Sick Coyote

[Jeff244]

Thanks for the responses,

I will bury it this morning.

Our dog is a terrier mix. He was abandoned and we kind of adopted him. He didn't seem too concerned about the coyote which was weird because it was twice his size and came within a few feet of him.

We live in a very rural area, I think there are only about 6000 people in the entire county. We moved here about 8 months ago from the Chicago area. We love it here but it is quite a change from city living. I know that it needed to be shot, but I still feel bad about it.


Thanks,
Jeff

 

[bigshovel]

I typically burn that sort of thing, I don't want my dog or the neighbors digging it up and bringing it back.

Brad

 

[Jeff244]

We decided to make a few calls and ask some neighbors what to do with the coyote. Stupid question, when you burn it how do you do it? Do you pour some gas on it and light a match or what?



Thanks,
Jeff

 

[bigshovel]

I just throw junk lumber in my burn pit and light it like you would any thing else, once wood is caught and hot then throw the carcass on. It will burn to ash only thing left will be teeth. I burn because of local pets bringing carcasas's back and parts left where kids can get a hold of. No decomposition odor for weeks , just my opinion.

Brad

 

[RickS]

We used to shoot the occasional rabid racoon. We would put the carcass into a feed sack, put it on a small pile of brush, pour a little diesel on it and light it. Burned everything down to ashes and no problems with the dogs bringing it back home.

 

[Jeff244]

Finally got a hold of someone at the health department and they told us to bury it deep enough that it won't be dug up. I think it makes more sense to burn it as suggested.

I appreciate the help.

Thanks,
Jeff

 

[N80]

Around here, we just chunk whatever it happens to be into the woods a little ways from the cabin. I'm not exaggerating when I say that the buzzards are on it in hours (sometimes minutes) and the carcass is picked clean within 48 hours. Even in mid summer, nothing gets left long enough to stink.

I'm not sure how this might be percieved in terms of 'respect' for a living creature. I'm not even sure what that means. But I do know that this is how God, mother nature or the ecosystem (however you wish to look at it) does it naturally, which seems perfectly respectful to me.

I'm pretty sure that distemper (which is what it sounds like this animal had) is not transmitted by ingestion, so that's not an issue. Rabies is also not transmitted by eating it, though if the consuming animal had an open wound in its mouth it might could get it.

Burning (at least to me) is very messy and unless the fire is real hot and well tended, there will be stuff left to deal with.

 

[bigshovel]

Around here, we just chunk whatever it happens to be into the woods a little ways from the cabin. I'm not exaggerating when I say that the buzzards are on it in hours (sometimes minutes) and the carcass is picked clean within 48 hours. Even in mid summer, nothing gets left long enough to stink.

I'm not sure how this might be percieved in terms of 'respect' for a living creature. I'm not even sure what that means. But I do know that this is how God, mother nature or the ecosystem (however you wish to look at it) does it naturally, which seems perfectly respectful to me.

I'm pretty sure that distemper (which is what it sounds like this animal had) is not transmitted by ingestion, so that's not an issue. Rabies is also not transmitted by eating it, though if the consuming animal had an open wound in its mouth it might could get it.

Burning (at least to me) is very messy and unless the fire is real hot and well tended, there will be stuff left to deal with.

I burn all my deer carcass's as well as geese and anything that was caught or shot. After cleaning and removing all that we eat, I can assure you the only thing left is teeth. No tending fire, no mess no smell other than what a grill smells like. Only a handfull of ashes and teeth. Welcome to hillbilly avenue.

Brad

 

[Soundguy]

I agree with the burn / bury.. and no personal contact.. you don't want what it MAY have had..

Even if you just have to dump a loader full of dirt on top of it at this point.. etc

soundguy

 

[N80]

Are you burning them in something? I have a rough stone firepit and we've had bonfires in it that melt beer bottles and I've still found chicken bones, etc in it.

And, maybe I'm not the Boy Scout I should be, but I've never had a fire that didn't need tending in some way. Almost needed the fire dept to help me tend one of them. And that brings up another issue. There are currently burning bans for much of the southeast.

Bottom line is that you have to do what is the most sanitary for you, with the least effort. If you want to burn it, burn it. If you have good natural clean up crew like I do, let nature take its course, its far easier than anything else. If you have a tractor with an FEL, dig a hole, which is going to work almost anywhere above sea level.