Dead duck

butch sanders · Post by **butch sanders** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:30 pm

i saw a female mallard get hit by a car today. they had been living in my yard and the three surrounding it.
it was on a main street in Arlington.
The male would not leave her. some other man took her away from the road. the greenhead let us walk right up to him. he just kept kissing her.
i will never shoot another duck.
unless i can get both of them.
just kidding about both of them. it was a beautiful scene.
urban srawl sucks.

Eagle Eye · Post by **Eagle Eye** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:49 am

Interesting observation - how can you use this information to make you a better hunter?

That animal behavior is untypical because males are sex/territory driven. Usually it’s only the female of the species that shows such true and unselfish courage. But there is one other instance I’ve heard of where males showed the same characteristic as the drake did.

Years ago I read a story about government trapper in Wyoming. There they thought the phesent populations were being reduced by predators like fox - only later realizing it was a habitat issue. Anyway, after making an observation (like butch did) he developed a trapping technic for removing whole families of foxes at one location. First he’d scout out a den, because fox have preferred denning locations that wasn’t too hard. Then, using a hot dog for bait, he’d trap a pup at the den entrance. After dispatching the pup he would then burry it right there at the entrance, head first, leaving only the tail sticking straight out of the ground. Traps were placed around the dead pup where eventually ever single member of the fox family (including the male) would quickly be caught while they tried to rescue their family member.

butch sanders · Post by **butch sanders** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:12 am

it will make me a worse hunter
i dont think i can shoot ducks anymore

i agree it is probably sex driven, it is their mating season full bore right now.

this guy was not worried about me and was not going to leave his partners side

WATER HOG · Post by **WATER HOG** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:16 am

well I don't eat duck so their safe around me !

Cooner · Post by **Cooner** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:49 am

I am going to stat using a flopping female as a decoy! Was it only one male or will this draw multiple ducks?

Lumberhound · Post by **Lumberhound** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:56 am

WATER HOG wrote:well I don't eat duck so their safe around me !

WH use to have a pet duck!!

That dang thing never left his side. It even came in the house with him!! R.I.P. Ducky!!

butch sanders · Post by **butch sanders** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:17 pm

i have shot 100's of ducks
will not again
too many dumb birds to shoot
like turkey & quail

dwilliams35 · Post by **dwilliams35** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:20 pm

Heck, she probably had his keys or wallet or something. You know how women are.

Seriously, though, I had a little moment like that: had a dove follow another one (that I shot) down and just sit there and pecked at it for a while. Just flew off after a while, though. I apparently got over it.

butch sanders · Post by **butch sanders** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:11 pm

i didn't sale my decoys in our garage sale yesterday

ifeliciano · Post by **ifeliciano** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:01 am

butch sanders wrote:i didn't sale my decoys in our garage sale yesterday

Well...how about hooking up a neighbor with all your duck hunting stuff.

QuakKillz · Post by **QuakKillz** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:38 pm

ifeliciano wrote:
butch sanders wrote:i didn't sale my decoys in our garage sale yesterday
Well...how about hooking up a neighbor with all your duck hunting stuff.

I'll come get it!....LOL!!!!

Vasca · Post by **Vasca** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:36 pm

Maybe it was checking to make sure she was dead...It could have been it's mother in law

PortHoleDiver · Post by **PortHoleDiver** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:07 pm

ROFLMAO...

Now thats funny!