Disposal of carcasses

[fabsroman]

I ran into a pretty big problem today. Last weekend, I was goose hunting on a farm where a lot of guys have permission to hunt. I found a fox in a trap in the middle of a cut soybean field/replanted wheat field. At first, I thought the fox was merely caught on something, but once I got to within 10 yards of it, I could tell it was a trap. I left it alone because I figured that the trapper had permission to trap on the property.

Today, I received a telephone call from the landowner because he found 13 dead, skinned, fox carcasses in a hedge row today. The fact that a deer was dead and rotting in another hedge row last weekend didn't help matters out.

Well, it turns out that the landowner had not given the trapper permission, and he was pretty mad about the trapping because he does not approve of the wasteful killing of animals (i.e., he is fine with killing animals for food). He was pissed at me for not telling him about this last weekend, but after I explained that I thought the guy had permission, he calmed down a little. Naturally, he asked me if I approved of this stuff, and I danced around the subject because I don't really have an opinion on it.

How do you guys dispose of your carcasses? Does leaving them in a hedge row on a farm make sense?