if she was hidden, after a few weeks wouldn't decomposition be setting in which would attract vultures/buzzards? I think someone upthread mentioned buzzards go south in the winter? I thought they stayed year round especially in the Southwest and warmer areas of the country? Not sure as I'm a city girl but have heard that is how they sometimes locate bodies if dogs cannot locate JMOO
I've seen turkey vultures around here in Virginia as of last weekend. When I grew up in Louisiana and hunted I usually saw them all through hunting season. The turkey vulture - our most common vulture - does winter as far north as Texas and Louisiana.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_vulture