If we had one die here, there is no way we could get a hole dug deep/big enough to bury one with all the rocks. Well we might get one dug, but there would be no dirt to cover it up.
Had a neighbor who had a horse die in their barn. They drug him out in the woods and piles brush on him trying to cremate him. They only succeeded in cooking him a bit. Everyone around here who had a dog landed up with bones in their yards. I'd probably just have to drag one out in the woods far from the house and leave it.
Becky
Cooking him a bit?? hahhahaha That is too funny. I can just see a toy poodle trying to drag a horse femur back to the house. My father in law drags his livestock out to the back 40 and lets the coyotes eat the horse/cow/pig whatever but they are on 300 acres in Abilene. No way I could do that, my neighbors would complain about the smell.
Depending on where you are it can take quite a while for the carcass to rot. You might consider digging a shallow hole, getting a full bed load of soil from the gardening supply outfit, a bag of hot lime from the feed store. Put the carcass in the shallow hole, dump the entire bag of hot lime on it and then cover it with soil. Done properly, in a week everything is gone.
SAFETY: Use rubber gloves when handling hot lime. It will eat your skin right off.