Most county's Sheriff's Departments or the OSP will write out a permit, so that you can pick up a road killed deer.
I've always put my hand under the front leg or the inside of the rear leg (arm/leg pit) to feel if there was a body temperature...indicating a recent kill or time of death being recent. A cold or stiff deer could have been there too long and I'm by no means a forensic specialist. My first criteria would be the obvious damage to the meat. If there's too much damage, it wouldn't be worth bothering with it.
What would be the determining factor of pickup up a road killed deer, that you didn't hit or didn't see get hit?
Thank you, Bowhunter57
I've always put my hand under the front leg or the inside of the rear leg (arm/leg pit) to feel if there was a body temperature...indicating a recent kill or time of death being recent. A cold or stiff deer could have been there too long and I'm by no means a forensic specialist. My first criteria would be the obvious damage to the meat. If there's too much damage, it wouldn't be worth bothering with it.
What would be the determining factor of pickup up a road killed deer, that you didn't hit or didn't see get hit?
Thank you, Bowhunter57