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[Livin2hunt]

We haven't seen on camera or signs of any flipping yotes anywhere all summer. This was last night. Didn't take long to get him down. I just picked a few pics from the reel.

 

[tahtah]

Wow!

 

[bowhunterfanatic]

Nature sure can be cruel. Do you think that buck was otherwise healthy? I didn't think they'd target a healthy buck very often?

 

[Livin2hunt]

Nature sure can be cruel. Do you think that buck was otherwise healthy? I didn't think they'd target a healthy buck very often?

First time I've actually saw this buck so really not sure. They may have ran him from another farm i would imagine. I'll have to get that carcass away from there this afternoon or that smell will draw them in for miles.

 

[jman 125]

First time I've actually saw this buck so really not sure. They may have ran him from another farm i would imagine. I'll have to get that carcass away from there this afternoon or that smell will draw them in for miles.

Some well placed leg holds before you move the carcass would help with that little problem

 

[Bucket]

Buck looks like he's skin and bones to me, but it just might be the angle.

 

[Livin2hunt]

Buck looks like he's skin and bones to me, but it just might be the angle.

He may be. Ive got better pics of the song dogs than I do of the deer.

 

[wcw280]

Nature being nature. Everything has to eat

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Buck looks like he's skin and bones to me, but it just might be the angle.

Same thoughts

 

[backyardtndeer]

That sucks, I hate coyotes. Kill every rotten one of em I can.

 

[TIGGREM2]

Wow ! Thats crazy ! I would be setting up taking out coyotes asap ! If they're around now they will be back again !

 

[PickettSFHunter]

I think they take out a lot more than we realize.

 

[Gravey]

That's a bummer!

 

[Ski]

Anybody who thinks coyotes don't take down adult deer are flat out wrong. They absolutely do and it happens far more often than just sometimes. All that yelping and howling is rallying the troops for a big item hunt. They don't make that noise for rabbits. Every time I hear a coyote frenzy I assume another deer is dying soon.

 

[killingtime 41]

They kill the weak or dying first. But they will indeed kill mature deer. I've always just figured they probably wouldn't go through the trouble to kill a mature deer buck or doe. Unless the area is becoming low on rabbits and small game. It's easier for them and less of a chance of one getting injured to kill small game. But sick deer are just as easy also.

 

[Livin2hunt]

.... and the clean up crew arrives for the scraps

 

[megalomaniac]

99% of folks underestimate what coyotes are capable of, especially coordinated in packs. They dont just take the old/ weak/ sick/ injured.

They are a non-native invasive species (in the southeast). Take the gloves off and do whatever it takes to eradicate them.

 

[Ski]

99% of folks underestimate what coyotes are capable of, especially coordinated in packs. They dont just take the old/ weak/ sick/ injured.

They are a non-native invasive species (in the southeast). Take the gloves off and do whatever it takes to eradicate them.

I whole heartedly agree on both accounts. They don't belong here. They're not natural predators to the area. And they shouldn't be accepted as such.

 

[Livin2hunt]

Mega is spot on! Had a buddy get his feet strapped in his climber one morning before daylight and a pack came up on him and he panicked and fell backwards hanging there upside down at the bottom of the tree. Somehow he got an arrow and was poking it at them and finally ran them off. After a broke rib and a bloody nose he made it back to camp. Didn't have phones then. He quit hunting not to long after that. They don't discriminate if there is enough of them to trap you. I'll ruin a hunt if I have to lay one out in a heartbeat!.

 

[quackaholic]

Anybody who thinks coyotes don't take down adult deer are flat out wrong. They absolutely do and it happens far more often than just sometimes. All that yelping and howling is rallying the troops for a big item hunt. They don't make that noise for rabbits. Every time I hear a coyote frenzy I assume another deer is dying soon.

I think the game managers and wildlife professionals go by data on the western coyotes to tell us they only take the weakest deer. The fact is, that eastern coyotes have a tendency to hunt in packs, more akin to wolves. We witnessed this years ago in Natchez Trace. We had very few coyotes in east tn at the time, but watched as a pack of 4 chasing a healthy 6 point buck. They would break off the chase to lose along as one would keep up the pressure. Then another would until they wore him down. I have watched as many as 7 do similarly here in the eastern portion. So they do in fact take more deer than we think.

 

[MUP]

I think I'd be hunting yotes this year before anything else.

 

[BSK]

I've got plenty of trail-cam videos of 'yotes chasing adult deer, usually in food plots or other open areas (powerline ROWs).

 

[Planking]

I've found deer that they have killed more than once. The last one was a real nice 8 point. It's what motivated me to learn to trap and that will fix them.

 

[Lt.Dan]

More than once, I've found deer they have killed. The last one was a real nice 8 point. It's what motivated me to learn to trap and that will fix them.

How did they kill a deer more than once?

I fixed it for you. Sorry, the grammer police have been slacking lately.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

I've got plenty of trail-cam videos of 'yotes chasing adult deer, usually in food plots or other open areas (powerline ROWs).

Yep - almost on a weekly basis

 

[tellico4x4]

Some well placed leg holds before you move the carcass would help with that little problem

Could easily get multiple catches too

 

[Bucket]

Sorry, the grammer police have been slacking lately.

I hear they're getting as bad as the spelling police....

 

[jman 125]

Could easily get multiple catches too

Absolutely start close and move out accordingly always caught 7 or 8 and doubles a lot of times

 

[MFDfire15]

That's a damn shame. Hope you get every mangy one of them