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Originally Posted by MK2750
I never kid myself, that's why I mention deer yarded up in my post. I have seen what they can do in a severe winter, I just don't think it is their targeted animal. Their style of hunting (hounding) would not be idea for an animal yielding so little meat.
Cougars are deer specialists. Ambush attack with little energy used. A couple of cougars would be harder on your deer herd than a pack of wolves IMO. A mother with cubs probably kills one every other day when the cubs are little and maybe even one a day as they near maturity.
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I'm not so sure about that. I watched a wolf chasing down a whitetail last year in January. That deer was almost done when it came busting out of the bush, tongue practically dragging, as it crossed the road 10 yards in front of me. That wolf was seconds behind it. There was a pack in that area and they were hunting whitetail, no doubt about it. The sign was everywhere and it wasn't moose or elk on the menu.