Just Wondering, can someone own ducks?

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Originally Posted by fishinpox

My 0.02
If the lady bought the ducks to let roam freely on public neighborhood property id say they are now free range duck ,does that give your kids the right to torment them within airsoft gun? Prolly not. I killed plenty stuff and shot at plenty stuff with my BB gun as a kid but I also got my arse whooped for shooting at stuff I wadnt supposed to . I have 2 ponds in my neighborhood n I think I'd have to speak up if some kids were shooting at the Ducks with airsoft guns

I agree. I like park ducks.

[keakar]

my uncle used to have a group of ducks like pets, they were free to come and go as they please but they knew they had a good life so they never left. he even built a chicken coup for them with a heater for winter and all was fine up until people started speeding down the road and running them over.

now this was on the lakeshore so its a dirt road by camps but anyway kids driving fast ran over a few of his ducks so he decided to put up a fence to keep the ducks off the road. this wasn't a pen but a fence along the property line like everyone puts up to keep dogs out of their yards.

that's when all hell broke loose and WLF came looking to write up violations of keeping wild game in a pen and all sorts of stupidity. he had to have licenses and tags for them and each one needed a band on its foot identifying it as a pet and not wild, then he had to clip the tail feathers and keep them clipped so they cant fly and have weekly inspections of living conditions, etc. etc. etc. he said screw it and took the fence down and the ducks were on their own. he still had a few months of arguing about it with WLF who wanted the money from all the red tape involved but since they were and are wild he told them literally to go jump in the lake and prove he owned them since he didn't and was only trying to keep them from getting killed. after about a year they stopped showing up randomly looking to catch him with the fence up to write tickets. they (WLF) never gave a damn about protecting the ducks, they just wanted the revenue source.

bottom line is you can keep anything wild as a pet as long as it is free but as soon as you try to protect it with a barrier it becomes captive wild game and you are going to be treated like Osama bin ladin.

as to this lady, im sure she just claims them as hers and sees the kids as pests bothering her babies and she is "claiming" ownership of something you cant own.

["W"]

Keep "your pets on a leash of in a cage "

Roam free "fair game " every duck for themselves


What time is supper ?

[redaddiction]

Stop the kids from shooting at them. That would make all this go away. Would it not?

[jopheso]

just a thought, but if she claims ownership then she could get a ticket for her pets running lose in the neighborhood if she isn't careful

[Paulox86]

Who cares who owns the ducks? It's illegal to shoot them with air soft guns. It's also illegal to shoot at them with air soft guns. Use your head and get those boys done cans to shoot or teach them to be hunters, not outlaws.

[Goooh]

Originally Posted by Paulox86

Who cares who owns the ducks? It's illegal to shoot them with air soft guns. It's also illegal to shoot at them with air soft guns. Use your head and get those boys done cans to shoot or teach them to be hunters, not outlaws.

Wouldn't consider an air soft gun hunting, and don't think a duck would even feel an air soft pellet

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Originally Posted by Goooh

Wouldn't consider an air soft gun hunting, and don't think a duck would even feel an air soft pellet

I've been shot with air soft gun twice. Bled both times, I think it would kill a duck if shot in the head.

[CajunSaint]

They won't be shooting the ducks anymore, but these particular air soft guns would not harm the ducks.

[sparkyc4]

Ducks are cheap, get your own, throw them in your pond, back yard, neighbors front yard...Then let the kids have fun with YOUR ducks

[Paulox86]

Originally Posted by sparkyc4

Ducks are cheap, get your own, throw them in your pond, back yard, neighbors front yard...Then let the kids have fun with YOUR ducks

And find a good place to hide when your neighbors call the law. Cruelty to animals is a big deal. Leave the ducks alone. Raise kids to appreciate wildlife, not terrorize them.

[Goooh]

Originally Posted by Paulox86

And find a good place to hide when your neighbors call the law. Cruelty to animals is a big deal. Leave the ducks alone. Raise kids to appreciate wildlife, not terrorize them.

I raise mine to know that wildlife is dang lucky there are laws in place that keep it existin'