I was just thinking about this the other day while walking around my parents place. They have a well-kept plot of 8 acres, but the giant pasture on the other side of the road ensures there's always a bunch of gophers running around. Usually you hear whistles or see a ton of babies around this time, and I'm not seeing much of anything. Maybe the boom will take a few weeks, but it hasn't happened yet.
As for the cleaning question, generally nature takes care of that for you. I once took a shot at a magpie that was attracted by a carcass. The following 2 weeks were a very smelly lesson in the importance of scavengers (and the intelligence of magpies).
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