You have a point Doug, I can't be certain they were killed or eaten as carrion. I will say that we saw ZERO yote sign in the snow for rifle season, although I saw a ton of bear sign. One even walked within 3 feet of my head the night before the opener. (along the outside wall of the camp naturally). We saw no cat tracks this time either. ALL bear sign. Very peculiar change from bobs and yotes galore to only bears in one year. Do the bears push the smaller preds out? In spite of what I assume were fawn kills, we did see fawns during rifle.