Welcome to Roadkill Art
A free app made for easily finding roadkill.
Check the Map View & List View daily for fresh roadkill near your location that can be consumed or used for art.
Roadkill History
The car created a culture who indulges in game meat roadkill.
In 1899 America put it's first car on the road. In 1913 Henry Ford introduced mass production. In the 1920’s car speed was 30-40 mph, the decade creating roadkill. In the 1930’s with cars up to 50-60 mph, (pictured) big game deer, was included in the list of fallen animals. In 1950 with 152 M cars on US roads, bans to outlaw taking roadkill began. In the 1960’s cars over took hunting as the biggest demise of wildlife. Today due to legislators, animal activist and technology, roadkill bans are replaced with laws and regulations designed by each states Natural Resource Departments. US roads produce any where north of 90 million lbs of game meat annually. The Roadkill Art App list every states Roadkill Regulations, the only place for cumulative US updated roadkill laws.
Why do people Utilize Roadkill?
Roadkill is a good healthy Meat Source
Roadkill is used for Making Art and Taxidermy
Roadkill is used for Making Art and Taxidermy
Game meat is packed with Omega-3. The highest proportion of Omega-3 comes from wild animals that have grown up eating grass and other vegetation. Omega-3 has been reported to offer many health benefits such as brain health helping fight depression and anxiety which improves moods, cognitive decline and symptoms of ADHD are reduced and memory is improved.
Roadkill is used for Making Art and Taxidermy
Roadkill is used for Making Art and Taxidermy
Roadkill is used for Making Art and Taxidermy
Artist looking to craft handmade goods from leftover scraps and skins also know as taxidermist make taxidermy art from roadkill. Animals that have met an early demise are supplies for creative minds. Taxidermy is sometimes the only way we get a close look at cute critter's and wildlife. Fashion minded artist will use fur for clothing, hats and purses or dried bones for jewelry.
Roadkill supplies Soup Kitchens with Food
Roadkill is used for Making Art and Taxidermy
Roadkill supplies Soup Kitchens with Food
Fresh roadkill meat especially from big game can provide quite a few meals. Antelope, whitetail & mule deer, elk, moose, and pronghorn can be turned into tasty steaks, burgers, roast, ribs, backstraps, and stew meat. Soup Kitchen Chef's in the USA often utilize a big game roadkill for stews and meat pies in order to feed large numbers of people. Hunter's also donate deer regularly.
Install the App to Easily Find Roadkill
Find it with the Roadkill Art App
With over 90 million pounds of big game roadkill available on US roads annually the Roadkill Art App is a tool to help you find it. After the app is installed check the 'Map View', look for a location marker near your locality, click on it, discover what has been reported. The 'List View' feed can also be checked for reports, scroll to see what is fresh and available. The distance wheel at the top of the page is set on 50 miles, it can be changed to a 5000 mile distance, making visible reported roadkill as far away as Alaska or Hawaii. After finding roadkill, it is vital to find out what your state requires for loading it up. The 'Regulations' icon at the bottom of the 'Map View' page leads to every states roadkill laws and regulations for taking roadkill. Many states require no action, others require calling police or sheriff departments for permission and some require filling out a form for the Department of Natural Resources. The Roadkill Art App is easy to use and below are instructions on the app features. Roadkill Art aims to help anyone load up with game meat.
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When on Back Roads Turn on the Roaming Option
Sometimes on back roads where quality big game roadkill is and where it is safer to pull over and make a roadkill report, phones can have poor connectivity. Carriers do not reach all locations. For this reason when making a roadkill report in the Roadkill Art app the report might not log into the system immediately, being visible on the Map View and List View. Go to your settings and turn on the roaming option. Your phone now has the ability to connect to other carriers that do cover the location and the roadkill report will instantly log into the app
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When using the roaming option domestically phone bills do not increase or receive added charges.
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Interested in Animal Art?
Investigate your states laws for use of roadkill. In Idaho you can purchase or sell wildlife parts, but not the meat of big game, upland game, up birds or furbearer's that are lawfully hunted or trapped that have been killed in vehicle-collisions. Bighorn sheep can't be purchased, bartered, or sold. The Idaho animal artist or taxidermist when finding roadkill can consume the meat but never sell the meat. The fur and bones can be used for art and legally sold in Idaho.
It is illegal to collect, possess, or transport roadkill jackrabbits in California, making their use for taxidermy unlawful. California law currently prohibits the collection and possession of dead wildlife, including roadkill, without specific authorization. To legally have a jackrabbit taxidermied in California, the animal must be taken legally during its open season and possession limits, as there are no bag limits for jackrabbits. The taxidermist must maintain records for one year, including the owner's information and details of the specimen, and must also be able to produce the specimen for inspection by law enforcement. Legal take for CA: The jackrabbit must be taken legally. In California, jackrabbits can be taken year-round with no bag or possession limits.
In CA it's legal to hunt a jack rabbit and mount it, it's illegal to pick up jack rabbit roadkill and mount it.
Become a Roadkill Reporter
Roadkill Art introduces a new kind of Reporter
Roadkill Reporter’s with each report are providing other member’s free game meat, especially desired big game, not waisting good future venison steaks and burgers. Roadkill Art invites game meat lover’s and those who would like to become a 'Roadkill Reporter' to be a part of a unique community. The simple task of reporting roadkill in the Roadkill Art App can lead to providing American's a lot of meals, including soup kitchens giving the security there is plenty to go around. However, always pay attention to safety, be aware of on coming traffic, your safety and those with you always comes first! After 3 reports we make you an official "Roadkill Art Reporter" with a safety orange Roadkill Art tee-shirt, yes the little critter's count too!
Roadkill Reporting
Earn an "I STOP FOR ROADKILL" Duffel Bag
After 5 roadkill reports in the Roadkill Art App we send you a Roadkill Art "I STOP FOR ROADKILL" blue or black duffel bag. Reporter's need tools especially a safety orange Roadkill Art tee, which you earn after 3 reports, (see the shop page). Report roadkill by clicking the orange bar at the bottom of the app map page, take a picture, 30 sec video and rate your subject. Remember to also report live animal sitings, we want to mark as many animal crossings as possible to help drivers avoid collisions.
Become a Roadkill Retriever
Check the app 'Map View' and 'List View' for fresh roadkill.
For anyone with the means to pick up roadkill, check the 'List View' or the 'Map View'. Look for a location marker near you, see the picture, watch the video and read the rating. It could be your lucky day finding a fresh 150 + pound deer within your zip code. Soup Kitchens can check the app daily to see if big game has recently been reported. Artist can check the app to find smaller roadkill for taxidermy or for making fashion items like purses, hats and jewelry. Members can fill up the freezer by checking the app daily to see if a deer, elk or moose has recently been reported. The Roadkill Art App makes it easy for members to find any of the 90 + M lbs of roadkill reported every year on US roads.
City, County and State Benefits with App Use
With app members retrieving roadkill government agencies will have less to remove. Cities, counties and states can redirect staff and funds to other departments. Public Works, DOT, Environmental Services, Divisions of Street Maintenance and Sanitation Departments remove roadkill. California spends $200M annually to remove roadkill. Spending on highways and roads is split between state and local governments. States provide 59% on highway and road spending while local governments provide 41%. State spending is for highways and tollways, local is on roads. Back roads where roadkill is easiest to pick up are usually under local jurisdiction. Be visible wear safety orange when stopping to report or pick up roadkill.
The 2023 Pocahontas Cook Off Team in Marlinton West Virginia
We Want You in Saftey Orange
Currently with 298.7 registered vehicles on US roads we want you visible to passer byer's when reporting roadkill in the app. Wether your outside the car or inside the car with the window down we want you seen. After your first 3 roadkill reports we send you an 'I STOP FOR ROADKILL' safety orange tee shirt.
Press Releases
The Roadkill Art App Helps Avoid Deer Collisions as Roadkill Increases due to Doe Movement
Roadkill Art “the App” will be at the Roadkill Cook Off Festival to celebrate 'National Roadkill Day'!