if nothing else, it will give him a location and a signature so if he sees it again, he can start to connect the dots. Good job! Jeff is a pretty good guy.

That IS disgusting...I'd love to bust those people in the act. Hard to believe.

Any time we've crossed paths I have found him to be very pleasant and respectful. Two very difficult attributes to hold on to when you're an officer of the law.

I know he has earned my respect and appreciation.

Bob

goll damnit anyhow! if you kill it grill it!!!!!!!

Now I'm feeling really foolish.

Today I decided to check out that pile of carcasses I found last Thursday. There's nothing there but a few feathers, maybe a cape. I suppose my dog has been into them since she was with me when I found them the first time but I have another theory that bothers me even more.

On the edge of the road right where those birds were I also found a part of one of those flags that the county uses to mark washout or culverts. I'm now suspecting the possibility that those who left those birds there also may have left that flag there too to mark the spot. I wonder if maybe some hunters over-filled their limit and stashed the birds there to pick them up later after bringing a "legal" limit home.

If I'm right then I am a fool for not reporting it sooner. The CO could have been watching for someone to return and retrieve the birds.

I may have messed this one up.

The only other explanation might be that the CO picked some up for evidence but I don't know what that would serve.

Bob

Ah, dont beat yourself up. Live and learn. It is doubtful they would have been caught. But be vigilant, now that you are aware of the issue, you can be on the lookout and maybe catch someone in the act. Jeff is now aware of it as well.

On my farm during the night I have lost lots of chickens after dark ducks also all that was missing were the heads. there are owls in my woods so we expect that they were responsible. Any ideas on that therory?

1 of the main reasons I enjoy hunting is I appreciate wild game an enjoy havin a good meal of it after a sucessful shoot.Weather it be pheas,duck,geese,deer etc. Case in pt EAT WHAT YA TAKE!!

I've heard of mink & weasles doing that.Just taking the head especially mink I believe they like the crunch.

I was thinking owls as well. People often jump to conclusions, thinking the worst, when there are often other explanations. Why would a hunter cut the heads off and leave the bodies? Making a necklace? It just doesn't make sense. Could be any sort of animal out there, just a wierd coincidence maybe. Owls and hawks are among other things that would only eat the heads.

The part about them all being roosters and all gathered in one location doesn't support the predator theory. A predator won't be descriminatory about taking only roosters. While some, like wolves and coyotes, may try to hide their catch, I don't think I've ever heard where they will create any kind of storage pile. Even if they did, I suspect they would try to hide it by covering their kill with leaves, sticks, and other debris and it wouldn't likely be in a road ditch. Too much activity and too much out in the open.

That's my opinion.

Bob

Oh yes. The heads were removed on most of them but they weren't gone. All the body parts were right there in the pile. Weird is all I can think.

I've been seeing big bachelor groups of roosters here in Northfield lately. The Arbs of both Olaf and Carleton are full of these groups of roosters with no hens. So it's possible that single gender groups are down there as well and subject to a preditor.

As an aside, no hunting is allowed in the arbs and I have noticed a much higher ratio of roosters to hens on my walks. The roosters push the hens out of good cover exposing them to predation and the elements. So shoot those roosters and we will have more birds total for the following year.

I have a cat that gets out no matter how hard I try to block the door. Everynight she comes home with a present to leave on the door step with its head chewed off, but she never leaves the guts in a pile.

On ocassion I will breast a pheasant that is shot up bad in the back and remove the legs leaving a whole looking carcass. Sometimes the guts hanging out. I have also dumped the carcasses back on my farm for the animals to clean up rather than leave them in the hotel garbage. Someone looking at this practice from a far or coming opon the pile might think it looks fishy.

My vote leans toward human intervention, but you never know. Hans

Aliens

Maybe they got carried away when ringin there necks, I know that is my best way to take out a bird that is still alive. I have removed a head or 2 in my day. That would be my thought on it.