Fire ants are nasty bugs! Lived in Texas for a few years. Had a dog die one evening. I think he got bit by a snake. Laid his body next to the back garden to bury it later. Went back out the next day and it was half covered in fire ants! Decided not to try and anger the fire ant gods and disturb them right then and there. 3 days later there was only some fur and the bones left. Meat was pretty much gone.

Then the killer bees showed up. I took the family and migrated back up north where the snow keeps those creatures under control!

Anyhow, my son got his first worthy white tail rack this fall. We want to mount it (just the horns, not the whole head) There is some skin yet, and was thinking about hanging it from a tree over winter and letting the birds pick it off, or boiling. Good timely topic!