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Translation limitations and disclaimer. Open Data link to see deer and elk salvage permit data. Open a webmap to query salvage permits August to present Download the data for salvage permits August to present Provisions of the new rule It is permissible to salvage and transport a deer or elk that is accidentally killed by a motor vehicle collision except for any deer killed by a motor vehicle collision in Clark, Cowlitz, and Wahkiakum counties. A salvage permit must be obtained from the department within 24 hours of taking possession of the animal.

Permits may be obtained on the department's website or at department regional offices. Big game licenses and tags cannot be used for the purpose of salvaging motor vehicle-killed deer or elk. The entire carcass, including entrails, of the animal must be removed from the road right of way.

Any meat an individual deems unfit for human consumption or unusable animal parts must be disposed of pursuant to WAC That moots the point. It gives away the joke. The DPRK never complained. One of you did. Sometimes, I swore it had to be. Other times, it was just plausible enough. Which is to say it was pretty damn good parody and this is a loss. American consumers might have been spoiled, but generations of them have also dealt with shortages of some kind — gasoline in the s, food rationing in the s, housing in the s when cities such as Detroit were booming.

It is The U. One moose — lb of meat — is dinner for a year. But roadkill rarely goes bad, the wildlife biologist Jeff Selinger told me. People are quick to report large game collisions, and the cold climate limits wildlife diseases that can make meat unfit to eat. Many Alaskans view animal processing and hunting as commonplace skills, like planting a garden or raising chickens.

In a given year, one in four Alaskans hunts, and between the hunting seasons for moose, bear and caribou, some type of big game is available every day of the year. Joanna Young, a geoscientist and educator, experienced that openness when she moved to Alaska eight years ago to study at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Growing up in the suburbs outside of Toronto, she had no experience farming or butchering, and was a vegan when she moved. It was small enough that Young and two of her friends could drag it to a flat spot to field dress it.

A friend who hunted regularly showed Young how to skin the animal, remove the guts without puncturing the bladder or intestines, and quarter the body. Within an hour, the group was driving back to Fairbanks with lb of meat in their game bags. There are many obstacles: knowledge of anatomy, tracking and marksmanship; the need to travel to remote locations and take time off work; required permits and specialized equipment to haul, process and store the meat.

There are also social barriers. Hunting and salvaging roadkill are often associated with rural people and places, which are seen as conservative and working class. Many people have decided that the cost of hunting is not worth the benefit and shed the skill entirely. When California made picking up roadkill illegal in , the law was supposed to prevent people from poaching by intentionally smashing into deer with their vehicles.

Oregon, Washington and Texas passed similar laws. My mother grew up in Oregon during the ban. When food was tight, her father illegally killed deer — with a gun. Like many people, she laughed at the idea of using an expensive car to capture her dinner.