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Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

Ok, so I shot a bird the other day and it got away...but not far. It barely made it over my fence and I lost track of it, so it was gone at that point. Well, the next day I see (what must have been) the same bird laying dead right in the street in front of my neighbors house across the street.

Now, it was my kill. However, the bird was laying RIGHT in front of their house. And since they are ALWAYS home and have a huge living room window with no blinds, they would easily see me walking up and taking the bird. Ok, but I don't want them to know I shoot birds, so I can't let them see me picking up dead birds. Regardless, the bird was in front of THEIR house so they should pick it up.

Well, I don't know if they are just stupid like my other neighbors or what, but they've let it just sit there to rot in the middle of our street for days. It's so ugly too. It's right in front of their mailbox and the feathers are sticking up and blowing all over, but they've not done anything with it. At this point I'll just let it sit there because A) they are too dumb to realize that they need to clean it up, or B) they think its my kill and are waiting for me to clean it up.

I may go out there tonight and throw it on their front porch. Think maybe they'd pick it up then?

I try to keep things cool in my neighborhood, but if I feel like people are or are not doing things because they feel like "they are going to show me", then they have another thing coming to them.

sniper · Silver Status Member

i wonder where 3 of my 5 dozen rats scurried to Evil or Very Mad

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hey! prove it!

yourdaddyjoe · Supporting Member

I just toss them in the graveyard... Isn't that where dead things belong? Wink

broommaster2000 · Moderator

I always poot my dead hooke... fish in the freezer, then I feed them to my pigs.

"Poot?" I'm going either Irish or Canadian. Shocked

Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

I realized that the bird makes the neighbors look bad the longer it sits there. So I'm just going to leave it.

I'm not sure what kind of man runs a household that lets animal carcasses rot in front of their nice new home, but apparently it's this guy.

I think maybe tonight I will just go sweep into the curb on his side of the street. That way it will be out of the street but it will clearly be something that HE has to pick up since it'll be right by his yard (which it pretty much is already).

The only thing this guy is going to accomplish is increasing his frustration level before he eventually has to clean it up anyway. I'll learn him though.

billandbeaufort · Senior Member

In almost all communities there is an animal law enforcement agency. It is thier duty to pick up dead carcasses but someone needs to call them in order for them to know about it. Homeowners a right to be hessitant to pick up dead animals as there are many communicable diseases that you or your children can get from carion. Now you'll say why doesn't he call them. Why the hell don't you! You killed the bird (probably illegally) IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY! If you had picked it up the first day it would not nessesarily mean you killed it anymore than if he did! Pick it up or call the authorities to clean up your mess. Killing birds is assinine and immature and shows that you are spiritually just eveloving!

Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

billandbeaufort,

The issue here is not about the ethics of killing a bird. That is a valid topic, but it is for another discussion.

The issue is why he hasn't picked up a dead bird that is in front of his property. He had no way of knowing that it was a bird I shot. The bird could've just died there. You don't have to touch it. Just sweep or shovel it into a trash bag. You could get diseases from dog poop too, but you'd pick that up!

I mean, calling services to pick up a dehydrated bird carcass! Totally not necessary.

I said that I would've normally picked it up, even if it wasn't my kill, but I didn't want them to see me doing it. Also, once I realized that they were avoiding picking it up, I was resolved not to do it for them.

The guy and his boy play out there all the time, and the grandma was even in the yard cleaning up debris yesterday (just feet away from the bird)! But maybe they are those types of people that feel like the street is not their responsibility. Who knows. World's full of idiots.