Cripples
 

Here is the situation. You shoot a duck and your dog goes to retreive it. When he gets back the duck is still alive. What is the best way to finish off this duck quickly and effectivly?



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Chris
Detroit, MI

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RE: Cripples
 

hold the duck by the body and strike its head against something , or theres a tool you can buy to finish wounded ducks

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A quick bite to the head just to the rear of the eye is fast and effective.

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RING THE NECK

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Grab it by the neck and just start windmilling it untill you feel the neck snap.

Save the sport. Take a kid hunting twice and hook them for life!!!

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***Check your local laws for legality, nor do I condone this but I've heard...***

Tie decoy line to its foot and an anchor and put it in your spread as a caller!

j/k

Ring the neck.



Jerry
DE Duck Hunter

RE: Cripples
 

Defintely. Break the neck.

Southernduck
13 years of age
North Carolina waterfowl hunter

RE: Cripples
 

No question, wring the neck and keep going until you feel it snap otherwise the duck is in more pain.

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drgildy, i thought you were kidding about the quick bite to the head, i even laughed out loud, but then i was watching the Outdoor Channel and saw a duck hunter do that exact thing. i couldn't believe it!
I hunt and have taken my share of game but to finish one off with my mouth, now that takes some Brass Cojones.

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Wringing the neck can result in fatal neurologic trauma but it is often not a nice, tidy process. If even a minimal amount of cerebellar function remains and if the spinal cord is not severed then the bird might still breathe and could remain alive. To dispatch a bird efficiently one would do better to disrupt the oxygen delivery system. Notice that the birds you kill cleanly all have significant trauma to the oxygen delivery apparatus i.e., heart/lung damage. I suggest you put a heavy-duty plastic wire-tie (the kind used on electrical wires) around the neck and cinch it down tight. Then roll the bird up in a spare piece of camo etc. to keep it from flapping all over the place. Quick, neat, easy.

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A friend who is a taxidermist has given me a list of what he needs to finish his showroom collection, he also gave me a finishing nail on a handle. You stick the finishing nail into the back of the head and through the skull. Its instant and you dont wreck the bird if there is a possibility of having it mounted.

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Ring the NECK.
but I like Swamp thing's idea for possible mounts.
Ringing the neck does to much damage.

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bite the head just behind the eyes

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Have someone yell pull then throw it real hard! I eat all my birds so I prefer the sharp blow to the back of the head but is messy sometimes.