Jogeephus
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Anyone know if there is any specific method a large cat or other predator will kill a calf? About three weeks ago I had a calf injured in its rear flank. Tried to turn it around. It had a good appetite and stool was fine just rear end was messed up somehow. Stuff happens right so I didn't think much more about it but had to put it down. Yesterday I was feeding hay and everything was healthy. Today I found a 3-4 wt calf on the ground with a gaping hole in its rear flank and it was missing its tail. :???: It couldn't have been dead very long before I found it cause no buzzards were not present. Possible bored hunter or road rider but there is the missing tail. :???:
I know this could be a lot of stuff. Dead calf, coyote toted tail off maybe but I was wondering how a panther, couger, catamount, hybrid house cat, long-tailed bobcat or whatever you call it might take down and calf. Anyone know. And no, we don't have panthers here they've been gone for a long time except for the nine females they let loose here a few years ago with over half of them being bred. Apparantly palpating a cat - am told - is difficult.
I know this could be a lot of stuff. Dead calf, coyote toted tail off maybe but I was wondering how a panther, couger, catamount, hybrid house cat, long-tailed bobcat or whatever you call it might take down and calf. Anyone know. And no, we don't have panthers here they've been gone for a long time except for the nine females they let loose here a few years ago with over half of them being bred. Apparantly palpating a cat - am told - is difficult.