What killed my duck?

[ChickenObsession]

I'm heartbroken over the loss today of my Pekin duck, Penelope. She died a horrible death down at the creek behind our house. Can anyone tell me what got her from the pictures I've attached (warning: these are disturbing pictures)

 

[ChickenObsession]

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

Dog, coyote, bobcat. Could be loads of larger animals. Definitely not a raccoon or opossum. Where do you live? That could determine what could have done it.

 

[ChickenObsession]

We live in Arkansas in the Ozarks

 

[ChickenObsession]

Do you think it was like a hawk ? She was down at the creek run around 1 to 5 this afternoon to this evening I feel really sad because I kept thinking I should go get them it was her friend Myrtle it Cayuga duck and she is a peaking there about 1 years old Myrtle survived the reason I looked around for Penelope because when I went outside to feed the chickens this evening Myrtle comes running down the pasture towards the house looking really afraid without Penelope and I knew something was wrong when I went to look for Penelope it was still daylight when we found Penelope dead on the gravel bar down at the creek she was found across the creek from where she usually go swimming not that far

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

Could have been a hawk that killed it and something else ate the innards. A opossum can’t kill a full grown duck but it will eat the innards.

 

[ChickenObsession]

I thought opossums are up usually at night and hide in the daytime you don't see them around in the daytime very much and I also thought that Hawks will eat the innards of a bird tip the reason I'm writing this is because Penelope was killed in the daytime

 

[MissChick@dee]

So sorry for your loss. A horrible experience.
What ever got her had time to stay and eat. I really couldn’t guess but I’m thinking way larger than a hawk. Doesn’t look like a hawk kill to me. So sorry

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

We’ve had opossums move about in the twilight. I think a hawk killed it and was scared off while eating the breast. Probably was left for a wanderin critter.

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

So sorry for your loss. A horrible experience.
What ever got her had time to stay and eat. I really couldn’t guess but I’m thinking way larger than a hawk. Doesn’t look like a hawk kill to me. So sorry

Probably a hawk killed it but something scavenged it up. Seen it before since hawks are pretty intimidated by larger animals.