehicles.
There's no law against it in the UK. But as a falconer I wouldn't feed my birds Road Kill as you don't really know if the animal was sick, poisoned, diseased or what caused it to get run over in the 1st place.In the breeding season you tend to get a lot of inexperienced young animals %26amp; birds fall victim to trafic. But soon they become educated to the dangers %26amp; mannage to avoid becoming casualties.So especialy later in the year I'd be very warey about why any animal was lying dead beside the road.If you hit the animal yourself %26amp; it seemed fit %26amp; well before you mowed it down. Well then it's up to you to judge if it's fit to eat. As to what difference it makes about whether you shoot or hit it witha car. A great deal of damage to your car %26amp; the meat. Not to mention a clean kill. Chances are if you hit a deer with a car it isn't going to die quickly but linger in agony until put out of it's missery. Kev