Can a fox leave absolutely NO trace if they go after 4 mature muscovies, including a drake?
We counted the ducks up yesterday late afternoon and realized that 5 were missing. No trace, no feathers, no bodies, no blood, no tracks or other signs that we could see. We checked an ever widening perimeter around our yard, and even checked an old dugout quite a ways away to see if they decided that it might be tempting. No ducks. The only other thing that we could thing of as far as a predator that leaves no trace is people, but they would have quite some sneaking to do to get through to our back area...and we were outside most of the afternoon. Most people don't even know that we keep more than a just dog because nothing is visible from the front/road.
We have seen a fox come in in the past, but haven't seen it for at least 1 1/2 months...we didn't get it. We saw racoons a few weeks ago about 1/4 mile away, but they were not headed to or from our place, and this is not looking like that either. Coyotes usually announce their kill and are more active at night.
We found that one drake went missing 2 weeks ago, then the next day, 2 duck hens...again no trace. We figured most likely that fox...but 5 within a couple of hours???
We haven't lost any today, yet.
Any ideas? Are we on the right track?
Off to count them again...
We counted the ducks up yesterday late afternoon and realized that 5 were missing. No trace, no feathers, no bodies, no blood, no tracks or other signs that we could see. We checked an ever widening perimeter around our yard, and even checked an old dugout quite a ways away to see if they decided that it might be tempting. No ducks. The only other thing that we could thing of as far as a predator that leaves no trace is people, but they would have quite some sneaking to do to get through to our back area...and we were outside most of the afternoon. Most people don't even know that we keep more than a just dog because nothing is visible from the front/road.
We have seen a fox come in in the past, but haven't seen it for at least 1 1/2 months...we didn't get it. We saw racoons a few weeks ago about 1/4 mile away, but they were not headed to or from our place, and this is not looking like that either. Coyotes usually announce their kill and are more active at night.
We found that one drake went missing 2 weeks ago, then the next day, 2 duck hens...again no trace. We figured most likely that fox...but 5 within a couple of hours???
We haven't lost any today, yet.
Any ideas? Are we on the right track?
Off to count them again...
