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A few days ago a large roadkill whitetail buck lay in the ditch at the end of my driveway. He was missing only his head someone had chopped off. Overnight, he was reduced to a spinal column with partial ribs, and couple lower legs scattered around. 150+ pounds of meat and guts consumed in 8-12 hours. How many coyotes would that take?
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around here they don't last overnight between the coyotes and the hogs.
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
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not many..ever hear the saying eat like a coyote...what you can when you can?
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Coyotes, coons, opossums and other misc. scavengers..
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I'd bet it wasn't just coyotes that ate him.
That's ok, I'll ass shoot a dink.
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3 or 4 coyotes would clean it up like that, in a short amount of time. They will eat as much as they can and go puke it up away from the carcass (like a fox does) and go back at a later date to eat their puke. I have seen 7 coyotes completely clean up a 1300 lbs cow in 5 days.
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Coyotes can eat up to 10 pounds when feeding on something they can gorge themselves on.
The number of coyotes eating on something makes it disappear quick sometimes.... Saw a 600 pound calf reduced to a skeleton in two days a few years back. Lots of coyotes to do that!
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3 or 4 coyotes would clean it up like that, in a short amount of time. They will eat as much as they can and go puke it up away from the carcass (like a fox does) and go back at a later date to eat their puke. I have seen 7 coyotes completely clean up a 1300 lbs cow in 5 days. Here's a man that knows coyote behavior. They will visit that carcass several times per night eating all they can stuff in, then puke it up in a secure location for later consumption. The coyote version of a dog burying a bone.
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