What is law regarding hitting a deer with a vehicle?

[LA_Huntsman]

I hit one in a Vette too doing... erm uhh.. I was moving pretty quick at the time. Yellow fiberglass everywhere!!! The last one I bagged with my 91 Z28. People at work pitched in and got me one of those .308 Handi rifles. They told me this is how they do it in Mississippi. My dad bagged a 12pt with a F100. I drove home with a spike on the hood of my 96 Z28. I got a lot of funny looks on that.

 

[Nick]

my cousin had a deer hit the side of his Toyota pickup, he stopped, called Sheriff's department (WBR), they responded, called La WLF, they responded.... told him... "Yep, looks like an accident, if you want the meat we'll help you throw it in the bed of the truck, otherwise I'll take it home and put it in the freezer."

 

[Suburbazine]

Is it true that "Deer Slayer" type brush guards will land you in legal difficulties if you hit a deer with one?

 

[charlie12]

Is it true that "Deer Slayer" type brush guards will land you in legal difficulties if you hit a deer with one?

I would say that ther person that came up with that is the same one that says you gun has to be in plain sight in you car.

 

[ReilleysMom32]

Being that I've done this before...

The deer ran into the side of my Jeep my senior year of high school. I was so pissed off, but I knew I had to do something. It was a cold morning and the weather channel had said it wasn't getting about 36 all day. So I pulled out the knife I kept in the center console, went and slit the buck's throat, waited for him to pass away, then threw the deer in the back of the Jeep, took it home, dropped him on the back deck of the house, cleaned my hands, and went to school. I called my dad and he took it up to the butcher later on. NJFWS never found out, nor do they catalog "accidental deer deaths due to motor vehicle accidents." At least there wasn't any buckshot in him

I'd say, Don't ask, Don't tell.

 

[hot shot]

I know you gotta call someone, cant remember if its WLF,or Sheriff, but MOST of the time if you want it you can keep it. I have heard of them not offering, and even heard of them denying letting you keep it, but Ive also heard stories of them helping dress them for you

 

[CrkdLtr]

My thoughts... always keep a tarp large enough to wrap the carcass in. After you have accessed the accident, gotten your bearings and know what's going on... wrap that sucker up in the tarp, throw it in your vehicle and make the call to 911. Report the accident, report it ran off, receive your claim, drive home & profit.

 

[spanky]

You guys keep speaking like hitting it is winning the lottery because you got a free deer. I would imagine it would cause many thousands of dollars of damage to the vehicle... I'd be crying in my beer if I hit anything.

Only because of the rate speed at impact.

 

[hot shot]

There is a procedure to hitting them and minimize damage to your vehicle. I have a friend that kills more with his truck than with a gun every year. Those dont count towards your limit he said