macberran 2 Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Evening all, out mooching tonight and I stuck my nose into the gully down one side off the farm, I had been checking for signs as we've had some boar rooting up in the fields. As I looked about I spotted in the bottom of a hedge feathers and further looking revealed the skinned carcase of a pheasant. The neck waas broken right back and some muscle gone off the back otherwise it was all there. A pile off feathers scatterd about but no skin apparent though. No access to people or dogs the gully is a known badger run and I stay on top off the foxes. Any ideas..weasel,stoat, though like I said the neck and head was right back and broken. It was very fresh. No prints or scats around. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ditch_Shitter Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 the skinned carcase of a pheasant. The neck was broken right back and some muscle gone off the back otherwise it was all there. A pile off feathers scatterd about but no skin apparent though. So, are ye saying, Mac, that something had broken this birds neck and eaten its skin and a taste of back flesh? Spitting out the feathers? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
macberran 2 Posted April 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Yep Ditch.........its just as I described. Neck broke right back etc, in fact My first thought when peering through the leaves was what would pluck a pheasnt that well and not eat it then I realised the skin was off. I dont think it had been hung for 2wks either and it was still a neat job ! Down the neck too its feet.........no skin, scatterd feathers and a little bit off muscle tissue gone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest manda Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 The local bum looking for a meal lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gsi2000stokie 5 Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Evening all, out mooching tonight and I stuck my nose into the gully down one side off the farm, I had been checking for signs as we've had some boar rooting up in the fields. As I looked about I spotted in the bottom of a hedge feathers and further looking revealed the skinned carcase of a pheasant. The neck waas broken right back and some muscle gone off the back otherwise it was all there. A pile off feathers scatterd about but no skin apparent though. No access to people or dogs the gully is a known badger run and I stay on top off the foxes. Any ideas..weasel,stoat, though like I said the neck and head was right back and broken. It was very fresh. No prints or scats around. YETI! DEFINATLY A YETI Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ditch_Shitter Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Well, that's me buggered, Mack! Closest I can come is that cats are said to push back the skin of smaller prey. The capture by the neck I've certainly heard about and, supposing it to be a mink, was later proven mistaken when a cat was removed from the site. Only an educated stab then but; I wonder if some moggy on the prowl's killed it and then realised it just couldn't be f*cked with eating it? Gone back home for it's Purina? Snareman might be the one to shed some more light on this one? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
macberran 2 Posted April 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 Me too Ditch and thats why put it up here. I thought off mink as theres a good stream 50ft away and the farm cats though as we don't "feed" them they would never never leave a carcase like this so if Snaresman can shed some light it would be welcomed. Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anton 0 Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 reckon it could have been this bloke seems to know what he's doing :clapper: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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