Have you heard someone talking about or know someone who has done it? Can you legally hit a deer and then take it home and eat it? Montana has a law for it!
Now that the general rifle hunting season is underway, Montana's Insurance Commissioner is warning drivers to be on the lookout for deer and sometimes elk on the highways.
This week, October 10, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks finalized rules that will allow Montanans to pick up certain types of road kill for consumption.
A law that allows people to harvest the meat of deer, elk, moose and antelope that are slain by vehicles in Montana has gone into effect, but those who are hungry for roadkill will need to wait just a few months longer to turn on the grill.
The Montana Highway Patrol and Missoula County Sheriff's Department responded to a horrible vehicle vs. animal collision in Missoula on the night of Sunday, August 11.