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Cat or coyote?

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ATX_AG_08
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9:53a, 12/2/23
Buddy shot a deer this morning. We followed the blood trail and found where it looks to have died, evidenced by a big puddle of coagulated blood on the ground. Appears it was then dragged abt 10 feet under a thick area of brush and consumed there. Rear eaten first, which I thought indicates dog, but other ppl here are speculating cat.


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OnlyForNow
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9:56a, 12/2/23
How long did he let it "die"?
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bassmaster07
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10:01a, 12/2/23
I am gonna go cat.
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ATX_AG_08
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In reply to OnlyForNow • 10:04a, 12/2/23
Prob laid in the field for 2 hours before I picked him up and started tracking blood.

Ranch owner claims to have seen a lion multiple times in the area it was shot. I guess it could also have been a bob cat. I know they can drag a deer if they really want to, but the amount of meat eaten has me skeptical.

Location: between Uvalde and La Pryor. Place backs up to the Nueces river.
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redaszag99
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10:12a, 12/2/23
Location would help
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Bluto
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10:49a, 12/2/23
That's where our place is. A few miles north of LaPryor. I've never seen a lion out there, but the guys digging a tank (directly across the fence from our tank) for our neighbor a few years ago said they saw 2 of them at our tank one morning.
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BabaAg
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11:03a, 12/2/23
Our place backs up to Nueces in McMullen County, definitely could be cat. We have seen them.
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AgLA06
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11:13a, 12/2/23
My limited experience is coyotes go for the ass and cats go for the guts. Birds go for the eyes.

I once shot a south Texas buck and a small pack of coyotes was on it within 5 minutes. They did the same before I could get there and pick a couple off.
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96ags
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11:20a, 12/2/23
I'd go with yotes.
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SanAntoneAg
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11:41a, 12/2/23
The famed Texags Carrizo Springs bear made his way down the Nueces and ate your buddy's deer.
Gig 'em! '90
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ATX_AG_08
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In reply to SanAntoneAg • 11:48a, 12/2/23
Salmon are running in the nueces this time of year I do believe.

I'm chalking it up as a chupacabra. The science is settled.
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TshirtVulture
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11:58a, 12/2/23
Down there may be illegals cutting off a hunk to cook up later on journey. Kidding aside, Son is south of Lapryor and definitely are cats there.
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1:18p, 12/2/23
Without seeing the head, don't discount how fast black vultures will jump on a dead animal.
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S.A. Aggie
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1:20p, 12/2/23
Cat's drag the kill under brush quit often. Found it on our place a few times outside of comfort.
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Wrecking Crew 21
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1:57p, 12/2/23
Probably a Cat!
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RM76
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8:11p, 12/2/23
Looks like sandy soil, can you not see tracks? I bet coyotes, they will often eat on the hindquarters, sometimes even before the deer dies. Coyotes will often drag the carcass, and cat will sometimes too. Cats however will often attempt to cover the carcass, although sometimes it's a poor attempt.
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Agshooter05
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8:22p, 12/2/23
Cat…saw the exact same thing a few years ago out in Junction
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HumbleAg04
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8:53p, 12/2/23
Dogs gnaw the bones. Cats don't.
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INIGO MONTOYA
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9:20p, 12/2/23
Coyotes is my guess. I've seen similar eating pattern on a buck last year - except they had eaten thru the back legs and into the entrails.
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BradMtn346
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9:42p, 12/2/23
Not a cat. Several coyotes or group of domestic dogs. There is more gone than a cat is likely to eat in one setting, so there would've been some attempt to cover it up. Even bobcats will cover them some. The only cat kill I've ever seen that was not covered was an elk that I jumped the cat off of it.
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BradMtn346
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9:47p, 12/2/23





This young tom killed a deer on the side of the county road, and even though he was on the road, he still covered it. When someone touched the deer, he got mad and drug it into the brush.
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wink1989
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In reply to HumbleAg04 • 10:00p, 12/2/23
Hmm,
I kept a bobcat in an enclosure for several years. He would eat an entire deer hind quarter in 2 days and there wouldn't even be a single hair left. Guess he was special.
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10:05p, 12/2/23
Cat. There was a post by mtnguide a few years ago where he described cats dragging kills under brush to consume it an/or to store it before coming back later to eat it.
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HumbleAg04
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In reply to wink1989 • 10:10p, 12/2/23
wink1989 said:
Hmm,
I kept a bobcat in an enclosure for several years. He would eat an entire deer hind quarter in 2 days and there wouldn't even be a single hair left. Guess he was special.


Sounds like a very natural setting to view the behavior of an animal.
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ATX_AG_08
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10:17p, 12/2/23
We looked but the ground was pretty compacted and there weren't any recent tracks.

It know cats will cover their kills but this was only abt 100 yards from the feeder. I'm betting we pushed whatever was on it when I pulled up.
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OnlyForNow
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10:17p, 12/2/23
Was it covered up with brush/limbs or was it in the bushes/trees?
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ATX_AG_08
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In reply to OnlyForNow • 10:23p, 12/2/23
Not covered whatsoever. It fell in a clear space and was drug into a dense thicket like to hide it from the sky.

Like I said, I believe we likely interrupted whatever was on it.
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BradMtn346
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In reply to ATX_AG_08 • 10:33p, 12/2/23
ATX_AG_08 said:
We looked but the ground was pretty compacted and there weren't any recent tracks.

It know cats will cover their kills but this was only abt 100 yards from the feeder. I'm betting we pushed whatever was on it when I pulled up.


Not impossible that it was a cat, but I've followed a female lion drag a full grown mule deer a quarter mile to get privacy with the carcass.

If you really want to know, gut the deer there, or take the messed up parts back there, and set a trail camera on it. Cameras shouldn't be more than 2 feet off the ground. A foot would be ok. Cats move low.
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ATX_AG_08
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In reply to BradMtn346 • 10:44p, 12/2/23
This was my thought as well, but all my game cams are back home. I typically pack way too much crap for a simple weekend hunt like this and not use even half of it, so I've turned to minimalistic recently. Wish I had one.

At this point I guess we'll never know, but I appreciate the replies.
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In reply to BradMtn346 • 5:23a, 12/3/23
BradMtn346 said:





This young tom killed a deer on the side of the county road, and even though he was on the road, he still covered it. When someone touched the deer, he got mad and drug it into the brush.
Was this in south texas? That's a big cat, I would be taking some shots at that big animal, I bet it could go through baby calves fairly easy
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AgEng06
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In reply to fullback44 • 6:44a, 12/3/23
Brad lives in Colorado.
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OnlyForNow
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In reply to ATX_AG_08 • 7:21a, 12/3/23
ATX_AG_08 said:
Not covered whatsoever. It fell in a clear space and was drug into a dense thicket like to hide it from the sky.

Like I said, I believe we likely interrupted whatever was on it.


I'm just reiterating this. I think some folks thought your statement meant covered with brush, not in thick brush.

I vote yote
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ttha_aggie_09
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7:30a, 12/3/23
This is a question for Ursusguy but I'm not seeing a big cat.

Bobcat? Sure. Coyote? Most likely.

I've seen a bobcat take down a doe and then drag her 25-30 yards on a hill. Still have pictures somewhere on the kill but not moving it.
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