Makes sense to me. Wolves hunt in packs. Mtn Lions hunt solo. 5 wolves kill 1 elk. 5 cats kill 5 elk.
However, with 5 wolves eating it, it'll only last 1/5 as long so they have to go hunting again. We know that wolves will kill for fun, too, without eating the kill.
I have a friend who has been the state trapper here for 20 yrs or more, he is not a college boy, and he claims mountain lions do kill deer for sport. He also claims that about 70% of the lion kills that he investigates, are BUCKS. Considering that the buck/doe ratio here is badly lopsided, that is amazing. Could they actually be seeking out the bucks? Anybody ever heard this from other sources? California stopped all lion hunting about 16 years ago, which marked the decline of the Columbia Blacktail seasonal migration herds.
