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What wpupd decapitate a duck but not eat the duck? #8823554 03/25/23 06:47 PM
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Was on my lake today and found a dead floating duck. As i got up to it i saw it was decapitated but nothing else missing off its body.

What would do that? And why?

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Re: What wpupd decapitate a duck but not eat the duck? [Re: Texas buckeye] #8823570 03/25/23 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Greg Z
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None anywhere close. Closest power line is over half a mile from the lake

Re: What wpupd decapitate a duck but not eat the duck? [Re: Texas buckeye] #8823577 03/25/23 08:08 PM
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My ex wife would be a solid suspect!! In seriousness I’d say a hawk or owl, possibly a raccoon but they generally eat everything. We had a lake with resident owls and they loved chewing the heads off and leaving the rest.

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Re: What wpupd decapitate a duck but not eat the duck? [Re: Texas buckeye] #8823592 03/25/23 08:58 PM
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Any type of raptor will do this. Super fast fly by and rip the head right off. I see it pretty frequently here on Whitney.

Re: What wpupd decapitate a duck but not eat the duck? [Re: Texas buckeye] #8823595 03/25/23 09:02 PM
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Possibly a turtle. Duck head being submerged would make a tasty morsel.

Re: What wpupd decapitate a duck but not eat the duck? [Re: Texas buckeye] #8823633 03/25/23 10:45 PM
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I’d say turtle also. Seen it quite a bit when killing ducks over ponds and picking them up after the hunt.

Re: What wpupd decapitate a duck but not eat the duck? [Re: Texas buckeye] #8823641 03/25/23 11:11 PM
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Re: What wpupd decapitate a duck but not eat the duck? [Re: Texas buckeye] #8823679 03/26/23 01:00 AM
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Hawks usually kill their prey by biting the neck , often with the head coming off.



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Re: What wpupd decapitate a duck but not eat the duck? [Re: Texas buckeye] #8823705 03/26/23 02:10 AM
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I support the "dead duck- feeding turtle" theory.

Re: What wpupd decapitate a duck but not eat the duck? [Re: Texas buckeye] #8823751 03/26/23 04:19 AM
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Those power line turtles are dangerous roflmao

Re: What wpupd decapitate a duck but not eat the duck? [Re: Texas buckeye] #8823765 03/26/23 06:11 AM
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Re: What wpupd decapitate a duck but not eat the duck? [Re: Texas buckeye] #8823788 03/26/23 11:00 AM
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Re: What wpupd decapitate a duck but not eat the duck? [Re: Texas buckeye] #8823800 03/26/23 11:59 AM
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Re: What wpupd decapitate a duck but not eat the duck? [Re: Texas buckeye] #8823805 03/26/23 12:21 PM
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Crazy that the predator would go to the trouble of killing its prey than not eating it unless something spooked the predator off right after it killed the duck?

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Owls almost always eat the head first

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Originally Posted by MWTX270
Owls almost always eat the head first



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Re: What wpupd decapitate a duck but not eat the duck? [Re: Texas buckeye] #8823862 03/26/23 02:56 PM
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Googling the topic came up with a lot of interesting results...
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Re: What wpupd decapitate a duck but not eat the duck? [Re: Texas buckeye] #8823871 03/26/23 03:28 PM
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Good stuff guys, thanks. I dont know much about fowl or waterfowl so this was a new one to me. I know we have a lot of raptors and owls in this area, so i would guess that is prob number 1. We do have some thrtles in the lake so that could be a number 2, though the turtles are almost all painted box turtles and i have not seen a snapping turtle yet, but i suppose they could be there.

Re: What wpupd decapitate a duck but not eat the duck? [Re: Texas buckeye] #8824473 03/27/23 07:50 PM
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Opossums get in your chicken coup they will do that. Seems like a waste but they will kill several in a night by chewing heads only. A duck seems more likely dead duck hungry turtle...

Re: What wpupd decapitate a duck but not eat the duck? [Re: Texas buckeye] #8824728 03/28/23 01:57 AM
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Re: What wpupd decapitate a duck but not eat the duck? [Re: Texas buckeye] #8831808 04/11/23 02:34 AM
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Next door neighbor kid with some .22 hollow points! Maybe you drove up before he was able to retrieve.

Re: What wpupd decapitate a duck but not eat the duck? [Re: Texas buckeye] #8831916 04/11/23 12:32 PM
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I’ve seen lots of young hawks, could be that.

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Hawks. I've watched them do it.

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