... lying near my house. No obvious sign of injury. What exactly does one do in this situation? I want it gone before decay sets in, and my dog decides to roll in it.
Call the DNR? Missing Pet Deer Society?
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... lying near my house. No obvious sign of injury. What exactly does one do in this situation? I want it gone before decay sets in, and my dog decides to roll in it.
Call the DNR? Missing Pet Deer Society?
Did you try CPR?
My wife, an RN, is at the grocery store; I’ll let her try when she gets home. No hurry, right?
Always a chance it's still suffering i silence. Do you own a maul?
A gentle kick to the thorax got no reaction; it is dead. No discernible maul wound either.
Would not attempt resuscitation if a DNR is in place. Call wildlife management.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flyoverland Captive
Compost bin ?
Is it puffed up yet? Still might be able to field dress it and get it to the butcher.
Drag it into the neighbors yard.
You wouldn't be concerned with disease or poison?Quote:
Originally Posted by Peruvian
Poke it with a stick first. You might have completed this step.
Load it up in your truck and haul it to the woods and dump it. Scavengers will thank you.
Leaning this way. I don’t trust the meat.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2FUNKY
I guess it matters where it was found. Next to the road, I’d consider it. Next to the leach pond of the paper mill....probably not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazderati
impale it on a stake as a warning to all other invading deer
^^^ It was one of about 8 who have been occasionally sleeping on my land for the last month or two. My neighborhood is mainly 6-acre parcels of juniper scrub, all fenced and cross-fenced. Lots of horses, some llamas and sheep. I can’t imagine anyone putting out poison, but who knows.
Im going to guess it was hit by a car and made it your property where it laid up and died.
I haven’t seen the rest of the group for a few days; hmm...Quote:
Originally Posted by wyeaster
Probably. No visible injury, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2FUNKY
Slit the throat. Dress it. Eat it.
If you do not have a Game Commission or similar agency to call for info on the State laws (each is going to be different) then an option could be to move it or just dig and bury it so the dog or other vermin will not get to it....
Have the local animal control service dispose of deer. Go buy prime bone in ribeye.Quote:
Originally Posted by wooley12
We are different.
I can’t wait for the holiday party.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beer Drinker
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Box it up and ship it to wooley to deal with.
If really fresh I would dress it out and salvage any meat possible. Without seeing how it died, i.e. Hit by car, I wouldn't touch the meat.
Internal injury. Many hit deer won't bleed or show external signs of trauma. It will cost you about $100 to have a state agency to dispose of it.
It has some pus-like stuff around it’s eyes; no way I’m eating it. I’ll toss it out in the desert and let the vultures have it.
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Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel
I had one that looked really sick so I took a pic of it and sent it off to the WA dept of Wildlife. They said "Yup, she looks bad and thanks for letting us know but we don't have the funding to do anything". Yeah, heard about that lack of funding thing. Anyhoo... I only reported it because I thought they might be tracking disease.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flyoverland Captive
Found it a short time later totally desiccated - no animal had touched it. I'm guessing they all knew it wasn't fit to eat because there is not shortage of scavengers around these parts.
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That's what I do with the ones that get hit around here - load them in the tractor and take them to the CRP for the coyotes and other scavengers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flyoverland Captive
Tempting, but my dog’s evening walkabout route takes her through the neighbor’s property. And my dog will roll in the most rotten, disgusting shit she can find.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel
A lot of dumps take livestock carcasses free of charge to stop the practice of ranch dead piles that in essence teach certain predators to eat domestic livestock. Unsure if you are far enough east..
Our dump takes horses fortunately I have enough land to bury mine. A nicer final resting spot IMO but I suppose it's all the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by steepconcrete
Be careful it could be Adenoviruse Hemorrhagic Disease
Once, when walking my dog a dawn, I witnessed a deer fly off of a 50' cliff. He died upon impact. Immediately, I called the forest ranger, who arranged the game warden to pick up the animal and have it butchered for me. It fed my dog for a good 4 months
gross but apparently poses no risk:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kenny Satch
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AHD specific to deer does not pose a risk to livestock, pets, or people – from contact or by consuming the meat. However, the use of disposable gloves is always recommended for handling any wildlife carcass.
http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/health/ahd/
Like Omaha Steak!! I hate cleaning fish. I vote for dragging the corpse far enough into the bush and let nature do the work. Took about a year in the NE woodlands when I had a similar situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
Put it in trashbag. Put out as trash.
I'd call the DNR to get approval before you move it into the trash in case you need a transportation tag, and your local trash agency to make sure they accept carcass's. I know here we can dispose of animals in the city trash system.
I would not transport it anywhere in your truck without some kind of a tranportation tag issued by your DNR.
^^^ Good point re: tags.
Hit by a car.
Struck by lightning.
Shot with small caliber rifle, .22 and likely no major entrance wound, no exit wound.
Shot with a bow hence little to no no major external damage.
Chronic Hemorrhagic Wasting Disease
Old age.
Do you need tags to transport them to your local Road Kill Grill?
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Did he look like this?Quote:
Originally Posted by schindlerpiste
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