I should've taken some pictures of the duck laying upside down in the water basin. It's chest cavity was torn open. This was a 13 pound Pekin drake, and it left me wondering what it was that killed it. The other 5 drakes and 6 ducks were fine, and none of the chickens were bothered.
I found the duck about 0700 yersday morning. A few minutes later I was out by the pool, near the back fence. There was a rock in the pool area, so I just picked it up and tossed it out over the fence and into the desert. Right then I saw the bobcat. The rock startled him and he ran off. My daughter and I went out the back gate and cut his sign. Sure enough, he was the culprit. I followed it around to the side and then lost it...about 15 yards where he would've jumped the fence into the drake pen. The ground is hard-packed (ducks do that) so there was no sign in there or directly behind the fence.
The Glenfield .22 stays on a rack near the back door, magazine loaded, along with a flashlight and my trusty SIG P226......just in case. If I get him, there'll surely be some pics (hmmmm....well, maybe not...that would be evidence, now wouldn;t it?) (((
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I found the duck about 0700 yersday morning. A few minutes later I was out by the pool, near the back fence. There was a rock in the pool area, so I just picked it up and tossed it out over the fence and into the desert. Right then I saw the bobcat. The rock startled him and he ran off. My daughter and I went out the back gate and cut his sign. Sure enough, he was the culprit. I followed it around to the side and then lost it...about 15 yards where he would've jumped the fence into the drake pen. The ground is hard-packed (ducks do that) so there was no sign in there or directly behind the fence.
The Glenfield .22 stays on a rack near the back door, magazine loaded, along with a flashlight and my trusty SIG P226......just in case. If I get him, there'll surely be some pics (hmmmm....well, maybe not...that would be evidence, now wouldn;t it?) (((
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