Sandhills Bass Anglers, North Carolina

Did you see gun shot wounds?  I have to ask because there is the possiblity you may have seen a county/city/state roads and grounds dump site.  They end up pickin up road kill carcasses across the state and take them places to dump them.  One would think that would be the local dump but is not always the case. Someone has usually already cut the antlers off.  (antlers grow back and horns are perm).  This time of year, there are many road kills, many of which show no signs of being hit by a vehicle.  I saw three on the way to Lillington last week, looked like they could have stood up and ran minus their horns and one was actually 'caped'. 

Many taxidermists will harvest from road kills as well as the average deer hunter who want a rack or more racks.  For the most part, many in the South will take the horns and the back straps only and leave the rest which of course is still wasting meat.  An Asian will not pass an antler either. They use them for tea and believe they increase longevity.

Just thought I would throw it out there because for the most part, hunters are straight up when it comes to their sport. I do however know that there are some, though few, that jacklight just to kill.  Used to work as a GW years back, scariest duty I had as an MP.

Swish, Fort Bragg used to have a list the GWs maintained that if your number is up and they have a road kill, they will phone you and you can come to the scene to pick up the carcass to butcher.  Not certain they still do that.  Legal office might have stopped that for various reasons.  Used to be a good source of meat supplementation.