Dead deer in back yard - disposal is a pain
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I had a dead deer, a fairly large doe, right in front of my driveway last summer. It wasnt there when I had left a couple hours earlier, so it was fresh. The county wouldnt come and get it, so I picked it up and put it in the bucket of my tractor, and hauled it up the hill into the woods a few hundred feet.
Bad idea.
The next day the smell was horrendous, there was nowhere on the property to escape it. Nowhere. I went back there and it was completely coated with thousands of flies, it was absolutely vile.
Next day, same thing, but even more flies and now maggots, but a lot of the tissue was gone and some exposed bone.
Day three, same thing but lots less tissue, mostly bone.
Day four, the smell was mostly gone. I went up there, and there was nothing left other than a 99% bald skeleton and a lot of hair and a few random flies.
Day five, no smell, a few piles of hair, a couple of flies here and there, and a few scattered bones. Almost everything was gone.
Next time, I'm building a big fire. I have way more wood than necessary to cremate a deer of any size.
Bad idea.
The next day the smell was horrendous, there was nowhere on the property to escape it. Nowhere. I went back there and it was completely coated with thousands of flies, it was absolutely vile.
Next day, same thing, but even more flies and now maggots, but a lot of the tissue was gone and some exposed bone.
Day three, same thing but lots less tissue, mostly bone.
Day four, the smell was mostly gone. I went up there, and there was nothing left other than a 99% bald skeleton and a lot of hair and a few random flies.
Day five, no smell, a few piles of hair, a couple of flies here and there, and a few scattered bones. Almost everything was gone.
Next time, I'm building a big fire. I have way more wood than necessary to cremate a deer of any size.
If you've got a small tree that needs a boost, bury it just inside the drip line. 3 feet down is fine, cut and save the sod, and put all the dirt on a sheet of cardboard, pack it back in well, and you'll never know it was there, except your tree is growing better.
I'm very rural my road in front of my property. Vehicles hit 1 or 2 deer a year that end up dead on the property. There are lot of animals that eat dead meat. Wrap a chain around their neck pull them to the edge within 24 hours their either disappeared or something starts eating them. Within a week their gone. Where does the road kill disappear? Same way.
Doe! She shouldn’t have led her kid astray… oh wait, my baaaaad, kids are goats and eat like them too!
I’ll see myself out now…
I’ve had a dead coyote on my back porch. Left it out about 400’ from the house and put a trail camera up. Vulutres came the next day. Ate it butthole first, it was picked clean within 2 days.
I’ve found some fawn legs when mowing but nothing else. The coyotes got it and they don’t have enough meat on the legs to stink badly.
I’d drag it into the right of way if it isn’t too rotten when you get home. I worked for the county roads dept one summer in college. We had a big freezer at the yard to throw roadkill into, but most of it just got tossed down a steep shoulder of a rural road.
I’ve found some fawn legs when mowing but nothing else. The coyotes got it and they don’t have enough meat on the legs to stink badly.
I’d drag it into the right of way if it isn’t too rotten when you get home. I worked for the county roads dept one summer in college. We had a big freezer at the yard to throw roadkill into, but most of it just got tossed down a steep shoulder of a rural road.
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