I lost a deer about 2 1/2 weeks ago when she crossed a creek and went in to a field of tall grass about 30yds from where she was hit. Also it didnt help in tracking that it started to rain. I know because of the shot that the deer is dead. My question is how long would it take coyotes to strip it down to the bone? The reason i ask is that i found a deer skull today and am not sure if they can strip it down that fast. All that was there is skull, jaw bone and a few vertabra(All stripped clean and not conected). I am inNWIllinois And i know that we have a lot of coyote here. What are your thoughts? I want to think this is my lost deer but not sure.