Smells aren't always pleasant, dead skunk comes to mind along with cattle feed lot. I have no idea what the cooking of dead rodent smells like. We have people who burn wood in their fireplace so on a calm day you smell that in the neighborhood.
In a car you tend to be somewhat isolated from smells and sounds of the country.
I've had beaver, and woodchuck, both, taste like chicken and didn't smell any different while cooking.
I have a FHA wood furnace, and a FHA oil, wood used to provide most of my heat, but getting older, that 5cords of wood/0 gallons of oil has become 1 cord wood/300gals oil
but more people in my neighborhood, burn wood, than don't, getting to be more outdoor furnaces as well