Rotting Moose Parts Leaves New York Town Covering Noses

ARGYLE, NY – A foul odor that plagued Argyle residents in upstate New York this fall was apparently caused by hundreds of pounds of rotting moose meat that had been dumped along a road. A local man told the Post-Star of Glens Falls he made a “stupid mistake” by not burying the remains of a 665-pound bull moose he killed.

Residents found a moose's head, hoofs, pelt and other parts strewn around the area.

State Department of Environmental Conservation officers investigated and determined the remains were dumped by an Argyle man who had legally shot the bull moose in northern Vermont earlier this fall during the state's moose hunting season.

Raymond Graham told the newspaper he thought coyotes would drag the remains away, which they did after a few days.

The department ticketed him for unlawful disposal of solid waste.

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