Alaskan's Journal

[Mike CHS]

Quite a few critters have cellular tracking devices attached that really aren't all that visible when they are in the air.

 

[Rammy]

Shoot, take it 20 miles away, make sure no one sees you, run.

 

[Alaskan]

I saw on a tv show where a moose got hit and they called for it to be picked up. They went to another call and came back just a few minutes later and somebody had snatched it.

Dang! That was bold! Fish and game us pretty hard core up here.

Shoot, take it 20 miles away, make sure no one sees you, run.

Perfect plan! I hadn't thought to look for trackers!!

 

[RollingAcres]

We have a road kill list up here.

Really? And those people get to "keep" the meat?

 

[Bruce]

Sure, why not, no waste!

 

[Alaskan]

Really? And those people get to "keep" the meat?

Yep. You call the cops and get yourself put on the roadkill list. When a moose gets hit they start to call everyone on the list, first number that answers the phone and says they can get right out there to clean it all up gets the moose and their number is then put at the end of the list.

 

[Mike CHS]

They used to do that in Michigan during the few years I lived there but they stopped it a long time ago.

 

[Alaskan]

They used to do that in Michigan during the few years I lived there but they stopped it a long time ago.

Why did they stop?

What do they do with the road kill now?

 

[Mike CHS]

Why did they stop?

What do they do with the road kill now?

I think in our case the area literally stopped being rural where we lived as the city encroached the rural land. I left there back in the 70's so I don't know the history of what they changed to or what they do now. Most counties where we live now (in Tennessee) have pick up service for livestock over 100 pounds.

 

[Alaskan]

Huh. Interesting choice.

Maybe not enough people being reliable enough to clean up... or maybe they just want to spend the money.