samboy Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 Hi gang. Can anyone tell me the legal side of picking up road kills. Deer, Pheasants and anything else you can eat. Thanks all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesj Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 If you didn't run it over you can have it but i wouldn't you never know why it was wondering around in the road, it could have been ill to start with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotgcoalman Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 Ive stopped to pick up a few pheasant over the years that have wandered into the path of the vehicle I was driving. Don't think I broke any laws.Even when the birds were out of season. I'll probably be corrected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mat Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 Deer belong to whoevers land they die on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treetree Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 I know of someone who did just that, and it killed them. I would urge caution if you don't know how / when it died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) 22 hours ago, bluesj said: If you didn't run it over you can have it but i wouldn't you never know why it was wondering around in the road, it could have been ill to start with! No, that's incorrect at least as far as the law in England. the dead bird belongs to the person whose land it fell on which is the local authority responsible for the highway it is dead upon. Now commonsense says that Alderman Foodbotham (the famous Peter Simple character) won't want a dead muntjac or even a dead pheasant dumped outside his civic chambers but the law is that it isn't...as a user of that highway...yours. Edited October 27, 2020 by enfieldspares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterHenry Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 37 minutes ago, enfieldspares said: No, that's incorrect at least as far as the law in England. the dead bird belongs to the person whose land it fell on which is the local authority responsible for the highway it is dead upon. Now commonsense says that Alderman Foodbotham (the famous Peter Simple character) won't want a dead muntjac or even a dead pheasant dumped outside his civic chambers but the law is that it isn't...as a user of that highway...yours. My understanding is that there is not really such a thing as an ownership of a road. The convention is that the road is a right of way and as such not owned in any conventional sense. However, the land underneath it is own by the owner of the land on either side, the centre of the road being the boundary between the two respective ownership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Sod that if I've hit it, it's coming home with me. Compensation for damage caused. Unless it's a badger. Or a person 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon69 Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 12 hours ago, treetree said: I know of someone who did just that, and it killed them. I would urge caution if you don't know how / when it died. What did he die from?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 1 hour ago, silver pigeon69 said: What did he die from?? overindulgence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoy Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Don't know if a law or a bylaw just in Suffolk. It used to be you could not pick up any game you hit yourself. But whoever was following could and you could pick up anything hit by others. This was to stop folk intentionally trying to hit game on the road. Folk in the country always picked up road kill. Me and my brother dragged a fallow buck home we saw hit. We were only 10 and 12. Mum had it sorted, liver, kidney and heart in the pot by the time dad came home for tea. Fed us and neighbours for a while. Not many deer around our way in 70's. NB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 What about cyclists? are you entitled to the bike ? 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, blackbird said: What about cyclists? are you entitled to the bike ? 😀 Only if you were NOT involved in knocking them off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Heron Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Deer marinated in diesel, oil, filthy road water etc yum 😋. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treetree Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 10 hours ago, silver pigeon69 said: What did he die from?? Sepsis, caused by food poisoning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobba Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Sheep on open moorland roads would be a tempting target😇 but it can result in expensive bodywork repairs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yates Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Wasn’t there a cheffy programme a few years ago where the chef went out collecting road kill to serve in his restaurant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Heron Posted October 29, 2020 Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 18 hours ago, yates said: Wasn’t there a cheffy programme a few years ago where the chef went out collecting road kill to serve in his restaurant? Yes wasn't it that Hugh Fernly Whitingstall he also cooked and ate a woman's placenta 😋 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yates Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 On 29/10/2020 at 09:42, The Heron said: Yes wasn't it that Hugh Fernly Whitingstall he also cooked and ate a woman's placenta 😋 I remember Hugh FW doing the roadkill bit but the programme I am thinking about concerned a chap foraging for roadkill and serving it up in his restaurant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 Dog flushed a hen pheasant whilst we were walking back to the house this morning. It flew strongly for about 50m before crashing into the upstairs window and falling dead on my doorstep. Sunday lunch sorted (for me at least). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonker Posted November 1, 2020 Report Share Posted November 1, 2020 On 28/10/2020 at 06:31, blackbird said: What about cyclists? are you entitled to the bike ? 😀 That then makes you a cyclist, for the next bloke😁. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted November 1, 2020 Report Share Posted November 1, 2020 19 minutes ago, tonker said: That then makes you a cyclist, for the next bloke😁. Not if the bike goes straight on eBay 🤫 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted November 1, 2020 Report Share Posted November 1, 2020 On 30/10/2020 at 12:36, yates said: I remember Hugh FW doing the roadkill bit but the programme I am thinking about concerned a chap foraging for roadkill and serving it up in his restaurant Hello, yes I remember but forgot the name, did he go around in a motor and stop to pick up, pheasant/squirrel /deer/ anything edible to cook and FREE 1 minute ago, oldypigeonpopper said: Hello, yes I remember but forgot the name, did he go around in a motor and stop to pick up, pheasant/squirrel /deer/ anything edible to cook and FREE Here you are Fergus Drennan 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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