[neek]

If Your Car Hits a Deer You Might as Well Eat It Article about deer in the Methow. Sorry, probably paywalled, so I'll quote a bit.

[catsp]

Atonement in the Kitchen

[neek]

^ that's the one, thanks. Warning, there are some graphic images.

[Sculpin]

I once attended a wedding reception with roadkill venison as the main dinner course. This was on Lopez Island, where there are lots of deer to hit and plenty of folks who are very happy to get the meat. I did learn that most of the time, the meat is not very good. If the deer is hit hard, all the meat is ruined by the impact. There is one paragraph in the article that touches on the quality issues that need to be addressed even when the meat is fresh, but IMO it is underplayed compared to what I was told.

[Ski]

If you prefer a more sophisticated composition, here's a delightful version by the Tortolita Gut Pluckers Remember: if it swims, walks, or crawls, you can eat it.

err..... shouldn't this be in the "Food and Grub" forum? sarbar might not see it here in Stewardship.

[Chief Joseph]

A few years back we went to black lake and when we went into Winthop to eat we saw dear everywhere, in people's yards, soccer fields, mostly younger ones and does. Seems I recall at that time they only had a buck hunting season and no doe. That imo is a mistake, the herd obviously needed to be thinned. We camped at the TH on the way out and there were some hunters that had a camp set up. They were off tramping around on the ridges doing the "High Buck" hunt, meanwhile several deer were hanging around their cabin tent...sometimes I wonder about people.

[neek]

[Randito]

[Ski]

I have recently done a bit of experimenting with venison, and found this to work fabulously: Set venison out to "bloom" for a couple hours and come up to room temperature. Rub with a bit of olive oil and some crushed rosemary leaves. (I used fresh, not dried.) A bit of pepper. I did NOT salt it prior to cooking. Place under broiler with oven rack up high. Two minutes MAX per side. Allow to rest a few minutes. Plate and serve. A good Cabernet complements it nicely.

broiled venison with chanterelles, delicata squash, and red kale 12/23/21

broiled venison with chanterelles, mango-ginger-huckleberry chutney, roasted parsnip and carrot, and salad 12/20/21

[Chief Joseph]

[thunderhead]

There was a poor black bear on the side of 90 near preston this morning... sad. Looked like someone was trying to recover it though.

[neek]

That is sad. I saw a just-hit cougar near there once

[Ski]

A lot of critters meet their end on I-90. Weren't they looking at building wildlife "bridges" or something along that line? (Migratory corridors and all that?) Maybe wishful thinking on my part, but over the long term, effecting some remedy - in the form of infrastructure - would probably put a dent in the number of animals killed and perhaps reduce the number of vehicles crunched. Seems like there'd be a payoff there somewhere.

[jinx'sboy]

The article on roadkill salvage in the Methow Valley, un-paywalled https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/06/eating-roadkill-salvage-deer-legal/661254/

[Secret Agent Man]