What would do this?

[Tom7227]

A friend found a dead rabbit yesterday and the head was gone. It was a fresh kill. What would do this and leave the carcas?

[Grayfox]

Might be a mink.

Rob

[HunterLee]

i have seen where coyotes do it. depending on where he lives it could be and owl.

[koonie]

Might be a mink.

Rob

I agree with grayfox. seems to be the minks m.o.

[Brownie77]

or a weasel

[Archerysniper]

House cat

[trappingaddiction]

Weasel, mink, or owl.

[Tom7227]

Ok, since darn near every predator has been listed how about another question - why would a critter do this and leave the carcass behind? That's where all the good stuff is and it wasn't touched at all.

[bobbymalone]

+1 for house cat. my cat growing up would only eat the heads from his kills.

was it a full size rabbit?

[Tom7227]

yes

[Archerysniper]

Allright I'm not so sure on house cat anymore I would also like to know what is doing this. I have geese,ducks,turkeys and chickens I'm raising and for the last week every morning when I leave for work thier is one or two dead chickens or turkeys only missing thier heads everything else is left behind. I made some passes through the barn and I'm possitive there are no stray cats around they don't last long in my yard I have not been locking them up in the barn at night and they hang out in the horse pasture but will start locking the up tonight. I'm leaning towards a weasel since it has not taken a goose or duck wich are twice the size.

[HunterLee]

We had an owl in the barn that would do that to the ducks and chickens. We found that out after we found the owl dead with a chicken in its claws, not sure what happened to it, but looked like it either choked or broke its neck on the cable in the barn.

[Nightcrawler]

neighbor lady watched a owl do it

[HC Eye Hunter]

It is the MO of an owl

[icehousebob]

As an old farm boy, I saw many barn cats do that to rabbits. Never could figure out why.

[Fly2day]

chupacabra

[SmilinBob]

My mom and dad had a hawk doing this to the songbirds in their back yard, it is strange. Could always be the old standby: COUGAR!

[RumRiverRat]

ManBearPig?

[Archerysniper]

I got the problem solved it was my nieghbors cat that just had a litter kittens must have been really hungry. I caught it in the pasture yeasterday afternoon stalking a turkey good thing the 870 was on the front seat of the truck.

[DonBo]

I have geese,ducks,turkeys and chickens I'm raising and for the last week every morning when I leave for work thier is one or two dead chickens or turkeys only missing thier heads everything else is left behind.

Any crop circles around?

[Archerysniper]

Nope justs some funny lights in the southern sky