I just checked with my agent. If I buy a new car, and/or trade a car for another one, I have coverage for 10 days.
I think it’s 30 days in Wisconsin. Something I’ve always done is, when I get a new car, I’ll email or leave a voicemail for my insurance broker with the pertinent info (Make/Model/Year, VIN etc) and tell them I need to move my policy to the new car. The broker would then make the change when they get the message. But if I get into an accident in the mean time, I’m technically covered from the time I left the message. But now when I do that, they remind me that I can just call in the morning as I’m automatically covered based on (I think) state law.
However, in Kayaker’s friend’s situation, I’m not sure that would be the case if she cancelled her policy first.
I have friends who have a small, plastic deer zip-tied to the front on the thought that since the already have a deer there they won’t get a larger, breathing one attaching itself.
In my state, if you buy a car from a dealer they take care of registering it, and you can’t do that without insurance. This saved my ass once when we nearly bought from a dishonest dealer. I got a frantic call from a woman at my insurance company who told me the VIN on the registration the dealer wanted her to certify as insured did not match the VIN my husband had faxed to her earlier that day. We were able to get our deposit back and flee that dealer.
Related question-- what happens to the hides(a.ka. skin) of roadkill deer? Do the butchers tan them and sell them?
I doubt it. Roadkill deer hide would be pretty jacked up.
Deer hide is saleable. Raw hide not much. Tanned hide, if it’s done well can get you more.
For the average hunter it’s not worth it.
Around here the Scouts always put out deer hide collection stations during the season. Agreed that roadkill hides aren’t generally worth saving - too much damage from impact * road rash.
The butcher in my old city who processed deer often passed on the hides to a tannery. Apparently, deer skins make very delicate, smooth leather than is useful for things like leg prostheses.
Also useful for gloves.
Buckskins were quite popular back in the day. A very wearable leather.
A raw deer hide is not Buckskin.
There’s a process to get there.
If it done improperly it’s awful stuff.
Most buckskin you get today is actually sheephide.
That is true in some cases, especially on a expressway but I’ve seen plenty of deer on the side of the road where the ‘up’ side looks fine to me.
Yes I ate it. It was fine. Again, we aren’t talking about rancid maggot infested stuff. It was always fresh and appreciated by the recipients. Also, a very good thing to not let the death of the animal be in vain or wasted.