What would Kill Ducks?

mjbmxz

I had 1 of 6 ducks killed Sunday night, figured it was a fox, but Monday night, it or they came back and killed 3 or the 5 that was left. What do you think would take 3 ducks? I'm thinking it has to be a few yotes that did it.

Horse Plains Drifter

Weasels, or any of that family of critter, ermine, mink, etc.

Jacob2008

A gun, a stick, a truck, a car, another animal, me, zulu, IED, pistol whip, baton, camp fire...

Oh, or the great possibility of Yotes like you suggested.

k_townman

A good load of #2 shot. [:D][}:)]

select-fire

*

11BravoCrunchie

The cleansing fire that I will bring on behalf of God. Heathen ducks....[:(!]

mrbruce

This time of the year it's probably * doing the dirty deed.... I catch more of them this time of the year by the chicken coop than any other time of the year....

sharpshooter039

* and possums will both kill and carry off ducks also,I keep a good size box trap down below my pond to keep them trapped down

tomahawk

coyote,fox, * ,possum,hawk,falcon,bobcat,housecat

ripley16

The deed was caught on tape.

Be on the lookout for this man.



White
approx. 3" 10" tall
62 pounds (the camera makes him look 10 pounds heavier)
Name; E. Fudd
AKA; Wabbit killer, Elmer, Doc
Armed and dangerous

JnRockwall

coyotes, snakes, me, other ducks, turtles can eat their feet

JamesRK

Three in one night. I'd say most likely fox or coyote.

tccox

Are these grown ducks?? Are the ducks eaten or just killed and left lying?? Tom

Txs

quote:Originally posted by tccox
Are the ducks eaten or just killed and left lying??An important detail.

mjbmxz

I should of been more specific. Of the ducks taken, I found no remains.. I seen a bunch of feathers in the yard, but that was it. Took the fourwheeler out and couldn't find any remains. These are full grown ducks. I just find it weird to find no remains, and that whatever took it, took 3 at one time. I'm gonna pen them up tonight, and whatever was coming for em, will be back I'm guessing. I'll try to intercept them .

KSUmarksman

a shotgun!
"its duck season FIRE!"

catpealer111

Nukes? You never know.

Jgreen

When I was a kid, my dad, a veterinarian, brought home a duck.

We had two terriers at the time, Ralph and Andy.

The next morning, I saw a pile of feathers in the back yard. I asked my dad "what happened to the duck?"

He said "It flew away".

Now, I was only 5 at the time, but I knew something was up, because I knew that birds needed feathers to fly, and there was a pile in the back yard. But, my dad said it flew away, and that was that.

About 15 years later, we were talking about pets, and I brought up the duck. He said "Jeez, I couldn't believe how those two little dogs could tear up the bird like that."

That was the FIRST TIME I realized what happened to the duck!!

GuvamintCheese

quote:Originally posted by Txs
quote:Originally posted by tccox
Are the ducks eaten or just killed and left lying??An important detail.
+1

mjbmxz

The ducks were taken whole. Nothing left cept a few feathers. Whatever took em, they made alot of noise, the people who rent a house from us called at a bit after midnight to say something was after the ducks but they didn't know what it was. Went out there, and 3 or the 5 left were gone.

JamesRK

They could be in a fox or coyote den (pups). You might want to check the neighbors menu too. The call could have been part of the cover up. [:D]

War Pig Actual

Are there any Chinese resturants nearby?....Peking duck is mighty tasty.

Robin

Feral cats are raising cane with our (and neighbor's) chickens. The neighbor claims that one particularly large cat climbs the post with a full size chicken in its mouth. I'm going to put the motion activated game camera on the yard area.

grumpygy

Cougar did that to my Geese. Pile of feathers and nothing else.

Chickens were taken by *. Section of their chest torn out not much was eaten. Will get more chicken when I rebuild the coop. Like Fort Knox.[xx(]

NOSLEEP

Sounds like you have just about every possibility covered. No ones
mentioned skunks. Seen them take ducks before.

D1

Why would the remains have been on your 4-wheeler?

7RiverMan7

Sounds like somebody, get really drunk last night and misplaced his ducks!

COLT

...Seen yotes climb a 6' fence to get to chickens. Yotes usually carry the duck/chicken off a short distance to eat them, all you find is a pile of feathers...[;)]

MrGunz22

I'd say most likely *. They tend to travel in pairs or small groups. They could easily take out multiple ducks and tend to hang out near the water too. They are also strong and could easily carry a full grown duck off. A coyote or fox would probably be alone if it raided your coup and a weasel will rip the heads off and leave most of the body behind.

JnRockwall

My parents are having the same problem, ducks go missing with absolute no trace what so ever. I think a gator made it's way into their pond.

Beats me.

PanzerSlayer2

Detroit Red Wings are pretty good at killing Ducks

footlong

Now wuz dem ORYGUN dux or DONALD dux[?]

lts

contact your legislature and have them propose a duck bill.........

FrancF

Time for a trail cam![:D]
http://tinyurl.com/onrszc

204targetman

BOBCAT.....

quickmajik

quote:Originally posted by JamesRK
Three in one night. I'd say most likely fox or coyote.

Or a dog/

Txs

Odds are great it was coyotes, but one way or another...

If you have more than a tiny body of water, create an island or platform with some sort of overhead cover out on the water. The cover is to help against owls. Your ducks will quickly pick up on it's safety and go there at night.

nascarbum

Sounds like a hungry neighbor to me.

Winston Bode

My black lab, or at least that is what the neighbor told my daughter.

Bode