New method of killing crippled ducks

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A few weeks ago I went to a farm to buy some domestic ducks for the Delta Waterfowl Youth Day, for teaching purposes. The farmer killed them for me by holding them behind the wings with one hand and pulling on their head with the other hand, killing them quickly and cleanly. I was quite impressed and I thought that this might be a better method than "spinning" a cripple - because they would hang better in the game-strap and make for better pictures. This morning, my lab Ruby fetched a lively cripple for me, so I explained to my hunting buddy ("Take'em") how I was going to teach him this new method of killing cripples that I learned from a duck farmer. To quote myself: "It will make for much better pictures than twisted broken necks". Now I'm not so sure. You decide............
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Here you go! lol!
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-DW
 
I usually just grab them by the head and whip them downward letting their weight break their neck.

Although your method looks very effective! :p
 
Picture of the day.... nay, week.
I've never understood why so many people try to kill birds by 'twisting' necks... Birds necks are designed to twist! Quick tug or a single well placed chop with a straight axe is how I was raised. I think you pulled a little too hard, I'd hate to see what you'd do to a chicken with an axe! :p
 
Nice Black. Been years since I've shot one of those. I dispatch cripples by putting the neck between my index finger and my thumb. One quick spin and the neck snapps like a twig.

When I was a kid we would hunt with this old Brittish fellow. He would kill cripples by pressing down on the back and chest of the bird. This would suffocate them in 20-30 seconds. No snapped neck and they would hang nice on the game strap

Another method is to grasp the wounded duck by the body and swing it against a stout limb of canoe gunnell hitting the back just where the wings attatch. Neck is severed near the head for an instant kill.
 
Yeah, cervical dislocation takes a bit of a knack... but it truly is better to OVER do it like you did than to UNDER do it. At least overdoing it is quick, whereas underdoing it is painful and ineffective.

Take it from a guy who's done over 6,000 proper CD's on research poultry...

-M
 
I bite the head, bang it off the gunwale of the boat or -- in the case of birds for mounting -- just sit on them. Never got the whole 'twirly bird' thing. Not really effective and the head occasionally pops off, spoiling the pics.
 
1895GS said:
Can someone explain what is going on to a non-hunter?
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'Spinning' is a way of finishing off wounded birds. You grab them by the head and spin the body, breaking their necks and killing them quickly and painlessly. Downside is, broken necks are obvious in pics and cause trouble if you hang your birds by the neck later to carry them home or to age. The OP saw a farmer do a cervical dislocation (a different way of breaking a neck where you pull the body one way and the head the other) and thought it would be a superior technique to spinning. The picture shows that its not a foolproof technique.......:redface:

(in case you are truly confused- the red stick in the picture is the birds spinal column that is separated from the head)
 
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