Price of venison

[riptides]

Sooner or later they will be declared "pest" animals and people can do what they need to do in VA.

 

[The Dougster]

Rightly or wrongly, in Texas, road kill is roadkill and must be left there. Personally, I wouldn't want to eat a road killed deer. Imagine the internal damage?
Also, in Texas, "free hunting" is almost non-issue.. almost all hunting must be on leased property. In the old days, before I had my ranch, I leased hunting rights. My deer must have been worth about $100/lb. My hunters pay dearly for the right to hunt and it breaks my heart to see a nice buck but I don't hunt until my hunters have bagged their buck. Leasing the hunting rights is my cash crop... absolutely necessary.

 

[MossRoad]

Rightly or wrongly, in Texas, road kill is roadkill and must be left there. Personally, I wouldn't want to eat a road killed deer. Imagine the internal damage?
Also, in Texas, "free hunting" is almost non-issue.. almost all hunting must be on leased property. In the old days, before I had my ranch, I leased hunting rights. My deer must have been worth about $100/lb. My hunters pay dearly for the right to hunt and it breaks my heart to see a nice buck but I don't hunt until my hunters have bagged their buck. Leasing the hunting rights is my cash crop... absolutely necessary.

A lot of people here on on "the list" at the Sheriff's office for deer road kill. They say a lot of the meat is not damaged at all. I know a guy that lives off of roadkill venison. He also lives in a shack and doesn't shower often, but, hey! He eats good meat every day! :laughing:

 

[riptides]

A lot of people here on on "the list" at the Sheriff's office for deer road kill. They say a lot of the meat is not damaged at all.....

And good for them.

And the damage can vary greatly. I have had cleaner kills with my Chevy S-10 than my guns.

Of course, I have seen those taken out on the interstate that are not even worthy of the crows. Even Mother Nature cannot complete that cycle.

 

[wolc123]

I hear you on the cleaner kills with a vehicle. I have picked up several right in front of my house that didnt hardly have a mark on them. I imagine they hit their head on the side of a car, breaking the neck and killing them instantly. Most of them have less waste than gun-kills and often less than bow-kills. One time I found one that felt a little cool so I thought it may not be so fresh. I drew my 2" blade pocket knife to cut off the tail (I use for making fishing lures), and as I picked up the tail, it leapt up on its feet. I jumped on its back and cut the jugular vane before it managed to thow me. That deer didnt even have a bruise and was probably the cleanest kill I have ever butchered. I will take them any way I can get them legally.

 

[grnspot110]

I just picked up my buck from the processor and it cost me about $1.50 per pack (supossed to be 1 lb. each but look bigger). Then I had to purchase about $10.00 worth of ice to keep it cool for three days and then gas to haul it to the processor and back. That probably adds up to about $2.00 a pound. However, I doubt many people would pay that much around here for deer meat when most people give last years meat away at the begenning of the season.

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That's why I prefer to process my own and that I know I have the right deer! ~~ grnspot110

 

[clemsonfor]

Is this what you meant to say? And selling venison is legal in SC ?

In WI, we can claim roadkill, as long as an official (warden or police) checks it and puts a tag on it. Used to be no one could remove a roadkill, and they went to waste (not even take it for dog food). Just don't remove the roadkill or put it out of its misery with a gun, or there could be deep trouble.

Nope i meant to say illeagal

 

[foggy1111]

In MN.....our game and fish laws have gotten so "over the top" that it takes a Philadelphia lawyer to understand what is written. I don't understand how our DNR can complicate things so much.

The little game-laws book that you get when you buy a license is the most poorly written document I have ever seen. I can read allot of legal documents....but trying to understand the format of our game laws is enough to pi$$ off a preacher (as my brother in law likes to say :laughing.

In light of the above....I'd say the backstraps are worth about $20 per pound (but, would never sell any).

 

[merrickvilleguy]

Kinda sorta hate to bring this into the mix "But" during hunting season which is on now in Southern Manitoba I'm a game warden and I can tell you that selling venison taken while hunting carries with it a stiffer fine than just hunting out of season. Here if one gets caught selling wild game meat not only does the game dept get involved but also the federal and provincial meat inspection agencies as well as the dept of transport. All in all it can get pretty messy as well as Very expensive.

In all fairness I do agree with most of the rules that I have to enforce but some are just a little over the top for my liking, such as. lets say that your driving down a country road and hit a deer or you see a deer get hit and killed. You stop and see that it was a clean kill and for the most part no meat was spoiled so instead of letting the meat go to waste you decide to take it home for the table. If I come along and see you loading it into your trunk and ask you what you are doing and you tell me what happened and that you don't want to waste the meat because there is really nothing wrong with it, I will tell you to put it back in the ditch or face a fine. If however i ask you if you happen to have a dog at home and you say yes and that you were taking the meat home for your dog, I'll even help you load it no problem and if you want to eat dog food when you get home, hey to each his own Huh.

It used to be that confiscated game when taken by the Wild Life Branch the warden would take the meat to the local veterans hospital (ironically named Deer Lodge Hospital) in Winnipeg. The meat was prepared in the hospital kitchen, The vets loved it, the hospital got free fresh meat and it didn't go to waste.

Then new and improved laws came into being and now all road kills and confiscated meat is taken to a central landfill site for disposal. Sometimes yuh just gotta shake your head and wonder.

I can tell you the small buck we pulled off the road a couple weeks back was quite delicious ... 25lbs of people meat, 15lbs of dog meat ... its silly to toss it in the garbage when its a fresh kill ... its no more a risk than any deer you shoot

 

[teg]

...I will take them any way I can get them legally.

Is there a Knife Season??? If it ain't dead... it not roadkill but I know what you mean. ...self defense... right?