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Easier registration of road kill deer

The following is from our local newspaper:?

The recently enacted Wisconsin state budget contains several provisions related to “car-killed deer” (CKD) procedures that will generally eliminate local law enforcement’s role in deer carcass tagging.

Wisconsin Statute 29.349 now allows for possession and removal of a deer carcass from the scene of an accident once an individual notifies the DNR by calling (608) 267-7691 and provides their name, address and the carcass location. This notification must be completed before taking possession or removing the carcass from the scene. CKD no longer are required to be tagged by a law enforcement officer.

Two items that have not changed:

• Car-killed bears and turkeys must still be tagged by a law enforcement officer, in accordance with prior procedures through the use of TraCS generated car-kill tags or DNR issued tags.

• The operator of a motor vehicle that collides with and kills a bear, deer or wild turkey has the first opportunity to take possession of the carcass (in compliance with the notification requirements for deer or tagging requirements for bear/turkey. If the “striking operator” does not want to take the carcass, any other person who is present at the scene of the accident, or any other person who arrives at the scene after the collision has occurred, may take possession of the carcass (in compliance with the notification requirements).

Those who call the sheriff’s 24/7 dispatch and request to tag a car-killed deer will be referred by the dispatcher to a 24/7 number, (608) 267-7691. The caller will be asked to supply their name, address and location of the carcass.

I can see a bear being tagged but a turkey? I don't understand why a turkey needs to be tagged. Call it in like a deer.

The neighbors friend hit a 400# plus bear right by the Hayward casino a few years ago. A deputy responded and finished it off. A warden was not available but would follow up the next day. She wanted him to pay like a couple hundred dollars to keep it because of the size and supposed market value. Well, we already had it skinned, quartered and in my freezers when the local warden called the person that hit it the next day. He called the deputy that responded to the scene about that as he was not about to pay that much for a road kill. The deputy arranged for a different warden to deal with him. Just cost him the price of the possession tag. Many in this area are glad to have a much more reasonable and understanding warden here now.

What if the deer needs to be finished off?

Couldn't legally do it unless it's an open season and legal hours and you have a tag (and it's your land, public land or you have permission to hunt there), and this happens quite a bit where an officer has to dispatch a wounded deer. With wolves, mountain lions, bears and firles infesting every square inch of WI now, though, a deer won't have to wait long to be eaten alive.

Those darn Firle, always causing trouble.

On the deer thing, even if it was in season and you had a tag you couldn't shoot it on the road. Couldn't even knife it because that is not a legal hunting weapon. Guess you could drag it out of the right of way and then shoot it if you had permission to 'hunt' on that land.

Many years ago I came up on a truck stopped right on the highway north of stone lake. I could see people in the headlights of their truck. They came upon a wounded (back half was not working) basket-8 on the road and took 3 shots with a bow to finish it off. Except for it being at night it was in season and they actually put a tag on it. Takes some b__ls to do that in front of a stranger watching them. The guy seemed pretty proud of his first buck. There all kinds of people in the world.

Good point Jeff on the road. I didn't mean that would be legal. 50 feet off, on private or public, good to go if in season, legal hours and legal tag.

An officer must dispatch any live animal struck by a vehicle

Go Jakes, even if the animal makes it onto your own or public land beyond the right of way, the season is open and you have the appropriate license/tag?

Don't know why anyone would want to, just wondering.

Jeff or Naz - Do you happen to know if that number is good 24 hours? Or what hours someone is available?

Also, what about cutting off antlers of a car killed buck? My kids want to make some projects using antler. We go shed hunting, but then they don't want to cut up the antlers we find because it's an antler they found with dad. Kid logic can be challenging.

One man gathers what another man spills.

I googled the phone number and one of the hits contained the following, so it appears like it is a 24x7 number.

Motorists previously were required to contact local police and wait for an officer to arrive and issue a permit before they could take the animal. Now the call center is able to issue permits to motorists who want to keep a roadkill carcass any time of day or night. The phone number is (608) 267-7691.

Thanks Jeff. I saw your thread, asked the question and intended to do a search or make a call myself and post, but got busy.

The number is now in the phones of me and my buddies. I appreciate the head's up.

Go Jakes, if you have permission to hunt a property, or it's public land, and a "struck" deer is there during legal hours/season and you have a tag, no reason you couldn't finish it off and tag it. I assume you're talking about night time, or out of season, or an area where you don't have permission.

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