Would You Leave a Dead Deer at the end of Your Driveway?

[JVL1018]

Where I live, we would just call the County and they come by and pick them up. I would not be removing it myself! Too icky!

Seriously! Well, first off the dead animals in the road are usually only squirrels. Maybe every so often a possum or a raccoon. The town DPW picks them up. I don't think they get called, I think the guys on the garbage route see it and pick it up and toss it in the truck.
I'm not touching a dead anything.
I have seen dead deer infrequently on the highway, and they're taken care of by someone, I'm guessing a cop normally sees it patrolling and calls in the proper people.

 

[topolino]

Where on earth do you people live where:

- a dead deer might end up in your driveway

-if it does, the state/town/city/county won't take it away

- you know people that would eat such a dead deer

 

[ImDMous]

Where on earth do you people live where:

- a dead deer might end up in your driveway

-if it does, the state/town/city/county won't take it away

- you know people that would eat such a dead deer

Hahahaha!

I agree. I guess I'm a naive city girl.

 

[topolino]

Hahahaha!

I agree. I guess I'm a naive city girl.

You and me both!

 

[DisneyFan32WI]

Not a chance that I would touch that. I see at least 1 dead deer on the side of the roadway each day. In fact, one ran into the side of my Jeep a couple weeks ago. I thought for sure my car was going to have a huge dent in it. Luckily, not even a scratch!

Deer are very common around here. I hate mating season. They are jumping across the roads all the time!

 

[DisneyFan32WI]

Don't any of you have vultures? Around here, the vultures feast on deer and after 4 days or so, a full grown deer is just a skeleton. Yeah, vultures are creepy, but they provide a service.

I've never, ever seen a real live vulture.

 

[jevierling]

No way

 

[EMom]

I've never, ever seen a real live vulture.

Really? It seems as if I see them almost every day. BIG old suckers. There can be 10-20 working on a good sized deer. Maybe 5-ish on a dog. What is truly funny is when you see a squashed vulture on the road because he was feasting on roadkill and just didn't move quickly enough when a car approached. I always wonder if his buddies come back and eat HIM.

It is the time of the year when I see a new dead deer almost every day. We have three young adult ones that walk through our back yard in the afternoon. I hope they stay clear of cars.

 

[bcla]

Where on earth do you people live where:

- a dead deer might end up in your driveway

-if it does, the state/town/city/county won't take it away

- you know people that would eat such a dead deer

Deer just die for any number of reasons. There are natural causes of death as well as deer that are injured and take a while to die. Occasionally a predator might even injure one that gets away to die slowly. We live where there's lots of foliage for deer even though it's only a few minutes drive to urban centers.

And often the financial responsibility is dependent on where it dies. If it dies on the street it's clearly a municipal responsibility. If it dies on a highway (in my state) it's a transportation agency responsibility. If it dies on private property, sometimes the municipality or some public agency will take it away for a fee and sometimes they tell people that they have to hire a company licensed to perform animal disposal. And even if they will take it away, they want to get their fee first, and there may be a backlog. And it gets really tricky in California since every area is different. We've got county agencies that cover the entire county, city agencies that cover just the city and/or contracted cities, as well as joint powers agencies. The latter is odd. Those are often formed to save money and/or provide better service. There are some consolidated police departments.

 

[JediBonas]

I've never, ever seen a real live vulture.

Same here (ok, maybe at the zoo). We see a lot of deer on the side of the road, I think it's DOT's job to remove. We have some the walk through our yard, I have no clue who to call if one died there, though. Definitely no vultures here.

 

[bcla]

I've never, ever seen a real live vulture.

Turkey vultures are probably the most widespread bird species in the Western Hemisphere. I see them circling around quite often. I've gone on hikes and saw them feasting on dead animals. I've seen them here in California and as far away as Florida. They adapt well to different conditions, although they spend winters where it's warm.

Now far more difficult to find are California condors. I've seen them at the Grand Canyon. They were introduced nearby, but somehow they congregate there. Some feel it's because they're comfortable around people.

The thing about a deer would be that it would take vultures days to pick apart a deer, and it would get rather unsightly. A small animal like a squirrel or racoon would be picked apart in hours.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Really? It seems as if I see them almost every day. BIG old suckers. There can be 10-20 working on a good sized deer. Maybe 5-ish on a dog. What is truly funny is when you see a squashed vulture on the road because he was feasting on roadkill and just didn't move quickly enough when a car approached. I always wonder if his buddies come back and eat HIM.

It is the time of the year when I see a new dead deer almost every day. We have three young adult ones that walk through our back yard in the afternoon. I hope they stay clear of cars.

You know what is interesting?

2 yrs ago a bald eagle "moved in" in our area. Our hawks and turkey vultures disappeared. It was really odd. I mean like one day we had hawks all over the place and the next day they were GONE, no where to be found. And these were hawks that had been there for yrs.

Last fall we got some of our hawks back. I am wondering if the vultures are going to come back. There are a few but not like the numbers they had since we moved in here in 2008.

My sister on the other hand has had hawks move into her neck of the woods this winter. She has NEVER had them in her area before. She feeds birds/squirrels and when she went out this morning to feed them, she said she saw 3 hawks hanging out in the trees in her backyard waiting.

She also has had fox and coyotes come into her yard. They also hunt by her feeder too. The foxes and coyotes have been seen in the daytime. This winter has been pretty rough for them.

 

[LBIJim]

I think the county takes care of larger dead animals around here. About 10 years ago my FIL had a dead deer on the street in front of his house, but not by the driveway. He called the township first, who gave him the right number to call. A truck with "Ocean County something-or-other" came within a few hours to remove it. Before they came some neighborhood kids started poking the deer with a stick before we chased them away.

Jim

 

[mom2rtk]

I'd take care of it, but I'm not sure how I'd get it in my mini-van!

 

[JanaDee]

Don't any of you have vultures? Around here, the vultures feast on deer and after 4 days or so, a full grown deer is just a skeleton. Yeah, vultures are creepy, but they provide a service.

No, we don't have vultures here.

Where on earth do you people live where:

- a dead deer might end up in your driveway

-if it does, the state/town/city/county won't take it away

- you know people that would eat such a dead deer

I live in the rural midwest, where there are more deer than people.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Where on earth do you people live where:

- a dead deer might end up in your driveway

-if it does, the state/town/city/county won't take it away

- you know people that would eat such a dead deer

1) deer run through my yard, yard ends at state highway. Honestly, I'm surprised I don't see them dead in my yard continuously.

2) in a state with ~1.2 million deer, there are dead ones everywhere. There are at least 3 on my morning commute right now.

3) deer hit by a car taste just like those hit by a bullet or an arrow. There's always some meat loss. Mind you, it would take a desperate person to snack on a deer found dead that could have been there "who knows how long?". OTOH, one you hit or witness being hit? Sure, why not? Lean, completely organic protein

 

[lauradis]

I feed my dogs a raw food diet so if I saw a dead deer at the end of my driveway, after checking it over, it probably wouldn't be outside very long! Not to mention doing a little happy dance and posting pics in the raw feeder group I am in.

Oh my dog would be going crazy. she loves deer meat, deer blood.

I literately have to bark commands at her to calm down.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Turkey vultures are probably the most widespread bird species in the Western Hemisphere. I see them circling around quite often. I've gone on hikes and saw them feasting on dead animals. I've seen them here in California and as far away as Florida. They adapt well to different conditions, although they spend winters where it's warm.

Now far more difficult to find are California condors. I've seen them at the Grand Canyon. They were introduced nearby, but somehow they congregate there. Some feel it's because they're comfortable around people.

The thing about a deer would be that it would take vultures days to pick apart a deer, and it would get rather unsightly. A small animal like a squirrel or racoon would be picked apart in hours.

We have turkey vultures here. I've seen as many as a dozen circling, but never more than 2 or 3 feasting on road kill; usually just 1. By the time they'd clean up a deer, the stench would be something else

Oh, and when a deer gets clobbered on the interstate, the 18-wheelers usually pound it into the pavement by morning rush. It's the ones that make it OFF the highway before dying that are a concern

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Oh my dog would be going crazy. she loves deer meat, deer blood.

I literately have to bark commands at her to calm down.

Our last dog came wandering into the yard with a deer leg from I don't know where. She was covered in fleas

 

[luvsJack]

Where on earth do you people live where:

- a dead deer might end up in your driveway

-if it does, the state/town/city/county won't take it away

- you know people that would eat such a dead deer

The same place where I have live ones in my back yard almost daily.

The county will come get it if you call and if it is close to your residence. Otherwise, its food for the buzzards. Actually it is either way, they just take it down the road and dump it out in the woods or in a field and the buzzards soon follow.

Dh and Dnephew saw a guy hit a small deer in front of the house. Guy stopped. Deer was dead, car would run and he had to get to work so he told them if they wanted the deer they could have it. Some of the best deer meat ever.

Another guy I know, hit a deer on the way home. He put it in his trunk and dressed it out when he got home. Freezer full of meat.

Another saw an 18-wheeler hit a deer and he stopped and got the deer.

Now, that doesn't mean any of them would just pick up a deer that they came up on dead in the road.