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Justin Snyder:
Just to clarify, western song dogs will kill a healthy doe. I have seen it and I have seen them kill a whole flock of sheep. They don't usually pack up like the eastern dogs do, but in the late fall it isn't unusual to see a pair with several grown pups out hunting together. Whether she was sick or healthy I don't know, but I would wager on the dogs being the ones eating her.

Pat B:
All of the evidence is in a relatively small area. Our only other big predators are black bears and there is a cougar in the general area. This mature doe was brought down and eaten in a manner a pack of dogs(coyotes) would have done and not a lone bear or cat...and not coverde like a cat would do. It is surprising that the "crime scene" isn't bigger than it is and that more hair wasn't scattered around. It all came down pretty quickly.
  We have been below freezing since we found her but after tonight it will be getting warmer with rain coming in. I think more activity will happen as the "smell" factor increases. I'll check the trail cam in the morning and see what has been visiting. I know Lucy Brown will be in at least a few pics.  ;D  She sure has been acting funny at night lately with lots of barking and howling.

Pat B:
I went to check the trail cam and crime scene this morning. It was obvious that the scene was tampered with last night...41 pics on the cam.  :o When I checked the settings on the cam it showed it would take pics every 30 seconds so I have changed that to every 2 minutes. Here are a few of the pics with a few culprits...

Pat B:
The first pic is my lab Lucy Brown. She likes fresh venison.  ;D  Lucy is 55# so you can compare her size with the coyote. Looks like the crows and a buzzard were enjoying the feast also. In a few of the coyote pics you could see more eyes shining in the background.

Hillbilly:
Here are a few trail cam pics of eastern yotes taking on adult deer. I got these from another forum. The first three are a series of two yotes taking down a spike buck at a feeder. A spike buck in this area usually will weigh about 110 lbs. average. You can see the size of the yotes. Doesn't look like they had much trouble catching it, and there isn't any deep snow there. The fourth is an unrelated pic of a yote chasing an adult deer. A large percentage of the coyote scat I find has deer hair in it.

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