Can one lone coyote take down a full sized deer??

[bessiedog]

Got a deerkill right out behind my house, and the only thing comin to it seems to be the lone coyote. And the crows....
He's a biggun.

I just about popped him, but the damn dog put the run on him!

Hiked around this evening and found signs of bear turning rocks looking for munchiez, but no sign that I can see of him feeding at the kill.

Could have been a cougar kill I suppose, but the carcase isn't buried/covered.

All this fun within 100yards of my back door .

Any ideas?

[BGSH]

Originally Posted by bessiedog

Got a deerkill right out behind my house, and the only thing comin to it seems to be the lone coyote. And the crows....
He's a biggun.

I just about popped him, but the damn dog put the run on him!

Hiked around this evening and found signs of bear turning rocks looking for munchiez, but no sign that I can see of him feeding at the kill.

Could have been a cougar kill I suppose, but the carcase isn't buried/covered.

All this fun within 100yards of my back door .

Any ideas?

Sounds like fun take some photos

[TreeGuy]

How close is the road, Bessie? Could it have been clipped by a car and then scavanged?

Easiest answer.

However, snow conditions matter alot too. If the loners can stay atop the crust of a deep snow when the deer cannot, they're easy pickings.

Have you been watching Frozen Planet? There's footage of a pair of wolves taking out a good sized yearling bison. Anything is possible.

[leeaspell]

I don't see why it couldn't. A coyote can take down a healthy human if it wanted, who's to say this deer wasn't sick or weak from a disease or injury

[blackpheasant]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BZ_f...e_gdata_player

I think the yotes better back off sholud they come across this bad boy...

[bessiedog]

Nope, it's got to be a kill, ... Or maybe your right... It's about 150 yards from the road, I suppose it could have got clipped and zipped that far into the bush.
It's in some pretty thick stuff, right along the Frank Slide if you know the area.

That's very plausible. Good idea.

I get real paranoidy when I figure a cougar is around. Kids and cats... ... Not cool.


Which is also why all my kids know how to load and fire all my guns.

[C Taylor]

you bet they can. seen a healthy mule doe taken down by one big coyote that might of had some dog in him, he was darker and larger than normal. flatened a large area of crop but did kill the deer.

[pikergolf]

Yup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RTxAjhYFQs

[JohninAB]

Yes have seen a lone coyote run down a deer and have the deer by the windpipe before I intervened.

[Acesneights]

Yep on two occasions I've seen a two mule buck taken down by coyotes.Both situations I seen one coyote hamstring the deer then take it down and a few minutes later another coyote came out of now where and fed on the prize. My guess is they where working in a team.

[Big Daddy Badger]

Originally Posted by bessiedog

Got a deerkill right out behind my house, and the only thing comin to it seems to be the lone coyote. And the crows....
He's a biggun.

I just about popped him, but the damn dog put the run on him!

Hiked around this evening and found signs of bear turning rocks looking for munchiez, but no sign that I can see of him feeding at the kill.

Could have been a cougar kill I suppose, but the carcase isn't buried/covered.

All this fun within 100yards of my back door .

Any ideas?

I'd keep the dog locked up, push the easy boy outside and set up with a yote rifle.

[Lonnie]

Originally Posted by bdarling

Yep on two occasions I've seen a two mule buck taken down by coyotes.Both situations I seen one coyote hamstring the deer then take it down and a few minutes later another coyote came out of now where and fed on the prize. My guess is they where working in a team.

you must be lucky I've only seen where one coyote took down a small 3point white tail by its self, once in alot of years wondering though the bush but like you said it just kept on taking pieces out of the back end of it untill it cuold not stand on all 4,s cuold have been from the lose of so much blood or muscle damage.after I scared off the coyote I shot the deer but before I seen this I wuold not have believed that a coyote wuold be capable of taking down a deer by itself, unless he got it out on the ice or in deep snow or where he have a big advantage, but the one I seen was on nice level hard pact gruond in early sept. first few days of hunting season.

[waterninja]

i'd put my money on the deer anyday,unless it was sick, crippled or going down anyways. i do agree that strange things can happen in nature.

[winged1]

Originally Posted by waterninja

i'd put my money on the deer anyday,unless it was sick, crippled or going down anyways. i do agree that strange things can happen in nature.

x2

Deer can give a nasty kick that would break a coyotes' jaw. Don't be messin with a healthy deer. One that's been compromised by injury/illness, that's a different story, let the attack begin.

[fish gunner]

I believe a yote can run a deer to collapse. yote gets the deer to sprint every time it sees the yote and the yote just keeps a canter which I believe the can maintain for hours. eventually the deer can run no further. then just just a matter of time. if the deer stands its ground from the get go a single yote will give up most times to find easier prey.

[bessiedog]

I could probably get yote with my 22LR, (which of course i'd never thing of doing cause of location......)

I think I'd cause a stir if i took olw wiley with my 7mmrm..... CHOOM!

[dogpound]

Dont think so, unless injured or very sick.

They do follow the Does in the late spring waiting for the fawns to drop.