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idio Aug 2015 4:26pm, 31 Aug 2015 24,767 posts	Quote Pin idio But on the bright side you do get a freezer full of venison.
ChrisHB Aug 2015 4:28pm, 31 Aug 2015 11,563 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB Online forms which, when you make a mistake, randomly remove one or more of the other things you have correctly filled in.
Duchess Aug 2015 4:42pm, 31 Aug 2015 6,087 posts	Quote Pin Duchess No idio, that's poaching. The car behind you however can remove the roadkill. waits for FR to correct her
idio Aug 2015 4:52pm, 31 Aug 2015 24,768 posts	Quote Pin idio Curious to know how its poaching? and isn't only poaching if you get caught? They do say try to remove the animal so it isn't a hazard to other road users so surely putting it in a freeze is helping other road users.
Duchess Aug 2015 5:20pm, 31 Aug 2015 6,088 posts	Quote Pin Duchess Deer Act 1991 (in England and Wales) although contrary to my statement above, the removal of the carcass is an offence in its own right, even if you didn't cause the death. All poaching is only poaching if you get caught...
Fellrunning Aug 2015 6:19pm, 31 Aug 2015 1,493 posts	Quote Pin Fellrunning The sign is actually indicative of wild animals not exclusively deer (have you lot actually read the highway code?). If you hit a deer at speed there are likely to be two carcasses to be removed one with four legs one with two. A fully grown Stag weighs half a ton - you don't want one of those sitting in your lap. Yes it is technically poaching to take the carcass.
idio Aug 2015 6:23pm, 31 Aug 2015 24,769 posts	Quote Pin idio The highway what?
Dvorak Aug 2015 6:33pm, 31 Aug 2015 10,721 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak [Not the triangular warning signs, Fellrunning, but the variable message signs. "Caution: High risk of deer on road". Quite often shown on the M80. birdguides.com The Western approach road in Edinburgh does have an exclamation mark foxes sign. Which would be quite amusing if it were at the Western Bar, instead.]
Duchess Aug 2015 6:36pm, 31 Aug 2015 6,089 posts	Quote Pin Duchess FR, it's not uncommon for matrix signs on the motorways/trunk roads up here to specifically warn drivers about deer. I've never seen one on the motorway but I have seen a herd of them bring the A90 just outside Edinburgh to a complete halt by deciding that they were crossing to the other side on a Sunday afternoon. Still nothing to standing in a mountain pass listening to two stags bellowing at one another in the rut though.
z1000jeff Aug 2015 10:53pm, 31 Aug 2015 2,296 posts	Quote Pin z1000jeff Why is it OK for horse owners/riders to allow their animals to shit in the street or on cycle paths etc and not have to pick it up and dispose of it responsibly like dog owners are obliged to do ? (I know dog owners don't always but that's another gripe all together.)