Rotting deer carcass-what do I do?

knitdan

We have discovered that there is a dead deer on our property. It's back in the woods a bit, but it's really starting to stink and we can smell it at the house.

Is there anything I can to do mitigate the smell?

bowen

Call animal control, I think they'll take care of it.

mts

knitdan wrote: »

We have discovered that there is a dead deer on our property. It's back in the woods a bit, but it's really starting to stink and we can smell it at the house.

Is there anything I can to do mitigate the smell?

in time it will stop

Foomy

Unless you remove the carcass not much can be done to stop the smell until time/bugs/animals/bacteria do their thing.

Call your city/town/county info line or animal control and they should have a service to get rid of it.

Cambiata

mts wrote: »

knitdan wrote: »

We have discovered that there is a dead deer on our property. It's back in the woods a bit, but it's really starting to stink and we can smell it at the house.

Is there anything I can to do mitigate the smell?

in time it will stop

#EatAtArby's

knitdan

We're in a rural area, so there's no animal control. It's also in some pretty thick woods and not close to the road so I doubt the county would come and haul it off.

I think my stepdad is going to try and find put down some lime tomorrow.

dispatch.o

knitdan wrote: »

We're in a rural area, so there's no animal control. It's also in some pretty thick woods and not close to the road so I doubt the county would come and haul it off.

I think my stepdad is going to try and find put down some lime tomorrow.

I don't know how much that will do for the smell. It may increase it for a time. Really, with natural decay and exposure to critters, it shouldn't last long.

LostNinja

I grew up in a rural area, and anytime something like this happened we just poured lime on it and it seemed to help.

Siska

Covering it with a bag of kitty litter + baking soda might help

mts

Don't do kitty litter. If anything use lime since that helps the soil

Cabezone

Lime will help with the oder but it will also slow down decomposition.

DouglasDanger

Try lighting it on fire .

matt has a problem

DouglasDanger wrote: »

Try lighting it on fire .

Yeah, stack some wood on it, douse with diesel or kerosene. Do not use gasoline.

Cabezone

You'd need a pretty good sized fire to burn up a dead deer.

knitdan

The smell is not nearly as bad today, I think we might just let it run its course.

Some of you are giving terrible advice though

DarkPrimus

Well, once the deer is done decomposing, definitely gather up the bones and use them to create a warning to other deer, so that they avoid dying on your property again.

zepherin

knitdan wrote: »

The smell is not nearly as bad today, I think we might just let it run its course.

Some of you are giving terrible advice though

It'll take about 2 weeks for nature to sort out the stink. I've had something similar happen.

Elvenshae

The best advice is obviously to get there faster next time, because venison jerky is amazing.

LoveIsUnity

knitdan wrote: »

The smell is not nearly as bad today, I think we might just let it run its course.

Some of you are giving terrible advice though

Let me know if you end up with some deer bones after decomposition has run its course. I will take them off your hands.

Skull2185

DarkPrimus wrote: »

Well, once the deer is done decomposing, definitely gather up the bones and use them to create a warning to other deer, so that they avoid dying on your property again.

Whoa whoa whoa. There’s still plenty of meat on that bone. Take it home, throw it in a pot, add some broth, and a potato. Baby, you’ve got a stew going.

see317

Skull2185 wrote: »

DarkPrimus wrote: »

Well, once the deer is done decomposing, definitely gather up the bones and use them to create a warning to other deer, so that they avoid dying on your property again.

Whoa whoa whoa. There’s still plenty of meat on that bone. Take it home, throw it in a pot, add some broth, and a potato. Baby, you’ve got a stew going.

But, before you do that, maybe take a page from Star Wars and cuddle up in that deer's innards for warmth on a cold night?

Xaquin

I uhh

I'm gonna need the bones

....

If you could put them in a bag for me

....

DaMoonRulz

knitdan wrote: »

The smell is not nearly as bad today, I think we might just let it run its course.

Some of you are giving terrible advice though

Oh, well look who's Deer Disposal expert all of a sudden

knitdan

I don't have to be an expert to know "eat rotting meat" and "set it on fire" aren't viable options.

kime

knitdan wrote: »

I don't have to be an expert to know "eat rotting meat" and "set it on fire" aren't viable options.

Not with that attitude.

Fiendishrabbit

Anyway. A little late, but a friend of mine from Norrland who isn't unused to animals dying in his forest in sometimes awkward locations.

Well. His suggestion is basically to dig a hole more than two feet deep, dump the carcass in the hole, fill the hole halfway up with dirt, pour in a load of water (to create a solid layer of mud which will reduce the smell) and fill it up with more dirt. If you want to make sure that animals don't dig it up, put rocks over it.

To move the carcass a tarp of cheap organic sackcloth (like burlap) and disposable plastic gloves. Or if you don't even want to get that close, two guys can use sturdy wooden planks as levers to get it ontop of the tarp which can then be dragged into the hole.

P.S: Unless you have a real incinerator or enough wood to create a large bonfire that will last for hours. Then don't burn it.