How many of you cut the heads off of dead bucks on the side of the roads? Or how many simply cut the antlers? Personally, I'm always late or I come across the little ones. Last year I came across a nice buck dead, but by the time I turned around someone was on it with saw in hand. I know, "you might be a redneck", but good antlers are hard to come by.
I just posted about this on another thread. Why the hell would anybody want a rack off a deer they hadn't nothing to do with?
Same reason people pick up sheds or dead heads they just happen across. I'd never put someone in danger with an abrupt stop, but if I seen one easily accessible I'd have no problem stopping for one. As mentioned, just something to put on a shelf or make rattlers out of. Wouldn't do it to claim as a harvest
I'd take for trying projects or something. If it was a big rack maybe make a sarcastic kinda mount with a piece of bumper or something, or even do it plain and call it a road kill buck. If it's a nice deer I think they look cool and Deserve a better ending than rotting instead of being useful or decorative. I'd never claim it as a shot of mine either, that part would be pathetic. I think there's plenty of uses better than waste. I've picked up several for meat over the years, just never been bucks. Almost got a nice velvet big buck but Was pulling over and someone else pulled ahead and claimed it. Not worth fighting for, but wouldn't let it go to waste either Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Sure enough after this post yesterday picked up a little spike today. Couldn't have been there more than a few hours. Should get 20-30 lbs meat anyway from it. Beats letting it waste. The rack or skull might make a novelty mount too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I do it whenever I can also. They can make some really unique decorations. Even little spikes or fork horns my dogs love them for chew toys. They last for years. I would have no use it cutting a head off to mount. That really doesn't appeal to me if I didn't shoot it. I also agree, no reason in letting it rot.
This sounds like a screen from the rocky mt horror picture show taking place on the side of the road...
Ha! I've never cut off antlers from a roadkill. I have picked up a ton of sheds and a hand full of dead heads. I would take antlers from roadkill but never get to see any big ones. Why? Because I have a condition...an obsession with antlers. I'd liken it to what most people get when they find gold. I love looking at them, holding them, talking about them...I just love big racks. And I love antlers.
This time it felt too civilized doing it. The state patrol gave me a tag for it and threw it in my truck and that was it. Kinda boring. Years back drunk with a buddy trying to fight one that was stiff in -20 into the back of his neon was entertaining. This one might end up on the garage walk on an old bumper piece or something just to joke about. If it was a nice one I'd maybe do it normal and still call it roadkill. Probably wouldn't if I had a bunch of my own but still plenty of wall space to fill for now Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
In WI you have to obtain a tag from the DNR or Sherrif and you have to take the entire deer, you cannot just take the head / antlers. I contacted the DNR and asked last year.
I did see some awesome furniture ideas on a movie the other night, but might be wrong using Texas chainsaw massacre for decorating inspiration... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I think it may be like that in mn too. I called around and the state patrol gave me the tag but I think any officer or dnr can come out and do it. He said if the have a lot they sometimes bring them to I Falls for a dinner, but was just happy to not have to deal with it. Since it was a spike too probably didn't matter as much as a nice one that more would want. I'm guessing the big ones could stir up some trouble Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
