Post by: billythekidrock on February 17, 2008, 11:18:16 AM
Two men ticketed for taking home a road-kill doe
Friday, February 15, 2008
By JUSTIN CARINCI and JOHN BRANTON, Columbian staff writers
The state sanctions hunting deer with bows and rifles during narrow windows each fall. There’s no season for hunting deer by automobile.
Two men in Vancouver’s Rose Village neighborhood were ticketed Feb. 10 for taking home a road-kill doe. Michael D. Dinwiddie, 25, and Brian L. Johnson, 52, both of Vancouver, each received a $152 ticket.
Officer Mark Hart with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife said the men picked up the deer Feb. 10, although it wasn’t clear what day it had died.
The eyes were sunken in and the carcass had begun to smell, Hart said.
The charge, officially “possession of wildlife found dead,” exists to discourage poaching, Hart said. “It’s mainly to deter people’s excuses for having any animal that’s not in season.”
That goes for animals that have no season, as well. People sometimes pick up dead raptors to have them stuffed, Hart said.
The department makes exceptions for animals hit during their season. But even then, the automobile hunter isn’t necessarily in the clear.
A hunter wanting to take home a road-kill deer must have a valid license and a deer tag. Even then, the hunter must call Fish and Wildlife first, Hart said.
“We’ll give permission sometimes,” he said.
In this lean season, licensed hunters may aim for cottontail and snowshoe hare until March 15. Coyotes and bullfrogs may be killed year-round, bullfrogs without a license.
Post by: sisu on February 17, 2008, 11:22:12 AM
Post by: M_ray on February 17, 2008, 11:45:56 AM
Post by: sisu on February 17, 2008, 12:58:20 PM
Yeah but would you pick one up that was starting smell? What were they thinking????Maybe they spent time in Subic, Philippines and have become olfactory challenged. :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: Head-shot on February 17, 2008, 05:28:39 PM
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Post by: Coasthunterjay on February 19, 2008, 10:15:52 PM
how wierd though about the Doe being all shrinken and old looking i guess.....just makes you wonder if what they were actually going to do to it? or maybe if this was just a screwed up accident and maybe they hit it and thought that they would be nice and get it off the road so women and little klids dont see it? i do that to new animals if they are really graphically tore up and hit or cats and dogs......i know my wife doesnt like seeing dead animals on the road so sometimes i will pull over and either throw them in the back of the bed and dispose of them somewhere else or ill kick them farther off the road.......i dont like my wife or kids seeing that *censored*.......
Post by: Bookworm on February 19, 2008, 10:54:52 PM
Post by: billythekidrock on February 20, 2008, 05:45:07 AM
I thought that I read something in one of today's papers about a poaching ring out in Ocean Shores where guys would run over the deer with their cars then take them. They caught them with multiple deer at their place.
Yea, I read that one too, but could not find it online.
Post by: Ray on February 20, 2008, 01:00:16 PM
Post by: robodad on February 20, 2008, 02:10:58 PM
In WI. I believe you just have to give the sheriff a call and tell them you want a deer that has been killed and they will send you a tag in the mail. I also heard that you can request a road kill tag before you find one so just in case you do run one down, or run across one that has recently been hit you will have a tag for it. I'm sure they get pretty tired of dealing with all the calls about roadkill.
I hate to see any wild animal go to waste so if you find one on the road you should be able to ask the SP or Sheriff for a tag.
Post by: Head-shot on February 21, 2008, 07:52:16 AM
I thought that I read something in one of today's papers about a poaching ring out in Ocean Shores where guys would run over the deer with their cars then take them.
Wow now thats a "Hardcore Road Hunter" :chuckle:
Post by: Palmer on April 05, 2008, 10:03:14 PM
If you think about animals going to waste, as long as other animals, insects, and other micro organisms can get to the carcass, nothing ever goes to waste. Its just smells bad and can be unsightly. As Josey Wales said, "Worms gotta eat too." Or was it buzzards.
Post by: mossback91 on April 05, 2008, 11:02:50 PM
Post by: Curly on April 06, 2008, 08:06:24 AM
Josie Wales
Josey Wales
Post by: MountainWalk on April 06, 2008, 02:32:05 PM
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Post by: coonhunter on April 06, 2008, 03:22:59 PM
coonhunter
Post by: mossback91 on April 06, 2008, 08:17:59 PM
Hey I wonder what they use those dead doe for? Lets guess. :oYeah but its better to get them when they are still alive sort of like getting the dieing quivers ya know. So the dead ones arent as good
coonhunter
Post by: Head-shot on April 06, 2008, 09:27:54 PM
Road kill.....I think I will pass on that I could see if I was the one who hit it but sometimes it lays on the black top for a long time.....It just a little mose tender....you can cut it with a spoon :puke: