Monday, December 12, 2011
A friend sent me this sequence of "stills" that allegedly depicts two Louisiana Coyotes attacking, killing and eating a male White tail Deer...Fully antlered in Fall plumage, it seems an unlikely occurrence for just two coyotes to be able to disable and kill a healthy buck in prime condition..........So, might the deer in the pictures below be ill or hampered in some way????.........Might these Louisiana canids be remnant Red Wolves and somewhat larger than western coyotes?.............Or, is it one of the occasions where in fact like a bobcat ambushing an adult deer, two formidable coyotes were relentless in their hunger and successfully tag-teamed this deer into submission?................Why didn't those antlers and hoofs knock out or injure either coyote?............Only two in the equation and not a pack of 4, 6 or 8............Why didn't the deer flee and outrun the coyotes?..........Was he caught in too tight a maze of trees and underbrush to go into high gear?..........Thoughts from you readers please
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I'm not too sure this was a Louisiana incident. I've seen this set of pics 'do the rounds' on several La. hunting sites though, complete with all the negative coyotes comments, but I think I remember it not originating in La. (I could be wrong here). The yotes/coydogs don't look over 25-30 lbs to me.
Lots of unanswered questions with these pics! I'm guessing this buck must have been sick or injured to begin with....no two coyotes are going to get a healthy mature deer down without getting hurt themselves. Possible that a pack ran the deer with fresh dogs joining the chase as the deer tired? I have heard of wolves using this strategy, anyway. If a definite location was known for these images, I'd also look into whether there had been a drought or something, as maybe the area was suffering from a round of Bluetongue, which is an insect-transmitted hemorraghic fever that affects deer and other related animals during prolonged drought. The last time we had it here, all you had to do was watch for the turkey vultures and go check out the dead deer they were dining on. I think I found over 9 dead just by myself alone.
Looks like possibly the coyotes have already severed a tendon on the buck's hind leg...which might help explain the animal just standing there and not fleeing.
Very odd situation.
Thanks guys for checking in with your commentary..........A friend thought it could also be Texas locale.............This entire part of the world has indeed suffered 100 year droughts this past Summer.........and prolonged decade long dryness.....Perhaps, various diseases taking hold in the deer herds leading to increased vulnerability.......
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