Road-Kill
Posted: December 15th, 2006, 9:02 pm
The cleaning a squirrel post made me think of this;
My Grandmother was the champion of roadkill. It may not be something to be proud of, But it is worthy of some cool reading. All of this is very true and not made up. My Grandmother "Nana" would pick up roadkill most mornings. It would be Rabbits, Squirrels and two times that I know of a deer. During the day if she saw a Turtle crossing the road she would get it too. Note: The softshells were allways the toughest, She said when you grab them by their hind legs they will try to bite you due to their long necks.
Here is a little about "Nana". She was raised in South Georgia. She met my Grandfather who was from Cocoa Florida and that is where they lived. and of course where my Mother grew up and I went to elementry school. Nana worked at McDonald Douglas for around 20 years. Back then most people in the area worked for the Space Program. Why I bring this up is because when the Space Shuttle blew up in '86 she said that morning that it wouldn't work because it was to cold. "The gaskets will not hold." So she had some smarts.
I could go on and on about her with more great stories. The times she had her Bar-B-Q resturant, a Bar and a welding Shop. Even the time she crossed I-95 on foot in the morning to shoot a 6 point buck on her way to work. Then had to drag it back across I-95 to put it in her Datsun station wagon.
I will share some more..............
My Grandmother was the champion of roadkill. It may not be something to be proud of, But it is worthy of some cool reading. All of this is very true and not made up. My Grandmother "Nana" would pick up roadkill most mornings. It would be Rabbits, Squirrels and two times that I know of a deer. During the day if she saw a Turtle crossing the road she would get it too. Note: The softshells were allways the toughest, She said when you grab them by their hind legs they will try to bite you due to their long necks.
Here is a little about "Nana". She was raised in South Georgia. She met my Grandfather who was from Cocoa Florida and that is where they lived. and of course where my Mother grew up and I went to elementry school. Nana worked at McDonald Douglas for around 20 years. Back then most people in the area worked for the Space Program. Why I bring this up is because when the Space Shuttle blew up in '86 she said that morning that it wouldn't work because it was to cold. "The gaskets will not hold." So she had some smarts.
I could go on and on about her with more great stories. The times she had her Bar-B-Q resturant, a Bar and a welding Shop. Even the time she crossed I-95 on foot in the morning to shoot a 6 point buck on her way to work. Then had to drag it back across I-95 to put it in her Datsun station wagon.
I will share some more..............
I'll never forget the 1st time I helped my "pawpaw" slaughter a hog. Or the time he shot a hole in his floorboard trying to get his shotgun out of the truck. 
