Road kill - would you?

EyepodI · 10 Dec 2012 at 15:14

So I was driving home down a road not often used and spot what looks to be a dead pheasant in the road. It doesn't look too badly mashed up at all, maybe just a broken neck by the looks of it as I drove past. It can only have been there for a couple of hours as it wasn't there earlier.

Now I've just got home I am sorry I didn't grab it (but had no plastic bags at hand - there was some blood).

I was just thinking this could make a fine free range Xmas dinner to serve up to my relatives. I'm not a fan of turkey and could save a few bob. They'd think I had gone right posh like - until I tell them it was road kill after they've scoffed it!

I've got to go back passed it again in an hour so may grab it. Not sure about plucking, gutting, beheading and de-legging etc. Any tips? Also how long do you hang them for? Never eaten pheasant before.

Now if you were feeling a bit peckish would you be game for some road kill pheasant? :eek:

Raikiri · 10 Dec 2012 at 15:16

This is why I always swerve for cows.

bledd · 10 Dec 2012 at 15:17

Amazing first reply

I mostly see badgers, never fancied eating one

trojan698 · 10 Dec 2012 at 15:18

go for it man. these are desperate times, and it'd make some crackin' predrink banter! oh by the way, the pheasant died by the hands of my ford focus. u sure you didn't just knock it down yourself and it's in your bath waiting?

Skidder · 10 Dec 2012 at 15:18

bledd. said:
Amazing first reply

I mostly see badgers, never fancied eating one

Curry makes everything OK (even TB).

antijoke · 10 Dec 2012 at 15:20

I couldn't. I really couldn't bring myself to eat it.

Gunni Parker · 10 Dec 2012 at 15:21

bledd. said:
Amazing first reply

I mostly see badgers, never fancied eating one

Me too, and hedgehogs. I would certainly leave them exactly where they are. You don't know whats been at them.

scorza · 10 Dec 2012 at 15:22

Where abouts in Surrey? I might see if it's still there on the way home.

Morbius · 10 Dec 2012 at 15:23

You can't pick one up that you've knocked down but if you come across one that's already met its maker then you can take it.

SlyReaper · 10 Dec 2012 at 15:24

I think I'd have to be pretty hard up, but I would definitely eat roadkill if I had to. I think I'd draw the line at serving it for christmas dinner though..

Skidder · 10 Dec 2012 at 15:25

SlyReaper said:
I think I'd have to be pretty hard up, but I would definitely eat roadkill if I had to. I think I'd draw the line at serving it for christmas dinner though..

BRB off to Norfolk for a 'drive'

Vampire · 10 Dec 2012 at 15:26

I've picked/scraped up pheasants and deer and had them for dinner many times.

Living in the country, my view is OM NOM NOM NOM

EyepodI · 10 Dec 2012 at 15:27

scorza said:
Where abouts in Surrey? I might see if it's still there on the way home.

51.395631 -0.463894 - It's Sheep Walk, Shepperton - No sheep road kill to be seen though, shame...I like a lamb kebab.

antijoke · 10 Dec 2012 at 15:28

Vampire said:
I've picked/scraped up pheasants and deer and had them for dinner many times.

Living in the country, my view is OM NOM NOM NOM

Looking at your name, do you steal young virgins in the night too?

LizardKing · 10 Dec 2012 at 15:29

Not sure about road kill thats been there a while, god knows what's been pecking or laying eggs on it.

EyepodI · 10 Dec 2012 at 15:38

LizardKing said:
Not sure about road kill thats been there a while, god knows what's been pecking or laying eggs on it.

Damn it - you've put me off it now. Come to think of it I regularly see crows and magpies munching on road kill foxes and rabbits on the same road.

Feek · 10 Dec 2012 at 15:39

Jonny69 has no problem with it.

Slyman2k4 · 10 Dec 2012 at 15:44

LizardKing said:
Not sure about road kill thats been there a while, god knows what's been pecking or laying eggs on it.

Aren't pheasants usually aired for a lock of time before they're consumed anyway? I thought diehard fans loved the meat when it had maggots dripping off it...

413x · 10 Dec 2012 at 15:58

Come From a Norfolk farmiily ing family me.

I would eat some that I had hit but dunno about if it was someone else that I hadn't seen (diseased animal etc)
I wouldn't be able to gut it myself. But could easily see to that
Unfortunately I don't like game meat

Tbh I think it's much better than a slaughtered animal. It's had a naturallife and eaten a variety of wild foods . It's the same way free range eggs taste better

Pestilence · 10 Dec 2012 at 16:12

Regularly see pheasant and rabbit roadkill out our way. Always tempted to pull over and scoop 'em up, but it's quite a busy country road and don't want to look like a total weirdo.