In Bama, it would be ILLEGAL to harvest a whole deer or turkey... But taking feathers and/hair should be OK.. I'm gonna call about this, cause now that you mention it.. I know ppl who have been caught with out of season deer, and the game Warden took the deer, the gun, the vehicle that was used to transport AND the person.... HEFTY fines and possible jail time and they had one heck of a time getting their gun and vehicle back, cause it was used in the "commission of the crime".... Thanks for the heads up... I'll call before I haul LOL, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eddie D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 10:16 PM Subject: [VFB] Roadkill (was feather???) > "OH! before using ANY > road-kill / molted feathers from the park, etc" > > Is it legal to take road kill? Such as, if I find a deer that has been hit > by a truck, is it legal for me to harvest this deer? Should I call DNR > before doing so? Anyone with any ideas? I know turkeys and the such, it > should not be a problem to pluck feathers off the carcas, but as far as > harvesting the bird/deer for meat???? > > > -Eddie > > > > > > > >From: Peter Gramp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: [VFB] Feather ???? > >Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 22:27:19 -0400 > > > >Hey, Chuck- > > I'm not sure if this will help or not, but I use canadian goose > >biots (the "thicker" part of the wing feather that is super-stiff if > >you try to fan the fibers out from the stem) all of the time for biot- > >bodies. These fibers are from the "not- wide side" of the feather, > >and when peeled from the feather's quill / stem, have an elongated > >triangle taper to their appearance. I tie them in by the point and > >then wrap the feather biot up the hook shank to give a segmented look > >to the body. I can send some samples if you wish, so you can see what > >I mean. > > Also, you can get fancy, as the biot has a notch at the base of the > >triangle taper... where you stripped it from the feather's quill. > >Well, if you wrap the triangle fiber piece (called a biot) with the > >notch on one side versus the other, you can make a raised fuzzy > >divider of the segmentation, or you can just cover over it and have > >darker edging but no raised fuzzy edge. Again, it's easier to show it > >than it is to explain it... if this doesn't make sense, feel free to > >ask me about it. :) I love biot bodies for my dry spinners, and they > >work well for nymph bodies, also, though I always add legs on these > >for nymphs. > > Anyhow, that should be a start for ideas. OH! before using ANY > >road-kill / molted feathers from the park, etc... wash them in normal > >dish soap. Usually this removes most possible "bugs"(though there are > >numerous better ways to get rid of stuff, like freezing / microwaving, > >etc), but at a very least, it cleans them up. Besides that, when > >rinsed of the soap and air- dried, the feathers often look better than > >they did when you started with them. > > Just my 2 cents worth of advice... Good luck and tight lines, > >Pete Gramp > >
