I’m not sure in which state these photos were taken, but it’s obviously a large bobcat killing a mule deer fawn. Canada lynx don’t have obvious leopard-type spots.
Bobcats do kill deer. In my home state, a survey of bobcat stomach contents found that white-tailed deer were their most common food item.
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I’d be remiss if I didn’t include these trailcam photos of a bobcat killing what appears to be an adult white-tailed doe.
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A pair of bob cats took down a young black tail deer in my parents’ front yard a few years ago. The neighbor saw it happen. He waited until the cats left, then went to investigate. The deer was still alive, barely, so he put it out of its misery, then dragged the carcass out of the yard and into the forest so the cats could return and snack, which they apparently did.
Hi There Retrieverman,
Thanks for that, As I’m a Utahan born and elevated and I’ve found the the latest influx on Whitetail deer in a Mule Deer spectrum so I imagined I would examine the two cousins for almost everyone.
Cheers