What to do with carcasses?

Hi all, I’m trying to figure out how to make trapping work from my one bedroom apartment, I’ll be setting up a skinning hoist in my 6x6ft front yard, but have no idea what to do with carcasses! (Aside from beaver if I get lucky enough to get on them here in Ohio, I’d love to eat one.) what do you all do with yours?
Any input is appreciated and as always, God bless!

Personally - I haul them back to the hole that I dig with the tractor loader on my 20+ acres (55gal barrel at a time)--- in your case I would probably haul the carcasses back out to where I caught them and distribute them along the line -- a distance away from the traps you have set -- the buzzards and white tailed buzzards (eagles ) need to eat too. I have never tried Beaver but nutria is edible (can't get my family to even try it). If you are getting a decent number of beaver make a "skinning trough" --- I haven't tried it -- but don't bother trying to eating Coyote (from what I have heard) . How are you drying and fleshing your furs?

Skinning in your front yard in town you better expect several visits from the local law.City folks will think you are skinning dogs and call the law on you.

If trapping private land one can usually find a ditch to dispose of them. Ask the land owner.

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What animals are you trapping? You may be better off selling unskinned until you find a larger place with more privacy. Maybe partner with someone that has facilities?

Skinning in the front yard ? will it make the citiots move back home

Got a mink ranch nearby? They always have dumpsters for the rendering plants.

I skinned fur in the shower when I was in college. Triple bagged and into the dumpster.

Might want to find a trapper close and make friends so you can use their fur shed

What I like is the fact that you're figuring out how to make it all work instead of just saying it can't be done because you live in an apartment in town.

are you singal? , if you are you might want to skin inside some how , like mike said , if theres a will you will find a way

If I was in your shoes I'd skin them while out on the line. Easy carcass removal and no nosey neighbors.

It will take longer to run your line but when you're done you won't have deal with animals when you get home.

A 18 inch piece of chain with 2 sharpened s-hooks attached can be tossed over a limb and make a decent gambrel.
I've skinned countless beaver on the tailgate of my pickup.

I throw em in the weeds.

THIS!

Many farms around here have dead piles. Ask the farmer if they mind if you contribute to the pile.

Suburban trapper here, usually total 50 to 75 coon a season ! Carcasses go in contractor garbage bags from Home Depot and out with the trash on trash day.

Yes. & the carcasses make great draw stations to your sets if strategically placed

If it were me, I'd eat as many as you can and I'd skin with a trailer mount skinner on the line. I wouldn't care about what the neighbors think, although you will get a bunch of visits form LE. I'd care about your landlord, you could get the boot and have to move if ya skin in the front yard. Times have changed for sure.

better set up a tent type skinning area so no one can see you doing it... or do it in the field and flesh at the apartment... You dont need unwanted visitors.

For sure!

I don’t know your apartment setup, but I’d do it inside if at all possible. Depending on your apartment manager too many complaints from your neighbors could get you the boot. When I lived in an apartment mine had a basement, that’s where I did my skinning. Or, sounds weird but the bathtub is not a bad option. Easy cleanup. Just don’t wash too much fur down the drain lol

Funny story, a classmate hit a deer and we were cutting it up on a table in the back yard. A nosey rosie called the cops and said we were dismembering a person. The cop walks up and said, "Oh that's a deer". We said yes and then he relayed the story. We all had a laugh.

No I am not, the live in girlfriend would NOT be amused…

I am lucky enough to be in a hidden little area, between buildings, and with neighbors that are all very kind, and elderly, some of whom I regularly share game meats with… I gather crowds when I fire up my grill on occasion. I skin game on my porch and wave to them as they pass, and show their grandkids what I’m doing, and, the how and why of my doing it. No problems from neighbors or citiots, the manager is a friend as well and actually asked if I could use live traps or dp’s to catch the local dumpster bandits!

Everything legal in Ohio from weasels and skrats to coons and coyote is my current objective… I was planning on building a very small shed. I feel I should for clarity mention that 6x6 was an oddly specific over exaggeration. My yard is 10x7 with a 8x5 concrete porch… I have enough room for SOME activities

The beaver carcasses are fes to our dogs and a couple of our neighbors dogs.


We can feed 8 at a time and our one neighbor gets been 8 and 12 at a time depending if he has puppy.


All.other we take.to his farm.and feed tk.rhw buzzards

You can make bait from the carcasses. I didn't read the other responses yet.

It sounds like a great neighborhood.

When I had my outside wood boiler I cremated any carcasses I had. Coon carcasses usually had so much fat it was like throwing fuel on the fire.