hey thanks alot all, i didnt expect to get much feedback from this...lol to be honest i dont know what the roadkill laws are here. bobcats were and still are in season here and i posses the needed liscensing to harvest one so i figured all is good to pick up roadkil, and to be honest it aint illegal unless you get caught. i try and follow al the rules but there is no sense in letting a beautiful animal go to waiste, but who knows it may have been legal, i have been picking up roadkill since i was 16 ...lol i never got stopped. foxes and bears and the panthers are the only major things off limits but the law had stated that you could be in possesion of roadkilled foxes if you have a taxidermy liscense which we do. but im sure they would love to rough me all up over that, so i havent picked ne up in years, but i will if i see a red fox. they are about as rare as bobcats down here.
huntertrapper- our population around here is decent for sub urban living. obviously ihavent seen any in town but i have seen 3 this year since jan 1st, one was the one i picked up and the other 2 were alive, but i think they may be breeding now. i dont hardly ever see them except for dec, jan, & feb. perhaps that is the reason for the increase in sightings
as far as a tan-along whenever i am ready to do another i'll keep you al informed in the process, i have a bobcat from last year stilll in the freezer so maybe i'll do that one or perhaps a coon. it usually takes me the better part of a week to tan one. from skin to tan but i dont like to get burnt out on it either. i really want a beaver, otter, 2 or 3 muskrats or a nutria to tan so i can have some fur silencers. but we dont have them down here except for otter and they are outa season come friday and i havent seen one on the road in a looooong time
