pigeonshooter76 Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 i wen for a walk on the farm where i shoot i found this while walking round i thought a mink or fox had it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chess Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Its a moorhen and could well be a mink thts had it. Unlikely to be a bird of prey as moorhen dont often fly and they are a favourite prey of mink. If moorhen and water voles disapear then usually mink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREENGRASS Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 The Grim Reeper by the state of it. LoL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEREALTHRILLER Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Its a moorhen and could well be a mink thts had it. :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk2dawn Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 i wen for a walk on the farm where i shoot i found this while walking roundi thought a mink or fox had it Looking at the way its been plucked I would guess a bird of prey. :blink: D2D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooternick Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 possibly had by a sparrowhawk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traztaz Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 I saw a buzzard do exactly this here not a month ago, so bird of prey, the plucking indicates that, carniverous mamles chew feathers, and yep ide go with morehen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young airgunner Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 i would say bird of prey too, the head has been taken off and the body pretty much left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustyfox Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 I will say its a Mink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolk shooter Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Can I be so bold as to ask why nobody has stated a Fox? Looks like head has been bitten off to me, but might just be the picture? Those that stated BoP could be right, but it looks too clean a kill in terms of the lack of ripping and tearing. Mink is a good call, but again I would have said that the moorhen would have been dragged back to be feasted upon. Fox on the other hand, chews head off and then leaves it because he is a sadistic ******. SS :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotgun harry Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Can I be so bold as to ask why nobody has stated a Fox? Looks like head has been bitten off to me, but might just be the picture? Those that stated BoP could be right, but it looks too clean a kill in terms of the lack of ripping and tearing. Mink is a good call, but again I would have said that the moorhen would have been dragged back to be feasted upon. Fox on the other hand, chews head off and then leaves it because he is a sadistic ******. SS :blink: I would have said a fox also moorhens are meant to be quite bad tasting so it might have tucked in and had enough although mink seems the logical answer and there are loads of them outside my place. Between me and a guy at a woodyard over the road from me we trapped and shot 14 last year and 6 so far this year and the moorhens and coots have all gone, There used to be loads around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberlegs Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 moorhen and may be a marsh harrier seen one do the same at slapton ley but mainly on large water courses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiercel Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Looking at the plucked feathers, I would say a Sparrow hawk or a Peregrine, it seems to have been disturbed before it could finish the meal. Mink maybe, but why did it not drag the bird into cover; they do not like to eat in the open. It was definitely not a Fox as a Moorhen would be a small meal that the fox could finish off in a few minutes with ease, and if disturbed would run off with the Moorhen. TC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulkyuk Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 are you sure someone hasnt blown its swede off with a centrefire ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob300w Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 (edited) are you sure someone hasnt blown its swede off with a centrefire ? That thought crossed my mind, I must admit. The plucked feathers suggst a bird of prey, a fox does not pluck birds, it generally eats the feathers. Found dead and eaten by rats is possible also. No experience of mink,.... yet. Edited March 29, 2008 by bob300w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Hawk. BJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 (edited) Have to agree with BJ, obviously a HAWK, GH. Edited March 24, 2008 by grasshopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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