A road kill animal if it can be salvaged is the same as the deer you arrowed last night and waited till the next day to track. Meat is meat as far as I am concerned unless it is wasted. Do I feel it is a shame that someone hit it with a vehicle rather than me getting a shot at it. No. I think it is a shame if the meat is wasted whether roadkill or lost deer from poor shot, tracking too quick ect..
I live in a state where I would have to say roughly 45 to 50% of land is leased by hunting clubs, the rest is either private/leased or private and public land. I have access to 20 acres of my own private land and it is totally surrounded by hunting clubs. These guys placed stands on all four sides/corners of my land right on the property lines. They have over 1000 acres surrounding my land, yet they choose to pressure me and the deer on my property. Do you think I would share a stand with people of this caliber? Hell no. I scout my land, hang my on stands, ect, ect.. If one of my "friends" wanted to hunt one of these stands, yes I would allow it. If someone else who I knew could not afford a hunting lease wanted to hunt with me, fine. Am I going to let either get off without doing any work like dragging the deer, skinning, processing, or sharing the meat? Hell no. I did them a favor, and I expect some sort of gratitude in return. Nothing in this world is free.
As for the statements about free-loading bums wanting everything handed to them for nothing, I agree. I simply can not stand the fact that some people live off of me and the other working people of this world. If you are able, then you should do. If you are not then I don't mind helping. A gift is one thing, an able body wanting something for nothing is another.
Let me ask you something Don..........what would hunting be like if even 1/2 of the guys out there employed your strategy of hording hundreds or thousands of acres of land to hunt and shared it with no one else??
Atlas, have you looked at the stats of private hunting clubs in the U.S. lately? Do you realize these people are employing this strategy, though not so much on an individual basis. Now, why should we single Don out for his hard work at aquiring land to hunt, while these people only have to pay the lease while others less fortunate have to find another place to hunt. It's all around me here. I don't know how it is for others.
Just my 2c.
LT