Time for road-kill hunting

[tyger]

If you want a quality hair-on skin for a DIY sporran, then now is the time to start your hunt for fresh road-kill.

Take all the usual proper precautions and considerations on the quality of the kill.

I left the house at 6 AM this morning to go to the Stone Mountain Highland Games. When I came back, I found a fresh dead otter about 200 yards from my house.

The poor girl was bumped by a motor vehicle- there is only a bruise on her; death due to internal hemorrhage. This is going to be a very fine skin for a sporran. And it will honor her life, taken so short, and so by accident.

[kevinkinney]

...sadly i was about 2 cars too late for another Grey Fox yesterday.

Kevin

[tyger]

Good point, young man. You gotta be faster than the road-kill!

Did you actually see the car/driver that got the kill?

Last January, I swung around to check out what I thought was a black bear, but it was only a hog. A VERY fresh hog, but I already have one of them. When I got back into my truck, I looked down the road and saw another vehicle making a bootleg turn to check it out too! I left, so I don't know if he/she got the hog. I hope that they did.

Keep on prospecting.......

[ccga3359]

I've often wondered why roadkill is found on the side of the road. Do you chase them?

[tyger]

You raise and important point here: the highest quality road-kills often are found by the side of the road.

When looking for road-kill, be sure to look to the side of the road, and off the road into the right-of-way.

An animal that is either bumped or rolled has time to leave the roadbed. The animal neither has been mangled in the accident, nor has it been mauled by subsequent traffic.

[cavscout]

I've often wondered why roadkill is found on the side of the road. Do you chase them?

Ya know Grant, Jefferson is known for it's chicken processing facilities. We may be able to find you a formal feather chicken sporran to go with your casual rubber chicken sporran. White is mostly what we have around here but we'll keep an eye out for grey or black if you like.

[Splash_4]

Ya know Grant, Jefferson is known for it's chicken processing facilities. We may be able to find you a formal feather chicken sporran to go with your casual rubber chicken sporran. White is mostly what we have around here but we'll keep an eye out for grey or black if you like.

Feather on, full mask, of course!

[Wompet]

Ya know Grant, Jefferson is known for it's chicken processing facilities. We may be able to find you a formal feather chicken sporran to go with your casual rubber chicken sporran. White is mostly what we have around here but we'll keep an eye out for grey or black if you like.

You reminded me of the pheasant sporran:

[D.A. Guertin]

Otters and foxes? Lucky! Best I can hope for around here is a deer or a Russian Boar!

[Paul]

I've only found pigeons dead on the road... and they've all been absolutely flattened!

I couldnt take the skin/fur off of a dead animal. I dont think I could deal with the blood 'n' guts!