Here's a tip. When 'collecting' squirrel tails from fresh road-kill, either immediately put those tails in a sealed zip-lock to freeze solid for a week, or securely attach them to flap in the breeze on the outside of your truck. (old fashioned antennas work great) DO NOT hop back in the truck and proudly put your prize tail on the front dashboard, get back to highway speed, and then deal with your wife getting covered in squirrel fleas jumping into her lap at 110 kph. It's astounding how many fleas are found in a squirrels tail.Perhaps they all migrate from the rest of the body to the tail upon the death of their host?
Another tip. Although their porcupine quills make great fly shell-backs and are useful to give flies buoyancy, DO NOT attempt to take home road-kill porcupines. Just find a rotten stick on the roadside, gently tap the dead porcupine from a distance, and the quills will dislodge, sticking to the wood for easy collection. Especially on 'ripe' dead porcupines.
There's a lot of downside to getting old, but with age, comes some useful experience...
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