Who and what determines if uneaten meat, by humans, is waste? I argue this all the time. Here in Wyoming the law was changed 5 years ago, stating that you only have to take the four quarters and the back straps of big game animals. Is the rest waste? Not in my opinion. The meat left laying and guts, feeds, coyotes, bears, lions, all kinds of varmits and birds. I highly doubt they think it is waste! When I see a dead animal, I see food for many wild creatures, and some of those creatures don't have to kill another live animal to eat. So in a sense you saved one by shooting one.