Post by: krout81 on June 28, 2016, 08:30:42 AM
:'( 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. :'(
Post by: Timberstalker on June 28, 2016, 08:43:37 AM
This is all I've been able to drum up. Haven't look real hard though to be honest.
Post by: JJB11B on June 28, 2016, 08:48:27 AM
Post by: bowbuild on June 28, 2016, 09:43:37 AM
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.
Post by: krout81 on June 28, 2016, 09:54:49 AM
Post by: KFhunter on June 28, 2016, 10:01:25 AM
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.
Post by: bearpaw on June 28, 2016, 10:08:09 AM
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.
Post by: CP on June 28, 2016, 10:14:35 AM
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.
Post by: bearpaw on June 28, 2016, 10:15:53 AM
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! :tup:
Post by: wapiti hunter2 on June 28, 2016, 10:17:15 AM
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.
Post by: JJB11B on June 28, 2016, 10:48:02 AM
Post by: bowbuild on June 28, 2016, 04:20:42 PM
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!
Post by: Dhoey07 on July 01, 2016, 07:19:00 AM
But on a serious note, I find it interesting that you can only salvage deer and elk.
Post by: krout81 on July 01, 2016, 07:24:37 AM
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
Post by: Timberstalker on October 26, 2016, 01:18:24 PM
Thanks for sharing.
Post by: Squidward on October 26, 2016, 02:04:38 PM
Wow, that truck didn't take that hit well.
Thanks for sharing.
sure it did, Mushroomed very nicely. :chuckle: :sry:
Post by: Southpole on October 26, 2016, 02:06:59 PM
:chuckle: it's a 2012 or 13 Dodge Ram 1 ton I believe, heavy on the RamWow, that truck didn't take that hit well.
Thanks for sharing.
sure it did, Mushroomed very nicely. :chuckle: :sry:
Post by: Southpole on October 26, 2016, 02:12:00 PM
Post by: NOCK NOCK on October 26, 2016, 07:44:49 PM
Post by: Southpole on October 26, 2016, 08:01:27 PM
WOW, with that amount of damage to the truck, one would think that bull would have exploded. Glad I drive a Chevy after seeing that. :chuckle:
[/quoteWOW, with that amount of damage to the truck, one would think that bull would have exploded. Glad I drive a Chevy after seeing that. :chuckle:That's funny. It happen so fast, 60 m.p.h. He was a big boy. Getting him mounted. $65,000 worth
Post by: Rainier10 on July 15, 2017, 10:00:18 AM
http://nwsportsmanmag.com/editors-blog/1610-roadkilled-deer-elk-salvaged-in-first-year-of-washington-program/
Post by: buckcanyonlodge on July 15, 2017, 10:29:57 AM
Post by: h20hunter on July 15, 2017, 10:31:06 AM
Post by: Pegasus on July 15, 2017, 10:44:03 AM
Post by: Timberstalker on July 15, 2017, 11:37:17 AM
Nice bear. Maybe you know, but you still can't salvage bears. Only deer and elk per the new salvage laws.
Maybe you know, but I thought I'd pass it along as a courtesy.
Post by: buckcanyonlodge on July 15, 2017, 01:56:31 PM
@buckcanyonlodge
Nice bear. Maybe you know, but you still can't salvage bears. Only deer and elk per the new salvage laws.
Maybe you know, but I thought I'd pass it along as a courtesy.
That makes perfect sense..................HuH. I guess someone could shoot a bear out of season and then dump it on a road and drive over it just to claim it . Right..... This states laws are very confusing from the common sense side. How many road killed bear have you seen?? Thanks for the info..
Post by: Rainier10 on July 17, 2017, 08:35:48 AM
"BY SEX
833 does and cows, and 691 bucks and bulls.
43 were marked down as unknown sex.
BY ANTLER POINTS
230 spikes
141 two-points
81 three-points
59 four-points
32 five-points
17 six-points
4 seven-points.
A bull elk reported by an Auburn resident was written up as having “25” points."
25 point bull elk. :yike:
Post by: cbond3318 on July 17, 2017, 09:05:39 AM
I am a numbers geek so these kind of stats are always fun to look at for me. I wish they would have broken down the doe/cow and buck/bull categories into seperate categories and the antler point section as well.
"BY SEX
833 does and cows, and 691 bucks and bulls.
43 were marked down as unknown sex.
BY ANTLER POINTS
230 spikes
141 two-points
81 three-points
59 four-points
32 five-points
17 six-points
4 seven-points.
A bull elk reported by an Auburn resident was written up as having “25” points."
25 point bull elk. :yike:
I wish the antler point was broken out by species...
Post by: Bob33 on July 17, 2017, 09:24:44 AM
I am a numbers geek so these kind of stats are always fun to look at for me. I wish they would have broken down the doe/cow and buck/bull categories into seperate categories and the antler point section as well.I think it was a Hunt WA member and he got confused. He meant to post in the "most points without a draw" thread.
"BY SEX
833 does and cows, and 691 bucks and bulls.
43 were marked down as unknown sex.
BY ANTLER POINTS
230 spikes
141 two-points
81 three-points
59 four-points
32 five-points
17 six-points
4 seven-points.
A bull elk reported by an Auburn resident was written up as having “25” points."
25 point bull elk. :yike:
Post by: KFhunter on July 17, 2017, 09:45:36 AM
That makes since
Post by: Rainier10 on July 17, 2017, 09:53:21 AM
My guess is that information is actually available through a "request for information" through the WDFW if someone wanted to make the request. I have done it for other stuff before but just don't have time right now to make the request.I am a numbers geek so these kind of stats are always fun to look at for me. I wish they would have broken down the doe/cow and buck/bull categories into seperate categories and the antler point section as well.
"BY SEX
833 does and cows, and 691 bucks and bulls.
43 were marked down as unknown sex.
BY ANTLER POINTS
230 spikes
141 two-points
81 three-points
59 four-points
32 five-points
17 six-points
4 seven-points.
A bull elk reported by an Auburn resident was written up as having “25” points."
25 point bull elk. :yike:
I wish the antler point was broken out by species...
Post by: O. hemionus on August 21, 2017, 09:33:03 PM
Went on a quick afternoon bear hunt up the canyon from the house, and was on my way home around 9:30 when I came around a sharp corner where deer routinely cross. As I was rounding the corner, there was a woman in orange scrubs (no it was not an orange jumpsuit) walking back up the road with a young (14?) girl with her. I stopped and asked the family if they needed any assistance and if everything was alright, and they told me they had just hit I deer. Well I looked down the road about 20 yards and sure enough, there was a dandy buck laying in the middle of my lane. I looked at the mom and daughter and said, in a somewhat sheepish tone, "Are yall going to, uh, eat that?" The mother chuckled and said that they were both vegetarians. At this point I could see jackpot signs rolling across my eyes. I then subsequently asked, "Well, do you mind if I take it then?" They were more than happy to give it to me, and even helped me load it in my rig! I had a tarp with me for that remote chance that I would come across a bear while hunting, and fortunately used the tarp to line the inside of my wife's Grand Cherokee. She was out of town, so I didn't need to ask permission to put a dead deer in it, right? Anyway, I wish I had driven my truck that night, but the Jeep got by without so much as a drop of blood or deer urine touching the upholstery. Upon dressing the deer, I found that it had been hit in the ribs/abdominal cavity somewhere and ruptured some internal organs, but the meat was perfectly intact. In all, after de-boning and processing the deer, it yielded 28 lbs of meat (there was maybe 3 lbs or less in waste due to contact with rumen contents). I was a little surprised I didn't get more meat, but the buck wasn't huge - 2.5 - 3.5 year old buck (probably the latter). Sure tastes good though! Ground most of it up into burger, and turned the backstraps into steak, stew meat, and fajita meat. For anyone looking for a meat grinder, I have been extremely impressed with my foreign-made $80 Sunmile grinder. It grinds the meat as fast as I can feed it, and has more than paid for itself grinding Alabama deer and hogs, and now WA roadkill deer. I moved back to WA before hunting season had started in Alabama, and got up here after it had ended in WA, so my freezer has been pretty much empty for the past 9 months. This salvaged deer was such a blessing!
Post by: O. hemionus on August 21, 2017, 09:34:33 PM
Post by: jmscon on August 21, 2017, 09:45:52 PM
I keep seeing deer on the highway on Whidbey, hope it's making it into someone's freezer, I'm never on my way home!
Post by: O. hemionus on August 21, 2017, 09:57:29 PM
Post by: csaaphill on August 21, 2017, 10:50:35 PM
Post by: NOCK NOCK on August 22, 2017, 07:50:20 AM
Post by: Okanagan on August 22, 2017, 08:36:11 AM
IF I were going to salvage roadkill, I'd zip the hide open down the backbone and take outer straps from pelvis to maybe back of ears, shoulders and hams and then the tenderloins, skipping any that were internally bruised and bloodshot. Hang or drape the pieces and let them drip awhile if possible though the gutless method results in juicier meat not as well drained IME but it is fine to eat.
The law says the entire carcass and entrails must be removed from the right of way so I'd drag the remaining carcass off the right of way and only take edible meat, with the gutless and boneless approach.