Yep. Some people know what to do with it. One time last year riding my motorcycle through the Colorado Rockies I saw some who were slaughtering the 'victim': nope, don't let it go to waste.
I'm on the call list for roadkill moose & caribou. The troopers start down the list until they reach someone who'll come get the free couple hundred pounds of useable meat. They usually don't have to make very many calls. Caveat is if you hit it, you can't claim it.
Years ago, we lived in a house that sat close to the road. One morning a car hit a deer and it ended up in our front yard. The deer was badly injured but alive and trying to get up to no avail. Police arrived, a female. Husband told her she should shoot it and put it out of its misery. She said she was not comfortable doing that. He asked her if it was okay if he did it. She said yes. He went into the house and retrieved his .45 and dispatched the deer then called a friend to collect the carcass.
Okay so it’s road kill that’s too big to be a garden variety armadillo or possum, and it’s too little to be a buffalo or a bear? Not a bicyclist or else there’d be more of a fuss? So is it a small deer or goat or what?
I witnessed a similar display of inaction years ago on my daily commute in VA. A county police officer was standing in the interstate median "guarding" a tiny grass fire with flames no more then a couple of inches in height and covering a great expanse of no more than a couple of square feet. (A driver likely tossed a cigarette butt out the window). Fortunately, a county firetruck was arriving on scene to extinguish the inferno before any lives were lost.
Any bets that those "officers" are part and parcel to some sort of a Police Union? It's not their job and they don't want to take work from other union workers. A good example of some of the insanity that has infected our once great nation.
That's what I thought too, John. They have to call out a couple three different departments to even remove it from the scene without stepping on the toes of each other's overlapping authority. Not being held to such absurdity, Mr. Joe Public just greased the wheels. VC
Ever see a cop remove from a roadway any kind of item that could be considered hazardous? Like a 6 foot section of 4x8 lumber that is lying in the direction of travel on a highway? Me neither.
One more reason we don't need northerner's moving to Florida. Can you imagine what would happen if they ran across a gator (the tail of one I was proud to place in the freezer) that was still alive and kicking on the highway?
C'mon guys, the cops are just doing their job of guarding the dead deer carcass until Animal Control arrives. Give these poor, endangered, overworked souls a break! CC
I actually did precisely this once, a cop bigger than me was parked, diverting traffic on a county road because a dead hog was in the roadway. He had cut a stick to try to move it (city boy). I was already grubby from working on the land, and I could see that the varmints had already pretty much eaten all the hog's guts, hollowed it out. So I got gloves, grabbed its hind legs, and just dragged it off the road. Cop said 'Oh' and had that 'I'm a dumbass' look on his face. I said 'no problem, I'm already dirty' and went on my way.....
Yep...pathetic "public servants" incapable of doing jack shiite.
ReplyDelete"Public servants"? dei hires, Fat hispanic woman and a lazy negro.
DeleteWhen I lived on the Oregon Coast, fresh roadkill, such as deer, ended up in someone's freezer. Such was life among the common folk.
ReplyDeleteYep. Some people know what to do with it. One time last year riding my motorcycle through the Colorado Rockies I saw some who were slaughtering the 'victim': nope, don't let it go to waste.
ReplyDeleteI'm on the call list for roadkill moose & caribou. The troopers start down the list until they reach someone who'll come get the free couple hundred pounds of useable meat. They usually don't have to make very many calls. Caveat is if you hit it, you can't claim it.
ReplyDeletewell what did you expect, 2 fatties, one woman, and leftard man...
ReplyDeleteProper police procedure........Protect the evidence at the scene of the crime until the detectives show up :)
ReplyDeleteYears ago, we lived in a house that sat close to the road. One morning a car hit a deer and it ended up in our front yard. The deer was badly injured but alive and trying to get up to no avail. Police arrived, a female. Husband told her she should shoot it and put it out of its misery. She said she was not comfortable doing that. He asked her if it was okay if he did it. She said yes. He went into the house and retrieved his .45 and dispatched the deer then called a friend to collect the carcass.
ReplyDeleteYes, when a man shows up.
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Okay so it’s road kill that’s too big to be a garden variety armadillo or possum, and it’s too little to be a buffalo or a bear? Not a bicyclist or else there’d be more of a fuss? So is it a small deer or goat or what?
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Deletewords in action; "don't talk, shoot"! Not so long ago more commonly phrased; "s**t or get off the pot"!
ReplyDeleteI witnessed a similar display of inaction years ago on my daily commute in VA. A county police officer was standing in the interstate median "guarding" a tiny grass fire with flames no more then a couple of inches in height and covering a great expanse of no more than a couple of square feet. (A driver likely tossed a cigarette butt out the window). Fortunately, a county firetruck was arriving on scene to extinguish the inferno before any lives were lost.
ReplyDeleteAny bets that those "officers" are part and parcel to some sort of a Police Union? It's not their job and they don't want to take work from other union workers. A good example of some of the insanity that has infected our once great nation.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I thought too, John. They have to call out a couple three different departments to even remove it from the scene without stepping on the toes of each other's overlapping authority. Not being held to such absurdity, Mr. Joe Public just greased the wheels.
DeleteVC
Ever see a cop remove from a roadway any kind of item that could be considered hazardous? Like a 6 foot section of 4x8 lumber that is lying in the direction of travel on a highway? Me neither.
DeleteLove this. Brian
ReplyDeleteOne more reason we don't need northerner's moving to Florida. Can you imagine what would happen if they ran across a gator (the tail of one I was proud to place in the freezer) that was still alive and kicking on the highway?
ReplyDeleteThat's the way it is done.
ReplyDeleteC'mon guys, the cops are just doing their job of guarding the dead deer carcass until Animal Control arrives.
ReplyDeleteGive these poor, endangered, overworked souls a break!
CC
I actually did precisely this once, a cop bigger than me was parked, diverting traffic on a county road because a dead hog was in the roadway. He had cut a stick to try to move it (city boy). I was already grubby from working on the land, and I could see that the varmints had already pretty much eaten all the hog's guts, hollowed it out. So I got gloves, grabbed its hind legs, and just dragged it off the road. Cop said 'Oh' and had that 'I'm a dumbass' look on his face. I said 'no problem, I'm already dirty' and went on my way.....
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