Animal-vehicle collisions

BillyBoB

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LAST EDITED ON Nov-11-18 AT 12:32PM (MST)[p]I recently had my first collision (more of a love tap) with a mule deer but it did severely injure the back legs of the deer. I followed the proper instructions set by the DWR and called the Rich county sheriffs officer to have them come out and dispatch the animal. The officer said he didn't have anyone available at the moment to come take care of it and that I didn't need to stay at the scene.
I felt bad for the suffering animal and had a rifle in the truck to end the animals misery. But the law doesn't allow it.

I believe the state needs to change some laws in regard to these situations. Especially if an officer is not available to come end the animals suffering.
Does anyone know of any RAC meeting discussions about possible law changes in this regard? If not, how do I bring up this issue or create a discussion with the DWR to find some better solutions?








"Wildlife and its habitat cannot speak. So
we must and we will."
Theadore Roosevelt
 
I feel your pain, been there done that.
I believe the law is in place because you'd be shooting a firearm on or near a busy paved road or highway.
That's the only sense I can make of it anyway.
 
Don't call, shoot it and leave.

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Hey justr?

I Thought You Told Me:

Don't Call!

Shoot it!

Load it!

Eat it!

:D:D:D!







I know so many people in so many places
They make allot of money but they got sad faces

It Ain't Easy being Me!:D:D:D
 
Elk you know there would be one available if you did that.They would be on your front porch in no time to give your azz a ticket.
 
I've always said sometimes the legal thing to do and the right thing to do, don't always line up with each other. Personally if I know the animal won't survive the injury, I'm going to handle the problem and not allow the animal to sit and suffer while waiting for an officer to ?find time? to come deal with the situation
 
Without hesitation I would put the animal out of its misery. We live in the mts and have had to do it a few times over the years. Fish cop wants to cite me for that so be it??
 
In Oregon you can put them down for humane reasons especially if a F&W Trooper is not close by. The State Police just want to know about.

In Oregon you can keep a vehicle struck animal after the 1st of the year though so I'm sure hitting them will increase now....
 
I guess when it boils down, illegal is illegal and legal is legal. But... immoral is not always illegal and moral is not always legal. My morals wouldn't allow me to leave a mortally wounded animal regardless of any written law...
 
>I guess when it boils down,
>illegal is illegal and legal
>is legal. But... immoral is
>not always illegal and moral
>is not always legal. My
>morals wouldn't allow me to
>leave a mortally wounded animal
>regardless of any written law...
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I agree wholeheartedly with you and justr!?
 
That happened here in Nevada. I did not know what to do. FG said leave it don't shoot. Busy freeway on side of road. Huge 4x4. Killed me to drive away. My kids could not understand why in the world we were not allowed to put him out of his misory......is what it is.....rules are rules.....still upsets me. More of an issue is the freeway in their migration route. Thats what's killing the majority of our deer herds.
 
Wont leave an animal to suffer regardless of the law.
I usually have a knife. Have slit more than one deers throat that was badly wounded on the road. I never touch the animal or the antlers. Cut and drive.

Right and legal are not always the same. Though they should be.
 
I remember this issue was in the news a couple years ago because someone wanted to make a bill allowing the shooting of a hurt animal by a road.. not sure what ever happened to it :/
 
I was put in this situation a few years ago. I had a half dead cow elk laying in the middle of a remote highway in Idaho. I wanted to drag it off the road but would risk injury to myself with it still being alive. I called the sheriffs office and explained the situation and asked permission to end the suffering of the elk. I was told I had to wait for F&G. 10 minutes later a car came down the highway not paying attending and hit the elk than 80+ mph. Fortunately, no one was injured but their car was totaled. I was then able to drag the elk off the highway because the car finished it off. F&G and sheriff deputy showed up 30 minutes later. Both said they wouldn't have cited me for finishing off the elk on the highway.
The right and moral thing to do in my situation was to finish off the elk and get it off the highway ASAP. However, it wasn't legal and if I'm in the same situation again, I'll have to error on the side of the law. The wrong deputy or F&G officer showing up after the fact could result in a big legal mess.
 
Always carry a good sharp knife. Not always safe to shoot on a highway. I have put many a deer down that way.

txhunter58

venor, ergo sum (I hunt, therefore I am)
 
Funny story along these lines:

Couple of years ago, I was following a car by 1/2 mile after dark and then saw his brake lights come on and then his flashers. Slowed down because I figured he hit a deer. Sure enough, right off the road was a deer flopping around. Turned around to go put him out of his misery and when I got back, he was already dead. Was an Axis deer (NOT a game animal). It was a spike and has a broken horn and a broken neck, but no other injuries. Well Axis meat is the BEST venison on the planet, and I just threw the deer in the back of my pickup. Then went up to see if the guy ahead was all right. The buck had run into his passenger door and deployed his SIDE airbags and shook him up but he was OK

Fast forward a couple of weeks and my daughter was home from college. At my house I had taken down a section of horse fence so a concrete truck could pour a small slab for us. My daughter and I put it back up in about 15 minutes without working up a sweat. Then later for dinner we ate some of that Axis deer. As we were eating I started laughing and told my daughter that when she went back to college, she could tell her friends that when she went home for Christmas break her Dad made her build fence and eat roadkill!

txhunter58

venor, ergo sum (I hunt, therefore I am)
 
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