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Post by squirrelhunter on Sept 29, 2016 10:26:57 GMT -5
Yesterday evening I went out to put our 3 ducks in for the night like I always do and found that they had all been run over. I had put duck crossing signs up because fencing our entire property in is not something I could do money and work wise if even possible. I had already lost 1 to a predator but to run over 3 ducks and not even stop to tell the owner is just inexcusable. The speed limit through here is only 30 mph but people fly through here in excess of 45 mph all the time. I tried to train them to not cross the road but after 2 months I gave up. Maybe putting up a deaf child sign would help.I don't know.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2016 10:32:22 GMT -5
Sorry to hear. There are so many inexcusable drivers these days.
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Post by bill9068 on Sept 29, 2016 14:09:58 GMT -5
Jackwads, my wife lost 2 small dogs over the last 5 years due to speeders. So sorry.
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Post by steiny on Sept 29, 2016 14:15:46 GMT -5
Anytime it's wet, my neighbors ducks are out in the road and ditch, surprised they haven't been run over yet.
I kind of enjoy seeing them out there playing around.
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Post by GS1 on Sept 29, 2016 14:25:31 GMT -5
It sucks to ever loose an animal for any reason. I hit a dog while driving through town one night about 20 years ago. I pulled into a parking lot and was met by 2 guys and 2 women who ended up doing $1500 worth of damage to my vehicle before I could pull away. The same thing happened to my brother when he stopped at the house from where a dog, that he hit, came out of the yard.
I lost a dog and the person that hit it didn't stop, but I will say that unless I know the people I will never stop again.
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Post by featherduster on Sept 29, 2016 15:13:23 GMT -5
I tend to agree with GS1 I wouldn't stop either unless I knew the owner or the animal was injured and I could lend assistance.
If an animal wanders out into the roadway it's the owners fault for not training or containing the animal(s).
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Post by squirrelhunter on Sept 29, 2016 16:27:24 GMT -5
It sucks to ever loose an animal for any reason. I hit a dog while driving through town one night about 20 years ago. I pulled into a parking lot and was met by 2 guys and 2 women who ended up doing $1500 worth of damage to my vehicle before I could pull away. The same thing happened to my brother when he stopped at the house from where a dog, that he hit, came out of the yard. I lost a dog and the person that hit it didn't stop, but I will say that unless I know the people I will never stop again. Yeah you've got a point there,I just wish I could afford to fence in the yard or train them to stay off the road which is probably about impossible. I've got 2 neighbors with ducks that don't have the problem but they're a little farther from the road too. I'll have to check into some stuff. |
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Post by bullseye69 on Sept 29, 2016 17:29:32 GMT -5
My parent's used to raise ducks ,geese ,chickens and turkeys, they had 86 acres to roam on , with a pond and small watering hole, but insisted on being in the road instead.
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Post by span870 on Sept 29, 2016 17:46:43 GMT -5
More than likely they are on the road to get grit for their gizzard. Make sure they have plenty where you feed them.
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Post by bullseye69 on Sept 29, 2016 20:16:55 GMT -5
More than likely they are on the road to get grit for their gizzard. Make sure they have plenty where you feed them. We used to put crushed oyster shells in the food also, to help replenish their calcium, for when they lay eggs and we had a fine crushed gravel driveway. Was no need to go their for grit. |
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Post by nfalls116 on Sept 29, 2016 20:21:24 GMT -5
Fowl and roads it's been the subject of mystery for years. Seems to me that alot of animal are attracted to the roadways. Especially ones who could survive their whole lives without ever crossing into the roadway.
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Post by ms660 on Sept 29, 2016 20:59:27 GMT -5
Hate it that your ducks got killed, but in reality your lucky that whoever hit them didn't stop and want the name of your insurance company for turning in a claim for any damages that they caused to their car-truck, or worse a motor cycle rider, that could have gotten real bad for you if they caused any physical harm by causing them to wreck by being on a public road.
I was on a motor cycle one time going down a county road not over 40 mph and a dove that was along the side of the road flew up and hit me in the chest and I about lost control. If it had hit me in the face it would probably knocked me out cold. I would hate for it to have been a mallard.
I hit a hen turkey once going 60 mph down a highway, it shattered my windshield and the dead turkey was stuck in the hole it made in the windshield. I liked to never got all the feathers out of my truck, that wasn't a fun trip either. Glad it was on the passenger side without any passengers and not the drivers side.
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Post by johnc911 on Sept 30, 2016 6:05:26 GMT -5
Agreed i would not stop if i hit ducks in the road and expect them to have an "owner" however i would have stopped to see if they were banded !!
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Post by featherduster on Sept 30, 2016 6:09:35 GMT -5
Agreed i would not stop if i hit ducks in the road and expect them to have an "owner" however i would have stopped to see if they were banded !! The sign of a true duck hunter.  |
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Post by MuzzleLoader on Sept 30, 2016 8:23:31 GMT -5
I take ducks from the local 4 h kids don't want anymore. They are usually squashed on the road, or a smear in the field from coyotes or foxes or headless from an owl. Our 4h is in August and they are all gone already. They don't last long.
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Post by squirrelhunter on Sept 30, 2016 10:29:39 GMT -5
Agreed i would not stop if i hit ducks in the road and expect them to have an "owner" however i would have stopped to see if they were banded !! I don't see how they could not know they had an "owner",they were domestic ducks and I have "duck crossing" signs up on both sides of my house,they were hit only 30 yards passed the 1 sign. I did a little looking and found out it will only cost 2-300 dollars to fence in about 1/2 of my yard,just won't have the money until tax time. |
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Post by esshup on Oct 1, 2016 8:30:57 GMT -5
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Post by squirrelhunter on Oct 1, 2016 9:30:11 GMT -5
That's about what I had in mind except I can find the fence for $15-$25 a roll at Tractor Supply, Home Depot,Rural King,Walmart etc.and was going to use regular metal fence posts instead of fiberglass and cut the fence in 1/2 to make a 3 1/2' fence instead of 18". I only spend $7 a month on their food,1-50 lb. bag of cracked corn last them over a month,course since I'm going to be fencing them in I'll need to get grit for them now too,I have some now that'll last awhile. With us being on disability we barely get by as it is,that's why I said it'll have to wait until tax time. The way I figure it the fence will be roughly 600' long and I'll need about 50 posts and 3 gates wide enough to drive the truck through or at least the lawn mower,which I'll have to make out of something. I'll check into the fiberglass posts,I just didn't figure they would be very sturdy and would be able to tighten the fence up much and with it being a flimsy mesh,figured I'd need to tighten it as much as I could. I like the twine idea for tightening of the top,I was wondering how easy it would be to keep it from drooping,if I have trouble I'll do that,I think I have a bunch already. |
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Post by esshup on Oct 1, 2016 10:25:48 GMT -5
That's about what I had in mind except I can find the fence for $15-$25 a roll at Tractor Supply, Home Depot,Rural King,Walmart etc.and was going to use regular metal fence posts instead of fiberglass and cut the fence in 1/2 to make a 3 1/2' fence instead of 18". I only spend $7 a month on their food,1-50 lb. bag of cracked corn last them over a month,course since I'm going to be fencing them in I'll need to get grit for them now too,I have some now that'll last awhile. With us being on disability we barely get by as it is,that's why I said it'll have to wait until tax time. The way I figure it the fence will be roughly 600' long and I'll need about 50 posts and 3 gates wide enough to drive the truck through or at least the lawn mower,which I'll have to make out of something. I'll check into the fiberglass posts,I just didn't figure they would be very sturdy and would be able to tighten the fence up much and with it being a flimsy mesh,figured I'd need to tighten it as much as I could. I like the twine idea for tightening of the top,I was wondering how easy it would be to keep it from drooping,if I have trouble I'll do that,I think I have a bunch already. You get your strength from the corner posts. I'd use "T" posts with another short one and a diagonal brace. All the tension is applied at the corners, that's why they have to be the strongest of the posts. Search the internet for proper ways to construct braced corner posts. It's not just pounding a post into the ground, you have to brace it against pulling when you tighten the fence to keep it from sagging. |
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Post by squirrelhunter on Oct 1, 2016 11:44:17 GMT -5
That's about what I had in mind except I can find the fence for $15-$25 a roll at Tractor Supply, Home Depot,Rural King,Walmart etc.and was going to use regular metal fence posts instead of fiberglass and cut the fence in 1/2 to make a 3 1/2' fence instead of 18". I only spend $7 a month on their food,1-50 lb. bag of cracked corn last them over a month,course since I'm going to be fencing them in I'll need to get grit for them now too,I have some now that'll last awhile. With us being on disability we barely get by as it is,that's why I said it'll have to wait until tax time. The way I figure it the fence will be roughly 600' long and I'll need about 50 posts and 3 gates wide enough to drive the truck through or at least the lawn mower,which I'll have to make out of something. I'll check into the fiberglass posts,I just didn't figure they would be very sturdy and would be able to tighten the fence up much and with it being a flimsy mesh,figured I'd need to tighten it as much as I could. I like the twine idea for tightening of the top,I was wondering how easy it would be to keep it from drooping,if I have trouble I'll do that,I think I have a bunch already. You get your strength from the corner posts. I'd use "T" posts with another short one and a diagonal brace. All the tension is applied at the corners, that's why they have to be the strongest of the posts. Search the internet for proper ways to construct braced corner posts. It's not just pounding a post into the ground, you have to brace it against pulling when you tighten the fence to keep it from sagging. Will do. |
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