How often do you think yotes actually stalk and kill deer? I'm not talking about eating a dead deer, but actually killing deer i.e. fawns, does, bucks??

They will stalk and kill deer whenever the chance comes alnog. Most of the killing is in early spring and during the winter months up here.Most of the winter kills would be around frozen lakes and rivers..

I have never witnessed coyotes here attacking a perfectly healthy large animal. I have seen them chase, but they are testing, not attacking. They are looking for weakness. Coyotes are opportunists. They are out after an easy meal that isn't much of a threat to them. Healthy animals put up too much fight, and the coyotes risk injury. They prefer the young, old, and sick animals that tire easily and are incapable of resisting an attack for long periods of time.

That said, I have seen coyotes chase perfectly healthy animals to try and cause an injury. The other day, I watch a couple of coyotes chase a herd of does back and forth across a barbed-wire fence. They were trying to make one hang on the wire. I have seen several deer carcasses over the years with front or back legs hung in the fence. The skeletons were still in one piece, but the carcass was picked clean to the bone with the cartilage still holding everything in place.

What differance does it make how they kill deer.They will kill a deer. The bigger the pack, the more they can do. They are smart animals and if you want deer you need to kill off the deer eaters.

Yeah, this is the stance I am taking. I plan on killing several of them here in the next 2 weeks, during my final scouting. I don't want them killing any deer!!!!!!!!!

ATTA BOY Rob! Give em heck!

I was hunting at Altus-Lugert last year and found a buck that I had seen a week prior. It had been killed and drug back into a secluded area that included coyote bones, turtle shells, bird feathers, and the deer carcass. They were all located within a 20 ft circle. It was really wierd. I called the biologist and he told me that it was probably coyotes. He also told me that he had just seen a video from the Wichita Mountans of one lone coyote taking down a cow elk. That is incredible!!

next time I see one Im taking him out.

One coyote taking down an elk is something I would have said no way to. But who knows, stranger things happen. Keep pouring the coals to them!

If I hadnt heard it froma wildlifebiologist I would have said BS aswell. Who knows it may have already been injured or it may have taken a day or two to completely exhaust it.

I hunt in S.E. Oklahoma so that really hits home. I am going to whack as many yotes as I can.