Dead Deer Carcass
- Thread starter Jfal
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In my town, if it’s in the road the town takes it. On your property it’s your problem. I’ve dragged them to the road more than once. I call the police (not a 911 call) and tell them there is a dead deer in the road and they dispatch a town crew to take care of it.
KillerFord1977
SAINT
Do you have a neighbor you really, really dislike ?
Could drag it down to their easement
Could drag it down to their easement
You probably couldn't get any of this in time to do you any good but I know for a fact it works.
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Jfal
Professional
Just as a follow-up, I dragged it to the road side...just an FYI, if this happens to you in WI, you're out $200 for a company to come clean it up. I did not, nor will I, pay some company $200 to clean up such a mess. The carcass is now on easement land, and not on my land. If the stink is unbearable by Sunday, I'll try powdered lime....
I'm jealous of bassbob who can mechanically dig a hole in his own yard and bury the carcass...
I'm jealous of bassbob who can mechanically dig a hole in his own yard and bury the carcass...
Area52
Professional
Still will take months with lime to get rid of the smell, up until the liquids released and are dried, then there’s the flesh decomp. I would definitely drag it out by any means, maybe upon a plywood sled if necessary, to a location down wind. Not much a small county would do but put back into the wooded area.
I live across from a preserve and get road kill all the time, though local animal control comes out Mon-Fri‘s for the removal, dead deer seems to show up on holiday weekends when nobody is working. Doesn’t hurt to ask permission to return the decedent back to the habitat.
Get an ATV and drag it out to the woods, cite a health hazard to kids.
I live across from a preserve and get road kill all the time, though local animal control comes out Mon-Fri‘s for the removal, dead deer seems to show up on holiday weekends when nobody is working. Doesn’t hurt to ask permission to return the decedent back to the habitat.
Get an ATV and drag it out to the woods, cite a health hazard to kids.
Bassbob
Emissary
It's true I operate a trackhoe nearly every day, but it's not mine. I tried to get the wife to let me buy one. but she said, and I quote, "What the hell would you need one of those for". Since then i have rented one at least 4 times. Literally a month after that conversation I had to replace my sewer lateral. Granted, at $300 a pop ( I can pretty much do anything I need in 4 hours or less) that $1200 is only about 10% of what a decent used tractor would cost me, but still.
Maybe I should point out the dead deer thing to her.
That said my son in law now has access to mini excavators and skidloaders so.....
Jfal
Professional
No kids, no atv, I'd feel guilty dumping it...But I'm thinking I might, only because there really isn't another option, other than paying $200
we'll see what the stink is tomorrow....
jmcd
Professional
Rotting flesh is the worst. From experience, I can tell you a regular surgical mask that you see everyone walking around with (or use to be walking around with) with a couple of drops of peppermint spirits (oil) will work wonders for the smell if you have to get near it.
My daughter has a class where they dissected animals. No not the frog or tadpoles in high school. Her last class was a black bear. I set her up with what I mentioned above and told her to bring extra in for the class. Everyone ended up using it.
Powdered lime will help with decomposition and will hold the smell down a bit. With an animal that size, it still is going to take a while.
Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
My daughter has a class where they dissected animals. No not the frog or tadpoles in high school. Her last class was a black bear. I set her up with what I mentioned above and told her to bring extra in for the class. Everyone ended up using it.
Powdered lime will help with decomposition and will hold the smell down a bit. With an animal that size, it still is going to take a while.
Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
uspatriot1960
Custom
We had a deer hit by a car in our subdivision. The deer got into our yard, but was critically injured. Someone had called the police who decided the humane thing to do was shoot it. They closed the road down and one of the officers went down into our yard and shot it with his service pistol. They would not take it and said animal control would not take it from our yard. I would have had to drag it up a steep hill to get it to the road. I just left it. Fortunately, the smell did not work it’s way to our house, so that wasn’t a concern. Eventually, I think some coyotes got to it, then the Turkey buzzards. Eventually, it was just a skeleton.
javbike
Hellcat
Thanks bass bob I would be able to have my own shooting range in back live it
uspatriot1960
Custom
I live in Georgia. Very gun friendly, but apparently not very dead deer friendly.
Bassbob
Emissary
We could use more of us here to counter the voting idiot populace in STL and KC. We got them seriously outnumbered, but insurance is nice. Plus outside of those two places it's a great place to be.
The link I put in will work. It will kill skunk odor as soon as you spray it around.
Old_Me
SAINT
i wish i had known of that product, back in my trucking days. way too many times, i had to drive a different truck, if mine was in the shop, or the day driver just did not come back before my shift.You probably couldn't get any of this in time to do you any good but I know for a fact it works.
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SCOE 10X is a stunningly effective odor eliminator. SCOE 10X will permanently eliminate any urine, feces, vomit, sweat, skunk spray, meat, fish, smoke or fuel odor.
the smells of a truck driver are horrendous.
always made me wonder if their personal vehicles and homes smelled like that too.
Old_Me
SAINT
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HayesGreener
Ronin
When we were in the hay business, I had a couple large tractors with front end loaders. With a bucket attached to a 120 hp tractor you can dig a big hole pretty quick. We got to know all the local horse owners through the hay business and one of them called me one day, asking me to bury one of her horses that had been struck by lightning. The horse had been standing too close to an ungrounded electric fence along with several cattle egrets when lightning struck. I buried the horse and egrets and planted grass seed on the grave. The horse lady telegraph picked up on that and I soon became the official livestock undertaker in the area. I was surprised at the number of farm animals dying at a regular pace. A backhoe operator wanted $200-$300 for the job and I did it for free for my neighbors. I retired from the hay business and sold the big machinery a few years back. Then an elderly lady neighbor repeatedly asked (begged) me to euthanize her 35-year-old horse and bury it as she could not afford a vet and backhoe. I told her I could put the horse down but had no way of burying it.
So, she called the county and they agreed to send a road crew with a backhoe to bury the horse. They cited a public health concern. The county guys showed up a few hours after I had done the deed. My county road department has always been responsive and considerate, a reflection of neighborly folks who live here. The support, or lack thereof that you get from your local government comes down to your elected officials.
So, she called the county and they agreed to send a road crew with a backhoe to bury the horse. They cited a public health concern. The county guys showed up a few hours after I had done the deed. My county road department has always been responsive and considerate, a reflection of neighborly folks who live here. The support, or lack thereof that you get from your local government comes down to your elected officials.
BobT
Master Class
Bob,It's true I operate a trackhoe nearly every day, but it's not mine. I tried to get the wife to let me buy one. but she said, and I quote, "What the hell would you need one of those for". Since then i have rented one at least 4 times. Literally a month after that conversation I had to replace my sewer lateral. Granted, at $300 a pop ( I can pretty much do anything I need in 4 hours or less) that $1200 is only about 10% of what a decent used tractor would cost me, but still.
Maybe I should point out the dead deer thing to her.
That said my son in law now has access to mini excavators and skidloaders so.....
Everyone knows a man can never have enough guns or rolling stock. It is just God's law!
Bassbob
Emissary
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