Yard · deck · wooded lot
Pickup from the yard, the deck or the tree line
The shortest job this Grand Rapids line arranges. The animal is visible and reachable; it is bagged, taken away and disposed of, and the ground under it can be dealt with.
A raccoon under a deck in Ada, an opossum against a shed in Wyoming, a fox at the edge of the woods behind a Rockford lot. Around here the wooded suburbs produce a steady supply.
Why homeowners call rather than dig
Under Michigan's Bodies of Dead Animals Act, a carcass on your property has to be disposed of within 24 hours, and if you bury it, at least two feet below the surface. On the sandy soils west of the city that is a chore; on the clay east of it, a job. And the deck is the problem: an animal that died in the void under it is reachable, but not by someone who would rather not crawl.
The operator brings the crawl, the bag and the disposal. What comes out with the carcass, and whether the ground under it is treated, is agreed on the call.
Helpful to mention
- The address and ZIP
- Roughly what it is and how large
- How long it has been there
- Whether a vehicle can get close
- Gates, dogs, a deck with no access panel
In the street instead
Inside the city, a dead animal in the street is reported through 311 or the grcity311 app. Highways are MDOT's. The deer page sets out the whole split.