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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: BOWHUNTER45 on March 30, 2013, 07:36:06 AM

Title: Will coyotes kill cougars ? Interresting !
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on March 30, 2013, 07:36:06 AM: A friend just sent me this on facebook ....can not say I ever seen anything like this before :o :chuckle:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmtnprairie/sets/72157633115008883/with/8600014537/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmtnprairie/sets/72157633115008883/with/8600014537/)
Title: Re: Will coyotes kill cougars ? Interresting !
Post by: jayrod9528 on March 30, 2013, 07:41:55 AM: Must be some young cats?
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Post by: mulehunter on March 30, 2013, 07:46:34 AM: Where mother? Kitten Look like 25-40 lbs being on their own, wonder what happen to mother. :dunno:
Title: Re: Will coyotes kill cougars ? Interresting !
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on March 30, 2013, 07:54:33 AM: Quote from: mulehunter on March 30, 2013, 07:46:34 AM
Where mother? Kitten Look like 25-40 lbs being on their own, wonder what happen to mother. :dunno:

It looks like the coyotes are wondering the same thing. :chuckle: I know that a House Cat is like a dish of ice cream to a coyote. If a pack of coyotes can gang up on these kittens, it's party time! :drool:
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Post by: CementFinisher on March 30, 2013, 08:01:10 AM: No idea, but cool pic.
Title: Re: Will coyotes kill cougars ? Interresting !
Post by: dreamunelk on March 30, 2013, 08:06:17 AM: Predators see other predators as competition. To the coyotes that is just a tender meal. I am positive they will kill and eat them if they can. There are several studies that show that coyotes will eat domestic cats. Not much difference from one cat to another other than size and attitude.

Another interesting tidbit. Cougars are know to eat coyotes.
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Post by: mulehunter on March 30, 2013, 08:15:25 AM: Hunter might shot mother cat somewhere and didnt know she have kittens around so kittens trying to survive on their own. :rolleyes:
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Post by: Wazukie on March 30, 2013, 08:28:36 AM: This is why one needs an AR type rifle, four predators at once :dunno:
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on March 30, 2013, 08:39:18 AM: Those cats are scared, wonder what happened.
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Post by: ouchfoss on March 30, 2013, 12:13:33 PM: Its scenarios like this that make me wonder how much flack I would get for shooting one of the "kittens". As far as I can tell, there is no spots anywhere on either cat so I would think that would make them fair game for hunters. Hate to really stir the pot on this but if I ran into a cat that size (yes, they are small) and had no spots, it would get and arrow through its lungs. :twocents:
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Post by: washelkhunter on March 30, 2013, 01:07:11 PM: Lucky cats to be on that pole fence. Those 'yotes are no slouches to be sure. That on in the back is jumbo.
Title: Re: Will coyotes kill cougars ? Interresting !
Post by: KFhunter on March 30, 2013, 01:18:50 PM: Those lion cubs would be one heck of a handful for those yotes, even as small as they are.

I suspect the yotes been harrassing those kittens for a good long while.
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Post by: Swannytheswan on March 30, 2013, 02:38:58 PM: cool pic...I wouldn't think those yotes would be able to kill those kittens even though they are little grown cats are know to kill wolves so I wouldn't think 2 coyotes would be able to take 2 kittens might be a good fight though
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on March 30, 2013, 02:43:33 PM: Pretty cool picture indeed a hawk 2 yotes and 2 cougars in one pic! I know that the coyotes will kill a bobcat when they get a chance so I would think if there was a couple of them they would probably kill a small lion. I have also heard of a few lions eating yotes in the winter.
Title: Re: Will coyotes kill cougars ? Interresting !
Post by: 100 grain on March 30, 2013, 02:43:43 PM: Posted by: KFhunter
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Those kittens would be one heck of a handful for those yotes, even as small as they are.

I suspect the yotes been harrassing those kittens for a good long while.
:yeah:
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Post by: notellumcreek on March 30, 2013, 03:33:04 PM: lb for lb cats whoop a$$, must have been more coyotes not pictured for them to be so scared.
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Post by: boneaddict on March 30, 2013, 03:35:40 PM: there were 5 of them. Wolves intimidate cats all the time. There might have been some history here. Little cats though, just like hyenas and LIONS I suppose, if you get enough of them.
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Post by: Kc_Kracker on March 30, 2013, 04:17:12 PM: Quote from: jayrod9528 on March 30, 2013, 07:41:55 AM
Must be some young cats?

Those are 5-6" round posts, them is some kittens right there. a tom or a full size cat would pimp slap a yote like it was a ball of yarn :chuckle:
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Post by: rtspring on March 30, 2013, 05:16:37 PM: Kittens maybe the coyotes would have a chance. Full grown cat, no way. It would be like Obama against the great Cassius Clay!
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Post by: NoImpactNoIdea on March 30, 2013, 05:20:10 PM: Interesting. Never seen anything like that before.
Title: Re: Will coyotes kill cougars ? Interresting !
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on March 30, 2013, 06:51:46 PM: :chuckle:
Quote from: carpsniperg2 on March 30, 2013, 02:43:33 PM
Pretty cool picture indeed a hawk 2 yotes and 2 cougars in one pic! I know that the coyotes will kill a bobcat when they get a chance so I would think if there was a couple of them they would probably kill a small lion. I have also heard of a few lions eating yotes in the winter.
:chuckle: Good eye :tup: Never noticed the hawk :dunno: :hello:
Title: Re: Will coyotes kill cougars ? Interresting !
Post by: carpsniperg2 on March 30, 2013, 07:01:11 PM: I could see the cats staying there when the people were taking pictures. Weird to see coyotes just standing around like that. Most of the time at least in this part of the country if they hear a rig even start to slow down they are running for the next county :chuckle:
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Post by: Heredoggydoggy on March 30, 2013, 07:06:08 PM: a full-grown cougar would be a no-no for coyotes to tackle, but kittens--easy pickin's. There's probably just the two coyotes around, since at this time of year they are usually paired up for mating, and protective of their territory...
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Post by: boneaddict on March 30, 2013, 07:36:34 PM: The original article said 5. :dunno: It was on the boundary fence of a game preserve. :dunno:
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on March 30, 2013, 07:46:57 PM: They look a little stressed :chuckle: Nice to see the cats on the other side of things for once :chuckle:
Title: Re: Will coyotes kill cougars ? Interresting !
Post by: KFhunter on March 30, 2013, 07:56:39 PM: Quote from: carpsniperg2 on March 30, 2013, 07:46:57 PM
They look a little stressed :chuckle: Nice to see the cats on the other side of things for once :chuckle:

Ya, but I figured it was from the people taking the picture. The kitten in the lower portion is hiding it's head in a classic "you can't see me" pose.

The top kitten is stressed at the camera as well, only has one ear flicked back to the yotes.

The human/s are the thing scaring these kitties
Title: Re: Will coyotes kill cougars ? Interresting !
Post by: carpsniperg2 on March 30, 2013, 08:07:42 PM: I don't know. I would think more of it as the 5 yotes that are messing with them :dunno:
Title: Re: Will coyotes kill cougars ? Interresting !
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on March 30, 2013, 08:29:37 PM: Sorry...didn't read the article. Just looked at the picture. Regardless, it looks like the cats are stuck between the hated coyotes and the hated humans. :chuckle:
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Post by: PredatorWhacker on April 14, 2013, 06:27:06 PM: They wouldn't have much luck with an adult lion of course. That would likely turn out bad for the coyotes. Full grown lion can kill a lone wolf. Adult deer will run off a couple coyotes. Lots of variables though. Age, number of animals involved, etc. No set in stone rules depending on the variables.
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Post by: WAcoyotehunter on April 16, 2013, 07:54:20 AM: One more reason hunters should not kill female lions. They have young almost 70% of the time and can have kittens any time of the year.
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Post by: motg9_6 on April 16, 2013, 08:08:12 AM: Quote from: Wazukie on March 30, 2013, 08:28:36 AM
This is why one needs an AR type rifle, four predators at once :dunno:

:tup: :yeah:
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Post by: seth30 on April 23, 2013, 09:37:30 AM: Wow, great photo :tup:
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Post by: lucky33 on April 29, 2013, 09:08:51 AM: Quote from: Kc_Kracker on March 30, 2013, 04:17:12 PM
Quote from: jayrod9528 on March 30, 2013, 07:41:55 AM
Must be some young cats?

Those are 5-6" round posts, them is some kittens right there. a tom or a full size cat would pimp slap a yote like it was a ball of yarn :chuckle:
:yeah: