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We bought our property last fall. There's a tiny pond on it. Maybe 1/16 acre. It's very shallow & doesn't hold water well in the late summer. I eventually would like to stick some money, time & effort into making it deeper, cleaning it up & such, but I have a host of other honey do projects to tackle first. There are a ton of frogs & it's choked with algae.
I took a walk back to the pond today for the first time in a few weeks to find that there's a dead deer in it. The area I live in has a lot of bear & coyotes so I don't just want to drag it out & let it lay in the nearby field. I don't own a bobcat or backhoe to bury it.
Would it hurt to just leave it in the pond where the varmits can't get to it?
Thanks
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In that small of pond it sure is going to foul the water. I would want it out but that is just me.
As far as the coyotes taking care of it, what is the problem with that?
John
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At my place if I leave a dead deer or other large animal out the bears and coyote will have it stripped to the bones in a day or two.
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And scatter the bones for the most part in a week.
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