Posted by HalWA on May 21, 2009 at 21:28:04 from (208.81.157.90):
In Reply to: OT Dead stock posted by F150Mustang on May 20, 2009 at 17:49:12:
Once when I was a kid, lightning hit a tree on our ranch in the middle of Summer. Unfortunately there were cows bedded down under that tree and if I remember correctly, it killed 7 adults and a couple of calves. We missed the cattle the next morning and found them after searching for a couple of hours. By that time there was only one thing to do: call the rendering company.
The rendering company sent a truck with a hoist out the next day and we had to drag the carcasses out of the trees with a tractor. They were already starting to stink pretty bad--not a pleasant job at all. I don't think I could have worked for that rendering company!
My Dad felt fortunate that we didn't have to pay for the carcass disposal, but it sure took away any profit our cattle business would have had for that year, and probably for a couple of years after. I don't know if the rendering company would have come out for just one animal without charging us.
Over the years we occasionally had an animal die, and we usually just dragged them out to a gully far from the buildings for the coyotes and magpies to take care of them. At that time there were no neighbors for at least half a mile, so we didn't worry about the odor bothering anyone.
I still live on a corner of what was our ranch, but my Dad subdivided the property, so now the neighbors are a lot closer. A couple of times deer have been hit on the road and I have started smelling them at my house. So I have used the tractor to move the dead animals to where I am much less likely to constantly smell them since the wind usually blows more or less the same direction. The coyotes and magpies are still doing their jobs, and so far, my neighbors have never said anything to me about my pulling the carcasses where I did. Hopefully the odor doesn't hit their living area much.
Some posters have suggested cremating the carcass. In my area, I am guessing that would get me in trouble from the clean air people. Burning dead animals is specifically prohibited in the burning ordinances. If nothing else, if they caught me, the would probably revoke my woodland burning permit.
I liked things better when we were allowed to do more or less what we wanted on our land, as long as it didn't cause damage to other people's property. But these days, with the much greater population in our rural-becoming-suburbia area, many things we used to do all the time I would not even consider doing now. But so far, dragging dead animals down country still is working as a solution to a smelly problem. Just don't make the neighbors mad at you...good luck!
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