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Sounds about right. Any time a government agency gets involved in ANYTHING look out.

??whats wrong there ?

I say he kills a deer, then takes that deers head, let a rot a bit, then send it to them. just say he never preserved it..lmfao

The Wisconsin DNR tests nearly every whitetail deer roadkill carcass for the presence of CWD (Chronic Wasting Disease), a fatal nervous system disorder. There are regulations in effect restricting the transport of deer carcasses without the appropirate permit to prevent the spread of this disease. These regulations specifically apply to transporting parts of the deer such as the head, brains, and spinal column, as those are the parts required for obtaining test samples from.

The state needs the head because, yes he broke the law but also by looking at what the condition of the head was in, they can check on CWD, chronic wasting decease, which is a big problem in the state as well....however its too late to get that information from the deer now and they are just pissed this guy ate road kill ... gross

It seems that Wisconsin officials have no other job than to do some silly jobs and come to the front of newspapers!
And are they going to hang the deer's head in their own office's wall after winning???

What are they going to do with the Head anyway.. :)

I lived in Appleton for about year and I wish I was the one getting the deer :)

Let's keep it simple my friends...If you didn't kill it, don't take it!!!!

The Wis DNR has gotten so big and out of hand that many people I know (as well as myself) have stopped hunting and limit fishing.

The last unfortunate event for our family was the over-zealous warden barging in on a child's birthday party in a local park and demanding to see my fishing license simply because he saw a snoopy fishing rod on the picnic table we had used in one of the toddler games.(told Mr. warden he could kma.)

This is whats wrong in Wisconsin and this is just one of many reasons Wisconsin has seen such a dramatic drop in hunters/fisherman.

In addition to the informative posts about CWD, there is also the question of hunting without a permit. He says the meat & hide came from a deer accidentally killed on a highway. If he doesn't have to file a permit & have it checked, what's to stop anyone from hunting off season and claiming it was someone else's roadkill?

The "wasting of meat" argument isn't good enough to justify what he did. One could argue that if people drove more carefully, less animals would get killed on the highways, and less meat wasted. And no matter why the animal along the roadway died, it will get eaten by scavengers and insects. Nature recycles everything.

Let the state have their deer's head back. Then when you're driving down the road and hit a deer, the state will be responsible for damages to your car. Since it was their property that ran out and willfully caused the accident. It establishes the precedent of ownership and responsibility.

only in Wisconsin? This is standard behavior here in Pennsylvania. Road kill is one of the four basic food groups here.

why do they want the head back, he already paid for it, didn't he?

Meh. He shouldn't have taken it without calling a police officer or game warden first. It's the same everywhere... you can take any roadkill you want as long as you call and get a receipt from a cop or game warden first. It takes about half an hour. The state isn't at fault in this case - the guy that took the carcass was. If he'd called and waited the half hour for a receipt, he wouldn't be in this situation.

Glenn Beck loves to eat rotting deer meat.