Landers: Roadkill anyone?

White-tailed deer are the most common big game to collide with vehicles on Eastern Washington roads. A new law allows the meat to be salvaged. (File / The Spokesman-Review)

Steve Clark has learned that roadkill can be as delicious as the “fresh” deer and elk he hunts.

The Spokane man accounts for two of some 1,600 salvage permits issued in the first 12 months of Washington’s program for picking up deer and elk killed in vehicle collisions.

“The animals I collected were in good shape and meat was excellent,” he said.

Anyone can participate in the program put into effect last July by the state Fish and Wildlife Commission. Washington is one of about 20 states, including Idaho, that allows the public to put edible meat in their freezers rather than letting it go to waste along a road. Oregon’s salvage program will debut next year/ Rich Landers , SR. More here.