Coyote Killing the Rabbits?
We have several coyotes that we have been seeing on our land this year. There are not massive numbers of them, but there are a few. I recently saw about 3 rabbits while walking to my deer stand, and all 3 rabbits had their heads missing. The bodies were there, but it appeared the heads were eaten off. I don't think this was dogs, because the only dogs around don't come on our property, and they are well fed. At first, I thought that I may have walked up on the coyotes while they were eating the rabbits, but then noticed that the rabbits had been dead for at least several hours. They were almost frozen. Even if I had jumped the coyotes when they were in the "middle of a kill", wouldn't they just run off with their kill in their mouth? Why would they do this?