Touchy subject, this.However most people wouldn't hesitate to pick up a windfall apple, therefore why should roadkill be any different?
Now that the game shooting season is over (or to be fair, even before) I rarely pass a roadkill pheasant or rabbit without stopping to see how fresh it is. Blood at the scene, a flurry of feathers and an absence of rigor mortis all indicate a recent kill.
Plastic carrier bags and vinyl gloves are carried in the boot of the car to transport any finds home. Once there, de-feathering and/or skinning is conducted by the garden tap and rinsed off, with all remains into a carrier bag and the bin, while the meaty stuff goes straight into the slow cooker.
Yum.
