CB--Louisiana has a similar liberal view on using road kill. The only time they regulate it is when fur-bearing animals are hit during the trapping season. I agree--blunt force ruins the meat, but if an animal was hit with a glancing blow, the meat is usable when it is very fresh (as in, you saw it hit so know how fresh). If it's deer, it's a good idea to see if the driver survived that impact--not all do!

I have friends up in the Northwest who had a large family and always got by with meat from hunting. The standard line if you stopped by and were invited impromptu to dinner "If we'd known you were coming we'd have used beef," but it was always marvelous to have moose tacos!

We're harvesting neighborhood pecans right now. Orange on the fingertips attest to the staining quality of the hulls on those nuts. The garden is producing full-tilt, so there is a lot of fresh produce on the table as well.

SRS