Road Kill as Dog Food? (homestead, gas, homes, animals)
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Around here, some people are advertising asking for "hunter scraps" and freezer burned meat for dogs.
On road kill, depends on the animal. Deer yes, armadillos no, skunks no, meth heads no. Squirrels are not worth the effort. In a SHTF situation, roadkill will be hard to find. Look on youtube for the "five pounds of possum" song.
During the Spring and Summer months in Central New Hampshire the road kill is quite high. It's very common to see deer, turkey, raccoon, and an occasional moose (with damaged motor vehicle) along the side of the highway. I suspect that Department of Fish & Game officers handle the disposal of the sizable animals that could be used for meat? (Meth Heads are left along the road side for the crows and turkey vultures. )
Around here, some people are advertising asking for "hunter scraps" and freezer burned meat for dogs.
On "Life Below Zero" the dogs get the stuff that's left over after the butcher their kills.
The pooches get very excited when they're about to get a yummy bowl of offal.
Our dogs always get leftovers from the game we take. Green bones are a particular favorite as are the parts that make most people turn 4 shades of green. (Liver for instance).
Dogs love roadkill, the stinkier the better, and what they don't eat, they'll roll in for that oh so unforgettable aroma.
One side effect of feeding your dog raw deer, they better be outside dogs because the gas attacks should be outlawed by the Geneva convention as cruel and unusual.
The post I quoted from you, I was referring to......." people take them home to butcher for people to eat
Ah - yeah - they do. And don't seem to worry a lot about it... I guess they can separate out the parts that are too damaged. Around here, people will post about freshly hit deer on local homesteading facebook pages, and lots of people scramble to get there first to pick it up.
We've gotten the occasional road killed feral pig. But, it's usually within about ten to fifteen minutes from being hit, so it's very fresh and not left laying about.
There's usually a lot of contusions at the impact site, the meat there is more blood and bruise than anything else, not that the dog cares. He gets those areas, the rest of it is cut into roasts and chops and sausage for us. All depends on the size of the pig and how fresh it is. If you can get it warm enough to drain the blood, you'll get a decent edible carcass. If it's cooled off enough that the blood has congealed and can't be drained, then most of it is dog food.
Some friends in Alaska were telling me that they sign up on a list to be called when there's roadkill. Although they have moose and other much bigger critters to deal with than a feral pig.
Some friends in Alaska were telling me that they sign up on a list to be called when there's roadkill.
The road kill list is super popular in Alaska and unless it's really exceptionally bad, none of it is going to the dogs, it's planned for human consumption . People hit moose all the time up here, but there is also a lot of people on the roadkill list. If you can't come get the moose right away when they call you, you go to the bottom of the list. Needless to say, there is never any road kill along the side of the road in Alaska for very long.
There's usually plenty of salvageable meat on roadkill. I'd eat personally eat it for myself and save the nasty scraps with the gravel and hair in it for my dog. Can't wait till I get called for my turn again
Silly modern American logic: Processed animal farm meat loaded with antibiotics and hormones raised in crowded unsanitary conditions is delicious as long as the animal gets a bullet in the head or electrocuted to death first, but if a vehicle is involved in a healthy wild game animals death it's super gross and unedible!
The post I quoted from you, I was referring to......." people take them home to butcher for people to eat
I have a friend whose husband kept them fed every winter by bringing home roadkill deer to eat. He had the skills to butcher it and they had a big deep freeze. I think they also made venison jerky and sausage. I thought it was gross at first, but really it makes sense to use what would otherwise become garbage.
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