Speaking of body parts.
Yesterday I found a deer leg behind the house. Went to get it today, figuring it could be used for deer leg soup, but it was gone.
Seems like the mountain lion a neighbor saw the other day is still hanging around.
One night we heard the coyotes whooping it up having a party. Next day we took a walk and found what was all about. I kept stopping by every week or two. Coyotes took all the flesh they could, then the crows and mice got the rest. Slowly the bones were carried off and all that was left was fur (hairs) over the entire area. Then that all disappeared, probably into bird and mouse nests. Nature takes care of itself just fine.
Lesson of this story is that hunting is not a cruel sport, every animal dies. Some are shot, die quickly and eaten by humans. The rest are chased by predators, eventually caught, then torn apart and eaten until they die. No animal falls asleep and dies of old age. Nature is incredibly cruel.
BTW: It is great that this thread could be hijacked and made useful!
