ArcherandShooter
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Springmom and I are trying to figure out what's killing the young deer on our place out in Llano, TX. It's just over 25 acres, and in the last two months we've found the remains of three young deer dead and eaten while walking around the place. Two does, and Saturday a spike buck.
The last two are definitely new kills, as they were found in places we'd hiked before, and right out in the middle of a trail where we would certainly have seen them before.
There is scat nearby that looks like a bobcat's, but a bit larger than normal. Could we have a cougar on the place? Not a happy thought, as we're getting ready to release a pair of young steers in a couple of weeks.
The area is pretty rocky, so we've not seen any tracks, nor have we heard anything in the night.
Any ideas how to solve the mystery and remove the problem? If it IS a cougar, will they ever come to the kind of dying-rabbit predator calls you can use on coyotes and (I've heard) bobcats?
Thanks.
The last two are definitely new kills, as they were found in places we'd hiked before, and right out in the middle of a trail where we would certainly have seen them before.
There is scat nearby that looks like a bobcat's, but a bit larger than normal. Could we have a cougar on the place? Not a happy thought, as we're getting ready to release a pair of young steers in a couple of weeks.
The area is pretty rocky, so we've not seen any tracks, nor have we heard anything in the night.
Any ideas how to solve the mystery and remove the problem? If it IS a cougar, will they ever come to the kind of dying-rabbit predator calls you can use on coyotes and (I've heard) bobcats?
Thanks.