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[NanaKat]

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The smell is awful and the coyotes and other predators are getting fat.

Because this man is violent and capable of doing great harm to us, our neighbors and/or our livestock, I made an anonymous report this morning with the Agricultural Environmental Management Services office. They will send out an inspector. Then called our neighbors to warn them and shared information with the sheriff's office just in case the guy goes nuts after the inspector leaves. Some of our neighbors are relatives of this guy and they are afraid of him and won't make complaints on him. And Hubby has the gun loaded at the back door and I know how to use it if he tries to cause trouble like last time.

I guess I have one of those neighbors, during the summer he dragged a dying horse onto my property and let it die then claimed it wasn't his and he didn't know anything about it, now he is burning his trash (which is illegal) and dumping his burn barrel in the ravine that drains into my pond about 100 yards downstream, I called DEQ and they came out then sent me a letter stating they saw nothing wrong with what he was doing, I don't know who has more authority to go to next but having toxic runoff from half burnt household trash coming into my pond can't be good for all my animals that drink from it. I'm starting to think I should be the dangerous neighbor but that would go against the rule of being a considerate neighbor I've always tried to keep....
Try Water Quality (405-522-5492) or the WildLife Services Division (405-521-4039)
Both could test the water for contaminants. You have wildlife that visits your pond and you have a right to clean water. Has the sheriff in your county been out to visit with him about burning his trash? If it is illegal, then he could be fined for each time he does burn.

 

[michaeldaugherty]

I'm trying to find a roo for my two coronation sussex hens. Had one but he disappeared the day before I went to put them up for safe keeping. Guess he's coyote poop by now. I'd post this is BST but they won't let me cause I'm not talkative enough. Don't know how many this is but I'm one closer to twenty.

I have one i liv in Anadarko come by an look at him txs or call any time i was going to take him to the sale in Blanchard sat night ..

 

[NanaKat]

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Our crazy neighbor is at it again.

Now he is stock piling dead horse carcasses in a washout area in the creek on the north line of their property which borders ours. The carcasses are not buried and any rain or run off from a nearby watershed lake will wash the bones and carcasses down into Sand Creek that runs north out of the property.

This will contaminate a water source for our livestock.

He picked up a carcass from the horse sale barn Sunday and took that back to add to his own dead horses so he may have an agreement with the sale barn.

The smell is awful and the coyotes and other predators are getting fat.

Because this man is violent and capable of doing great harm to us, our neighbors and/or our livestock, I made an anonymous report this morning with the Agricultural Environmental Management Services office. They will send out an inspector. Then called our neighbors to warn them and shared information with the sheriff's office just in case the guy goes nuts after the inspector leaves. Some of our neighbors are relatives of this guy and they are afraid of him and won't make complaints on him. And Hubby has the gun loaded at the back door and I know how to use it if he tries to cause trouble like last time.

Sounds like one big fat mess! And isnt there a proper ordinace on how to dispose of large animal carcasses for this reason?? Im very happy you guys have a gun, because lately, it seems like the whole wide world has gone mad and theres no tellingh ow this situation will turn out! Please post updates, Im curioius as to what they will say about the carcasses. Be Safe.
The Oklahoma code for this is under Public Health and Safety, title 63. Large animals are supposed to be either burned or buried no less than 4 feet deep and covered. The ground should packed to keep wild animals from digging up the carcass. And to keep odor from offending the neighbors. the fine is $500 per carcass and up to a year in jail for each animal.

 

[jcatblum]

Nana you are full of useful info!!! My dogs always bring up parts from neighbors cattle. I never made a fuss, thought I was possibly expecting too much by wanting an animal burried. I know DH burried one of our dogs 4 ft deep & It still got dug up. He then put 4 bags of quickcrete in the hole before refilling it.

 

[NanaKat]

We have had a cow die of old age before and buried her with the tractor 5 feet deep and had to go back several times to fill in the coyote holes. We used rock to cap the holes too.
Chickens get buried also or when it's legal to burn, we use a 55 gallon drum.

 

[Oceanseve]

I just wanted to pop in and brag on my husband a bit. We finally butchered our tom on sunday. He did good. The legs and the breasts weighed in at 32.2 lbs. He told me yesterday morning he didn't realize how much that tom ate. He said half the food he put out on monday was still in the trough tuesday morning. In the past it had been empty everyday. Look forward to that feed bill going down!

 

[Elbert Garrett]

Good Morning Friends and Neighbors!

"Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way."

 

[okracefan]

I just wanted to pop in and brag on my husband a bit. We finally butchered our tom on sunday. He did good. The legs and the breasts weighed in at 32.2 lbs. He told me yesterday morning he didn't realize how much that tom ate. He said half the food he put out on monday was still in the trough tuesday morning. In the past it had been empty everyday. Look forward to that feed bill going down!

My wife went and named our two Tom's so I do not think that we will be processing them anytime soon.

 

[Oceanseve]

We named ours too, Thanksgiving and Christmas

 

[mjgigax]

We named ours too, Thanksgiving and Christmas