COBUK
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I would like to ask you guys experience regarding lion killed deer. I am assuming that mountain lions kill deer ( or elk ) by clamping down on the deer's throat and choking them to death by collapsing the windpipe with their jaws. I am assuming that if you caped out a fresh lion kill you would find puncture marks underneath the deer's jaw where the lion shut off the air to the deer. I recently caped out a buck that was presumed to have been killed by a lion and in this particular case that is what I found ( canine punctures marks below the jaw ).
Have any of you examined deer that have been killed by coyotes ? I'm assuming that the dog family kill deer by tearing the jugular and carotid arteries in the neck as opposed to the cat family that chokes their prey to death.
Are my assumptions correct ?
Thanks,
COBUK
Have any of you examined deer that have been killed by coyotes ? I'm assuming that the dog family kill deer by tearing the jugular and carotid arteries in the neck as opposed to the cat family that chokes their prey to death.
Are my assumptions correct ?
Thanks,
COBUK