Roadkill- look away vegans and vegetarians

We've eaten roadkill pheasants and a friend once presented us with a Muntjac deer that was not badly damaged.

Not a lot of meat but delicious.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Ruckdeschel
Carol Ruckdeschel is an American environmentalist who saved Cumberland Island, off the coast of Georgia, from the depredations of developers.
She lived mainly off roadkill and foraging wild plants.
I personally wouldn’t fancy roadkill, but logically, unless you’re vegetarian, it’s no different from picking blackberries and eating them for pudding.

My father would eat pheasants too, but only if he had seen them killed. He would hang them first in the garage until the backside turned green!!

wasn't there an episode of Doc Martin where people were dropping like flies from a mystery complaint ? and it was due to eating roadkill , wouldn't appeal to me

Not knowing is the problem!
I wouldn't do it.

My query would be how do you know if they are disease free?

Not precious at all Teetime. I have retrieved and eaten freshly road killed pheasants as long as they have been untouched by carrion. Taken them home, hung and subsequently plucked them.
I am neither starving nor poor. However, you really do need to know what you're doing with game birds.

A pheasant once. Nice not to have to pick out the lead shot.