digger Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Mate of mine has just purchased a house with an acre of land and on it are two good sized ponds. He wants to get some runner ducks ( there is an island on one of the ponds ). problem is he has foxes living in his garden. He is happy to trap them but has no way of despatching them. are any ducks he buys going to end up dead courtesy of charlie or will they be wise enough to roost on the island ? i would solve the fox problem but he is 70 miles away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 The fox will wait untill the weather gets harder and walk across the ice! He would be better getting young ducks that could at least fly when older.Pen them in untill then. The other alternative is feed the ponds regularly and the wild ones will come anyway as long as he doesnt shoot them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 Get rid of the foxes. Make a secure pen/house and lock the ducks away at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 must be worth the 70 miles to sort charlie out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 Where abouts is your mate? I am sure there will be folk on here who would help in dispatch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotslad Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 Islands are a waste off time, often ducks aren't clever enough to roost on them but also the foxes will swim over no prob's. A few years ago someone was studying birds on an island in the middle of a big resivior (I think rutland water) and foxes will caught on the nite cams swimming over 100m stealing eggs and swimming back with them still whole. Best way is get rid of the foxes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essex Keeper Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 Foxs swim out to islands seen on are carp lake and up the wash before crimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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