Turkeygirl Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 So we are on our way back today from this cider mill....taking a short cut over a back road and I drive by a pheasant that was dead! Well I thought Sweet, fly tying feathers! So I turn around and go back and grab it and throw it in the trunk! Get home and pluck off some free feathers...and actually it was still a little warm...not completely stiff, didn't even smell...looks like it had been hit not very long ago. It had about 1/4" pointy little spurs on him...gorgeous bird...I have yet to shoot a male pheasant, this was my first up close, hands on with a pheasant. So I'm thrilled for some free feathers, but I was wondering if there is any law prohibiting scavaging for free materials like this? If there is, I am totally unaware and don't want to get in trouble.....But I have some nice feathers now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 Don't feel bad about it. I had a cousin pick up a dead otter off the side of the road while on a vacation in northern Arkansas..............it had been dead for awhile............not good. As far as any laws against it.......I'm not real sure. Do you have any pics posted of your flies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted October 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 Not any recent ones...I need to get a few though of my latest... I don't feel too bad...it was an awesome find,lol...reduce,reuse,and recycle,lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newarcher Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 Shoot no, given the price of those darned things....right smart in my book! I tie my own as well....great pleasure catching a fish on a fly you tied your self. New Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 Heck, if it's still warm, I'd eat it too. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted October 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2009 Heck, if it's still warm, I'd eat it too. :) Actually Buckee........:clown::bat: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dance.and.shoot Posted October 24, 2009 Report Share Posted October 24, 2009 it's not like you can glue the feathers back on it if you did wrong. i seriously wouldn't worry about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted October 24, 2009 Report Share Posted October 24, 2009 each state has different laws. in wyoming, you'd be illegal. in most state you are fine. heck, call your local game warden and see if you are legal. make it a "what if" question, of course. you know... "what if i find a pheasant alongside the road. i pluck it's feathers and it's still warm so i clean it and eat it, as well as use it's feathers for fly tying. i'm ruth, and i live at ????, is this legal"??? lol anyway, i hope you enjoyed your dinner, whatever it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airman312 Posted October 24, 2009 Report Share Posted October 24, 2009 The wrong person might had never known had you not just told a whole bunch of people... We won't tell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dance.and.shoot Posted October 24, 2009 Report Share Posted October 24, 2009 each state has different laws. in wyoming, you'd be illegal. in most state you are fine. heck, call your local game warden and see if you are legal. make it a "what if" question, of course. you know... "what if i find a pheasant alongside the road. i pluck it's feathers and it's still warm so i clean it and eat it, as well as use it's feathers for fly tying. i'm ruth, and i live at ????, is this legal"??? lol anyway, i hope you enjoyed your dinner, whatever it was. LoL...if you told one of my friends to do that, she'd take you serious...she's even more of a blonde than i am!!! LoL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyohunter Posted October 24, 2009 Report Share Posted October 24, 2009 heck no t-ruth, you took a mishap, killing a wonderful piece of nature, and made a good thing happen from it... you did well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted October 24, 2009 Report Share Posted October 24, 2009 I'd been a taking it no matter the law more than likely.lol Nice find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 (edited) http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/6957.html Reporting Wildlife Found Dead Wildlife found dead without obvious cause of death may be of interest to the WPU or other programs within DEC. Also of interest regardless, even if the cause of death appears obvious and ordinary, are cases involving species of special interest or marked specimens (research study animals). Mass mortality or recurring mortality may be especially important. In all cases DEC's Regional Wildlife Offices should be notified to determine what actions, if any, are necessary for submission or disposal of the wildlife in question. If assistance from the Regional Wildlife Offices is not available, call the WPU directly at 518-478-2203 for advice. Exception: Mammals suspected of being rabid (including all bats found indoors where human contact may have occurred), and for which a significant exposure (bite, scratch, contact with saliva or nervous tissue) to humans has occurred, should be reported to local county or municipal health departments (LINK needed). LOL...I just spent the last week hunting with Dad...felt good to do a search again that was'nt looking past a tree for an ear or tail flicker:D P.S. There was a Hen Turkey a couple years ago that somehow came up getting her entire tail knocked off after hitting the windshield of the car in front of me on the way to Morrisville one day....funny how that happens:D:D:D Edited October 25, 2009 by GWSmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 been awful quiet in here lately, ruth. i hope you didn't make that call and end up in jail... lol. you don't have a blonde spirit, do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/6957.html Reporting Wildlife Found Dead Wildlife found dead without obvious cause of death may be of interest to the WPU or other programs within DEC. Also of interest regardless, even if the cause of death appears obvious and ordinary, are cases involving species of special interest or marked specimens (research study animals). Mass mortality or recurring mortality may be especially important. In all cases DEC's Regional Wildlife Offices should be notified to determine what actions, if any, are necessary for submission or disposal of the wildlife in question. If assistance from the Regional Wildlife Offices is not available, call the WPU directly at 518-478-2203 for advice. Exception: Mammals suspected of being rabid (including all bats found indoors where human contact may have occurred), and for which a significant exposure (bite, scratch, contact with saliva or nervous tissue) to humans has occurred, should be reported to local county or municipal health departments (LINK needed). LOL...I just spent the last week hunting with Dad...felt good to do a search again that was'nt looking past a tree for an ear or tail flicker:D P.S. There was a Hen Turkey a couple years ago that somehow came up getting her entire tail knocked off after hitting the windshield of the car in front of me on the way to Morrisville one day....funny how that happens:D:D:D Don't listen to Mr. X-File, the bird was whacked by a car and its yours. My brother ties flies and would have grabbed the bird in an instant. The DEC has interest more in other birds such as hawks and owls. I found a dead redtail beside the road and I called my buddy at the DEC. He said sure and it turned out that the hawk was banded in Maryland. I got a cool certificate from the Fed. Govt. I doubt the DEC has any interest in your dead pheasant unless they want some feather too. :clown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 been awful quiet in here lately, ruth. i hope you didn't make that call and end up in jail... lol. you don't have a blonde spirit, do you? She's probably looking up my pheasant recipe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 She's probably looking up my pheasant recipe naaa. that pheasant is already in the city sewer system....:clown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted October 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 Gross Steve! lol!! It's in the freezer! The wings went in stew mom made though with duck hearts,liver, and gizzards...we ate that Friday! You guys are weird,lol:-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 naaa. that pheasant is already in the city sewer system....:clown: Nasty.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 I would have done the same Ruth. I have picked up small game roadkill a few times time for fresh trap bait, especially in the fall and winter months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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