It might be road kill and have been butchered on the spot with no means of transporting the whole body
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Just want to say thank to you all who responded in this discussion. I decided to go to the mairie. I’ve just gotten back from talking with the secretary there. She looked up the cadastre for the location of the remains, and it turns out to be someone unknown to her. There seem to be a lot of sections of woods in between the fields, owned by different people who don’t necessarily reside around here. The remains were left on one of those.
She said that since it’s not easy to find the hunters who did this, it will be the responsibility of the community to clean up the remains (we know the guy who will probably have to do this). By the way, it’s pretty clear that it’s been cut up. Therefore I rather doubt it’s roadkill. We’ll never know, I guess. Anyway. It’s become part of the community responsibility to remove it, so will be taken care of. She thanked me for bringing it to their attention (especially since it’s a rural chemin and there are group randonnees that go down this pretty little way from time to time), and asked me to send her the photos I took.
Thanks again, all.
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It won’t be local hunters, they know what to do to dispose of carrion! I think Flocreen’s thought is most likely correct.
Okay, that’s interesting, and I appreciate your input on this. To my mind, it seemed like hunters might have wanted to process the deer and dispose without having to take the unnecessary parts away. It was clear that the fat had been cut away, and the internal organs were left… But I do see your point. I’m not a hunter so my assumption was perhaps ignorant, that it would be easier to just dump the processed remains rather than dispose of properly. Thanks.
With the local chasse they take carcasses to their cabin and hang it before butchering it (properly). So if it was a local hunter they would know what to do, they wouldn’t leave a carcass in plain sight even if it were an illegal kill.
Hahahaha it might be your accent that is the problem and I don’t mean a French non regional one 
not casting aspersions on your accent but do you really sound like a French person?
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Out of interest is one meant to report all dead deer?
It’s a few months ago so a bit late now but I was walking my dogs and there was a dead deer lying across a path that comes out of the forest.
I made a u turn as didn’t want to deal with the over excitement the deer would have caused the dogs
It was a bit strange though as it looked like it had collapsed on the path in mid-flight (not during hunting season).
I’d probably tell my Mairie as they’re closer/easier… or I could phone the local chasse policeman who I’ve known for years.
I suspect the Mairie would phone him anyway… for him to check the death and arrange disposal.
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No, of course not. 
But there is a local accent where whole words sound different - cent, sans, for example. Mind you, my doctor the other day did compliment me on my French, then added, compared with most English, so I realise it’s a pretty low bar. 
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My ex-in laws came from Montpellier so it was a bit of a shock the first time they asked if I wanted some bread with my meal
just to inform…
There are rules and there is reality, often the person finding the animal isn’t the driver of the vehicle ,because the animal can traval a long way on adrenaline and not be found easily.
the link above, outlines quite clearly what anyone should do, on finding a dead animal.
notify the authorities… who will deal with the matter.
Anyone who does not follow the rules… risks health problems as well as a Fine… it’s all clearly explained.
As I said the reality is quite different to the set of rules ,but as usual its a waste of time saying anything.
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it’s surely not a waste of time, reflecting on the health risks etc involved… 
Its not coming across as reflection,it’s coming across as these are the rules do as you are told.
My apologies if I’ve worded things badly.
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So was it you, Flocreen? you seem sensitive about this.
The rules seem to be in place for hygiene safety reasons. And possibly not to upset passing children.
And personally it’s strange the hunting season has just started, upping the odds this is a hunter not respecting rules which do sound sensible.
Of course it was me everytime that there is a carcasse at the side of the road its me.
The question remains how many dead animals are there that no one sees that rot naturally that keep the ecosystems turning over, legislation is for who or is it whom ,seems like a townie overreaction to me.
Given that our dog has an amazing nose, and is a greedy thing, I can confirm that there are a lot of carcasses in woodlands.
Our neighbours have got used to use dragging him back through the village with a rotting deer leg in his mouth. (They are precious things that he doesn’t give up lightly)
We found a half eaten deer carcass on a footpath recently, phoned the chasse who dispatched someone, who came and chucked it into the undergrowth 
. Which we coukd have done ourselves and was not what we wanted as will now have to avoid that path for 6 months.
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