Different rules and regs for different states. If you have the same rule, they probably didnt call and wait for an officer etc...there is a process to doing it the right way. I would never eat that meat though...sad as it sounds it is most likely ruined.
I agree. The only deer I have ever seen ruined are the ones that get hit and run over by a few 18 wheelers, and those are not even recognizable as deer anymore.
I agree with fleshy about the deer actually being dead not being alive after running off in most cases.. animals will keep on running til they die or find a quiet spot to lay down...
Usually in the spring, I would walk around the forest alongside a very busy road that's famous for road kills and I'm telling you its full of bones within 100-200 yards down the road.
You maim an animal, pumps its body full of bad chemcials, gets tense...not good for meat. Always want your meat killed fast.
I have had both, and can tell you that roadkill is not as good as properly hunted and prepared. The area where it is hit has been completely crushed.
Internal bleeding is bad, high blood temps is bad (racing heart - this is why you bleed out animals when you butcher them), and seepage of whatever else is in their digestive tract is bad.
Proteus...done the exact same thing...when I was a little kid I would try to make complete skeletons ha