Do Coyotes Kill/Hunt Small Fawns?

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Do Coyotes Kill/Hunt Small Fawns?

Unread postby Stanley » Sat Aug 12, 2017 4:35 am

Got this picture on a camera pull.

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Re: Do Coyotes Kill/Hunt Small Fawns?

Unread postby Dewey » Sat Aug 12, 2017 4:40 am

They sure do. First few days before they can run is likely when they are most vulnerable. As many as I have walked up on during that time I'm sure many yotes have as well. Easy pickings when they won't even run away.
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Re: Do Coyotes Kill/Hunt Small Fawns?

Unread postby Boogieman1 » Sat Aug 12, 2017 4:59 am

Yotes are really bad in my area cause nobody hunts them. Looks like they get 1 out of every 3 fawns. I do what I can but usually they wise up pretty quick to my calls and I can't set snares or traps do to catching the locals dogs.
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Re: Do Coyotes Kill/Hunt Small Fawns?

Unread postby Killemquietly » Sat Aug 12, 2017 5:02 am

Like a fat kid on a piece of cake!!!
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Re: Do Coyotes Kill/Hunt Small Fawns?

Unread postby Kybowhunter » Sat Aug 12, 2017 5:05 am

Decent coyote populations around me but still see good numbers of fawns. Hay season is probably the biggest killer in my area.
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Re: Do Coyotes Kill/Hunt Small Fawns?

Unread postby WV Bowhunter » Sat Aug 12, 2017 5:14 am

Neat picture, hate to see them getting fawns but nature will go on and deer are on more than just our dinner plate.
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Re: Do Coyotes Kill/Hunt Small Fawns?

Unread postby cbay » Sat Aug 12, 2017 5:24 am

Coyotes are a serious threat until the fawns can run well. After that i've watched them playing in a field acting frisky and actually chase the coyotes around. lol
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Re: Do Coyotes Kill/Hunt Small Fawns?

Unread postby wkpjs » Sat Aug 12, 2017 5:25 am

I recently did business with a retired WDNR study Biologist. He said at one point they had a trail cam over a den of pups and there were over 10 fawns brought back to that den.
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Re: Do Coyotes Kill/Hunt Small Fawns?

Unread postby Dewey » Sat Aug 12, 2017 5:26 am

wkpjs wrote:I recently did business with a retired WDNR study Biologist. He said at one point they had a trail cam over a den of pups and there were over 10 fawns brought back to that den.

Wow. No better proof than that. :o
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Re: Do Coyotes Kill/Hunt Small Fawns?

Unread postby daveynewman » Sat Aug 12, 2017 5:29 am

time to add that yote to the hitlist lol
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Re: Do Coyotes Kill/Hunt Small Fawns?

Unread postby Stanley » Sat Aug 12, 2017 5:35 am

daveynewman wrote:time to add that yote to the hitlist lol

I found a dead yote at a water hole. I hope he choked on that fawn.
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Re: Do Coyotes Kill/Hunt Small Fawns?

Unread postby wkpjs » Sat Aug 12, 2017 5:46 am

I should also add that any Biologist (Bronson Stickland, Kip Adams, Grant Woods) that I have done an interview with said that the single largest source of predation on fawns is coyotes. Not that those guys are the end all be all but they certainly know their stuff as they have all done research that proved it.
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Re: Do Coyotes Kill/Hunt Small Fawns?

Unread postby Greg4579 » Sat Aug 12, 2017 7:48 am

The PA biologists have a blog and did a series on "Who's eating bambi". They were recently featured on the Open Air Project podcast and discussed this a little. They are vulnerable as fawns, but in their data I think they only ever had 2 adults killed by them.
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Re: Do Coyotes Kill/Hunt Small Fawns?

Unread postby Whitetailaddict » Sat Aug 12, 2017 8:10 am

Definitely do. Pretty cool trail pic...not what you want to see but cool.
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Re: Do Coyotes Kill/Hunt Small Fawns?

Unread postby Jackson Marsh » Sat Aug 12, 2017 8:29 am

That's a cool picture to capture on TC. Not what a hunter wants to see, but yote gotta eat too.....be nice if they stuck with mice.


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