Snakeoil
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Mentor, OH
| Dead deer along side the road: a midwest thing?
Just curious about this. Since moving to Ohio, I have seen many dead deer laying at the edge of the road.
In GA, the town/county/state would toss a few bags of quick lime on the dead deer to kill the smell and have it decay at a faster rate.
Is the midwest to poor to do such a thing? Or is it because of the Vulture population that dead animals are left undistrubed? So that the birds would have some tasty treats to eat.
I won't mention Mentor and its love of geesegoose poop all over....
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CylonRed
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Bloom County
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| Probably a few things.
1) there is a list for getting a call on fresh kills so the meat can be harvested. If a person is called and wants it but does not pick it up - it usually stays there.
2) A lot of rural counties are poor and may not have the money workforce or cash to pick it up or put lime on it. |
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tanker001
join:2003-04-23
Saint Louis, MO
| reply to Snakeoil
I live in the St. Louis area and heard on the news here some months back that one department or another was limiting the removal as an effort to save fuel. They will only roll to remove the caucus if it is posing a hazard to traffic, like it's in the middle of the road. Otherwise they let nature take its course. |
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belushi
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join:2000-11-08
Twinsburg, OH
| reply to Snakeoil
In addition since you are new to the area you may not realize that Cleveland (particularly the east side) has a tremendous deer over-population problem. So much so that the suburb of Solon even hires sharp shooters in the winter to shoot deer in the area. The over-population is so great the deer are starving due to the lack of food for them in the winter. Therefore you may notice more of them around.
If I go outside fora run the early morning or evening hours there is rarely a day that goes by where I do not see at least a few deer. They are everywhere. |
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David
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Granite City, IL
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| I know at one time in where I grew up in southern missouri the conservation officer got permission from the state to run deer season a bit longer due to overpopulation, and requested deer tag price drops. Consequently, it worked.
If you were strictly just hunting and didn't want the meat you got to donate it and they pretty much wrote you a receipt for the deer tags, and the meat. So basically you were helping that part of the state clear out a rather large problem. Plus I think you got some nice state tax breaks that year as well. I forgot what all it was, but you got XXX amount of gas, YYY amount of food to eat, zzz nights hunting and such.
Long, long time ago. Unfortunatley in the city areas it gets kind of harder and sharpshooters are just about the only way.
I have heard rumors over the years that the areas that like to hunt dear they thought about trapping them and relocating them to dear starved locations that do a good job in controlling the population.
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CylonRed
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Bloom County
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| In southwest Ohio farmers can take them as pests on their land (due to over population) and most farmers give the meat away to the poor in the area - guys with a trailer (no plumbing) just an outhouse or folks making a living picking up aluminum cans, with a freezer of venison...  |
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ErikVKing
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Kuwait
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said by tanker001  :They will only roll to remove the caucus if it is posing a hazard to traffic Sorry but I got a chuckle at your expense with the mistype. The caucus being:
1. U.S. Politics.
a. a meeting of party leaders to select candidates, elect convention delegates, etc.
Just thought it an ironic mistype during the "political season"  . I pictured a bunch of guys in suits with briefcases in their hands scattered all over the roads, and the counties only coming out when they're in the way  .
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Snakeoil
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Mentor, OH
| reply to belushi
When you mentioned hiring sharp shooters to take deer, it reminded me of a news story.
One town had extended its bow hunting season. The rules were simple. The hunters could only hunt from approved deer stands[sheriffs department had to approve the location], and they had to shoot down into the ground, not towards the horizon. Mainly because the hunting was taking place in subdivisons.
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ArgMeMatey
join:2001-08-09
Milwaukee, WI | reply to Snakeoil
Not sure if they still do, but counties used to let contracts for roadkill pickup. |
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hulltech
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Sheboygan, WI
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| reply to Snakeoil
Quite a few places in Wisconsin no longer pick up the roadkill due to funding. Usually they aren't there for very long before they are dragged off by the animals.
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Hall
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join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH | reply to Snakeoil
I noticed that Auglaize or Shelby county (mid-west Ohio, along I-75) was covering them with mulch. No idea what that does beyond covering them so that people can't see the carcass. |
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BurntCricket
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Here
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July 26th, @04:12PM
| reply to Snakeoil
A few years ago there was a deer on the side of the road on 224 between Lodi and West Salem, it stayed there until there was nothing left but the hide, this is unusual though.
There is a serious deer over-population in Ohio, there are no natural predators left, so ... Cars/Trucks thin the herd.
We don't even want to bring up those wonderful  Canada Geese.
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tanker001
join:2003-04-23
Saint Louis, MO
| reply to ErikVKing
said by ErikVKing :said by tanker001 :They will only roll to remove the caucus if it is posing a hazard to traffic Sorry but I got a chuckle at your expense with the mistype. The caucus being: 1. U.S. Politics. a. a meeting of party leaders to select candidates, elect convention delegates, etc. Just thought it an ironic mistype during the "political season" . I pictured a bunch of guys in suits with briefcases in their hands scattered all over the roads, and the counties only coming out when they're in the way . No problem, thats the draw back to a spell checker, you might spell the word correctly but you got the wrong word.
It was pretty ironic giving the season. May be it was some kind of Freudian slip  |
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shercando
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Madison, WI
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| reply to Snakeoil
Don't take road kill for food. If you weren't there when it was hit and cleaned it right away it is dangerous to eat. Also it's illegal to do so without a state permit. If you want to try it, get the number of your DNR and keep it with you and call for permission if you happen to be there when the opportunity comes along. I wouldn't and I am a born Michigasm Yooper woodtick. Usually the state picks them up in Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin but they are never used as food for humans. Dunno about Ohio. Is that in the USA or Canada? Go Badgers! Go Packers! |
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CylonRed
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join:2000-07-06
Bloom County
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| There is still good meat on it even after getting hit and I believe the person has to be at the accident scene within an hour. They don;' wait 4-5 hours then call someone - it is done when it is fresh. Bow hunters can take hours to find their kill depending on conditions (especially light conditions) - nothing very different. They use the good meat and let the scavengers have the rest. |
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ztmike
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·Comcast
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to Snakeoil
I haven't seen any dead deer along the road this year..but I did have some close calls for hitting some.
As far the midwest not picking up roadkill, I guess you would be right on that..I see small animals (squirrels,raccoons,ect.) all the time along the road and they are there till they rot or drugged off the road by scavengers.
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Pacrat
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Cortland, OH | reply to Snakeoil
I have seen ODOT trucks/crews picking carcasses up from the roadside. Not just deer, too.
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