Salvaging Roadkill - updates?

[krout81]

Has anyone seen the permit process and where to apply or who to call?   July 1st is coming up fast. 

  I was pretty sad the other day when I saw a deer hit that was fresh enough for me to pick up on my way to work.

[Timberstalker]

http://wdfw.wa.gov/licensing/game_salvaging/

This is all I've been able to drum up.  Haven't look real hard though to be honest.

[JJB11B]

I like how it is still illegal to kill a wounded animal....The idiots who write these policies have probably never seen nor heard an animal that has been struck by a vehicle and suffering

[bowbuild]

I like how it is still illegal to kill a wounded animal....The idiots who write these policies have probably never seen nor heard an animal that has been struck by a vehicle and suffering

I will pull the trigger, some laws were just made to be broken. How can the game department ask us to be ethical, (watch your image hunters BS) and expect us to follow this law....I will take the ticket to trial.

[krout81]

That's all I have found as well.  Figured the updates would go on the link at the site, but hoping it was out and I am just blind.

[KFhunter]

I like how it is still illegal to kill a wounded animal....The idiots who write these policies have probably never seen nor heard an animal that has been struck by a vehicle and suffering

I will pull the trigger, some laws were just made to be broken. How can the game department ask us to be ethical, (watch your image hunters BS) and expect us to follow this law....I will take the ticket to trial.

I can see the need for the law or we'd get someone in a dark chevy pickup pulling over with no lights on I-90 and get creamed by traffic.  Or popping off rounds in a residential no shooting area.

[bearpaw]

I like how it is still illegal to kill a wounded animal....The idiots who write these policies have probably never seen nor heard an animal that has been struck by a vehicle and suffering

I will pull the trigger, some laws were just made to be broken. How can the game department ask us to be ethical, (watch your image hunters BS) and expect us to follow this law....I will take the ticket to trial.

I can see the need for the law or we'd get someone in a dark chevy pickup pulling over with no lights on I-90 and get creamed by traffic.  Or popping off rounds in a residential no shooting area.

Or even shooting a deer standing along the road and then claiming it had been hit. I definitely see the reason for the "no shooting" rule.

[CP]

I like how it is still illegal to kill a wounded animal....The idiots who write these policies have probably never seen nor heard an animal that has been struck by a vehicle and suffering

I will pull the trigger, some laws were just made to be broken. How can the game department ask us to be ethical, (watch your image hunters BS) and expect us to follow this law....I will take the ticket to trial.

I can see the need for the law or we'd get someone in a dark chevy pickup pulling over with no lights on I-90 and get creamed by traffic.  Or popping off rounds in a residential no shooting area.

Or even shooting a deer standing along the road and then claiming it had been hit. I definitely see the reason for the "no shooting" rule.

It’s actually a “no killing” law  …  That being said a baseball bat wound looks a lot like a wound inflicted by a bumper.

[bearpaw]

I like how it is still illegal to kill a wounded animal....The idiots who write these policies have probably never seen nor heard an animal that has been struck by a vehicle and suffering

I will pull the trigger, some laws were just made to be broken. How can the game department ask us to be ethical, (watch your image hunters BS) and expect us to follow this law....I will take the ticket to trial.

I can see the need for the law or we'd get someone in a dark chevy pickup pulling over with no lights on I-90 and get creamed by traffic.  Or popping off rounds in a residential no shooting area.

Or even shooting a deer standing along the road and then claiming it had been hit. I definitely see the reason for the "no shooting" rule.

It’s actually a “no killing” law  …  That being said a baseball bat wound looks a lot like a wound inflicted by a bumper.

Thanks for clarification! 

[wapiti hunter2]

I like how it is still illegal to kill a wounded animal....The idiots who write these policies have probably never seen nor heard an animal that has been struck by a vehicle and suffering

If you call the Sheriff and tell them about a wounded road hit animal, and tell them you have means to put it down, at least in Thurston county, they will tell you to kill it. Then you call WDFW to salvage.

[JJB11B]

State patrol has told me once before to just shoot it...my luck though, I'll find the boyscout cop that wants to write the ticket, I hit a deer about a week ago, no cell service in the area, It had at least 2 messed up legs and had been drug under my truck for about 50 feet or more..........It was still alive when I got back to it. It wasn't alive a few seconds later and was no longer suffering

[bowbuild]

I like how it is still illegal to kill a wounded animal....The idiots who write these policies have probably never seen nor heard an animal that has been struck by a vehicle and suffering

I will pull the trigger, some laws were just made to be broken. How can the game department ask us to be ethical, (watch your image hunters BS) and expect us to follow this law....I will take the ticket to trial.

I can see the need for the law or we'd get someone in a dark chevy pickup pulling over with no lights on I-90 and get creamed by traffic.  Or popping off rounds in a residential no shooting area.

Or even shooting a deer standing along the road and then claiming it had been hit. I definitely see the reason for the "no shooting" rule.

Come on, you saying the department is SOOOO stupid they can't figure the difference?? If a cop is that stupid, he should not be in uniform, period!

[Dhoey07]

I think that they are still trying to figure out how much to charge for the permit 



But on a serious note, I find it interesting that you can only salvage deer and elk. 

[krout81]

There is a new link on the page

http://wdfw.wa.gov/licensing/game_salvaging/

The new rule requires that anyone who salvages a deer or elk carcass obtain a free permit.

The state’s new road-kill salvage rule is codified in
WAC 232-12-287 - Possession of dead wildlife - which states:
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An individual must obtain a free salvage permit within 24 hours of taking possession of a deer or elk killed in a motor vehicle collision.
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The entire carcass, including entrails, of the animal must be removed from the road right-of-way.
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Individuals cannot kill an injured deer or elk they find in order to get a salvage permit.
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Big game licenses and tags cannot be used in lieu of a salvage permit for deer or elk killed in a motor vehicle collision.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/licensing/game_salvaging/roadkill_salvage_factsheet.pdf

[Timberstalker]

Wow, that truck didn't take that hit well.
Thanks for sharing.