I read this post yesterday and started thinking about it last night, when I thought of a question. I realize that many states have laws against possessing deer out of season and I understand how that could be interpreted to include road kill or a portion of the carcass (antlers). My question is how would this be different from finding a carcass while shed hunting? I can see where a shed would no longer be considered a violation as the deer has basically discarded the antlers. However what would differentiate between picking up a skull with antlers still attached versus collecting antlers from a road killed animal? Degree of decomposition?

This is just a question that I was wondering if anyone knew the answer to, I am not trying to make any sort of accusation.