{"id":45267,"date":"2017-01-21T06:52:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T13:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=45267"},"modified":"2017-01-21T10:34:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T17:34:36","slug":"five-coyotes-attempt-to-take-down-a-deer-on-antelope-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/21\/five-coyotes-attempt-to-take-down-a-deer-on-antelope-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Coyotes Attempt To Take Down A Deer On Antelope Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In almost ten years of regular trips to Antelope Island (roughly 600-700 trips total) I&#8217;ve <em>never<\/em> had\u00a0a wildlife\u00a0encounter like this one!<\/p>\n<p>And I still haven&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Photographer Darol Wintle was fortunate enough to have documented this\u00a0drama with his 400mm lens and he sent me some of his images, a detailed description of the event and permission to use both on my blog. I&#8217;ll try to splice his (often paraphrased) descriptions under the appropriate images and be as accurate as possible given the somewhat cumbersome conditions of composing this post. Based on their file numbers all\u00a0photos are presented in the order they were taken.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Note to viewers: there are no gory photos in this post but obviously it was a traumatic experience for the doe.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45268\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/21\/five-coyotes-attempt-to-take-down-a-deer-on-antelope-island\/coyote-deer-chase-2-0411\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Coyote-deer-chase-2-0411.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,623\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1484736668&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;135&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;220&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Coyote deer chase 2 0411\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Coyote-deer-chase-2-0411.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45268\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Coyote-deer-chase-2-0411.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Coyote-deer-chase-2-0411.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Coyote-deer-chase-2-0411-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Coyote-deer-chase-2-0411-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Coyote-deer-chase-2-0411-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Coyote-deer-chase-2-0411-400x277.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Copyright Darol Wintle &#8211; Image Used By Permission<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Four days ago Darol was driving south toward Garr Ranch when he saw a yearling doe running\u00a0northbound at full-tilt\u00a0and soon spotted this coyote with its ears back and\u00a0chasing after her from far behind. A quick U-turn on the road put Darol going in the right direction but now he had to photograph the running coyote out his passenger side window while still driving &#8211; not an easy trick with any lens but made much more difficult with a 400mm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Almost immediately he noticed a second coyote involved in the chase. The coyotes were gaining on the doe but after about a half-mile Darol lost them all\u00a0behind an outcropping.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45273\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/21\/five-coyotes-attempt-to-take-down-a-deer-on-antelope-island\/deer-coyotes-6-0463\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-6-0463.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,677\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1484736755&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;340&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Deer Coyotes 6 0463\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-6-0463.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45273\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-6-0463.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-6-0463.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-6-0463-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-6-0463-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-6-0463-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-6-0463-400x301.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Copyright Darol Wintle &#8211; Image Used By Permission<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When he found them again the doe was standing in a defensive struggle as the coyotes nipped at her and she responded appropriately.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45270\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/21\/five-coyotes-attempt-to-take-down-a-deer-on-antelope-island\/deer-coyotes-3-0472\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-3-0472.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,687\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1484736766&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;340&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Deer Coyotes 3 0472\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-3-0472.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45270 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-3-0472.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-3-0472.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-3-0472-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-3-0472-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-3-0472-150x115.jpg 150w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-3-0472-400x305.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Copyright Darol Wintle &#8211; Image Used By Permission<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This lasted for 10-15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45277\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/21\/five-coyotes-attempt-to-take-down-a-deer-on-antelope-island\/deer-coyotes-4-0473b\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-4-0473b.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,631\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1484736767&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;340&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;280&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Deer Coyotes 4 0473b\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-4-0473b.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45277\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-4-0473b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-4-0473b.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-4-0473b-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-4-0473b-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-4-0473b-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-4-0473b-400x280.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Copyright Darol Wintle &#8211; Image Used By Permission<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At times she tried to escape her tormentors&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45269\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/21\/five-coyotes-attempt-to-take-down-a-deer-on-antelope-island\/deer-coyote-7-0482\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyote-7-0482.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,601\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1484736776&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;340&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;220&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Deer Coyote 7 0482\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyote-7-0482.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45269\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyote-7-0482.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyote-7-0482.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyote-7-0482-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyote-7-0482-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyote-7-0482-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyote-7-0482-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Copyright Darol Wintle &#8211; Image Used By Permission<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">but given the opportunity she also went on the offensive with foot strikes and head butts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45272\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/21\/five-coyotes-attempt-to-take-down-a-deer-on-antelope-island\/deer-coyotes-5-0483\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-5-0483.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,685\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1484736777&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;340&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Deer Coyotes 5 0483\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-5-0483.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45272\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-5-0483.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-5-0483.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-5-0483-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-5-0483-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-5-0483-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-5-0483-400x304.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Copyright Darol Wintle &#8211; Image Used By Permission<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eventually a total of five coyotes\u00a0would join\u00a0in the team effort to bring the doe down.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45274\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/21\/five-coyotes-attempt-to-take-down-a-deer-on-antelope-island\/deer-coyotes-8-0505\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-8-0505.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1484737116&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Deer Coyotes 8 0505\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-8-0505.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45274 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-8-0505.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-8-0505.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-8-0505-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-8-0505-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-8-0505-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-8-0505-400x249.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Copyright Darol Wintle &#8211; Image Used By Permission<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When the doe made the mistake of running out onto the flats several times she encountered patches of ice\u00a0which she slipped on and that provided the coyotes the opportunity they needed. Several nipped at her hind legs and one&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45278\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/21\/five-coyotes-attempt-to-take-down-a-deer-on-antelope-island\/deer-coyotes-10-0511b\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-10-0511b.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,621\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1484737120&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;360&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Deer Coyotes 10 0511b\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-10-0511b.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45278\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-10-0511b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-10-0511b.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-10-0511b-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-10-0511b-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-10-0511b-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-10-0511b-400x276.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Copyright Darol Wintle &#8211; Image Used By Permission<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">made repeated attempts at her throat. She was able to get up and run again&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45275\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/21\/five-coyotes-attempt-to-take-down-a-deer-on-antelope-island\/deer-coyotes-8-0520\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-8-0520.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,673\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1484737141&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Deer Coyotes 8 0520\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-8-0520.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45275\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-8-0520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-8-0520.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-8-0520-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-8-0520-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-8-0520-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Deer-Coyotes-8-0520-400x299.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Copyright Darol Wintle &#8211; Image Used By Permission<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">but she soon encountered another patch of ice and went down once more. That&#8217;s when\u00a0a\u00a0fifth coyote joined in and this scene\u00a0played out\u00a0for over 45 minutes. At times Darol could see the doe&#8217;s tongue hanging out from sheer exhaustion as the coyotes circled and nipped and she struck back with her hooves and head butts whenever she could.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But the coyotes were\u00a0exhausted too and soon one of them moved away and laid down to rest. After a while 4 of the 5 coyotes left the area leaving a single one of them with the doe who tried to keep her from running off. The coyotes had inflicted some damage to the doe&#8217;s hind end as\u00a0Darol could see some blood there through his lens at a distance of at least 300 yards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At this point Darol had followed the chase for an hour and 20 minutes but he had an appointment to keep and had to leave the island so we don&#8217;t really know how this turned out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There were no good guys or bad guys in this little drama. Life is difficult for both predator and prey and all players were doing what they needed to in order to survive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Big thanks to Darol Wintle for providing the images and the descriptions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ron<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>PS &#8211; Facebook friend\u00a0Jami Bollschweiler\u00a0reports that earlier this week she saw a doe in this same area with &#8220;these types of wounds&#8221;. Perhaps it&#8217;s the same animal and she survived this encounter.<\/em> <!-- react-text: 48 --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Addendum: A comment on this post by Susan Stone made me recall this coyote I photographed on the island several years ago. Its upper jaw had been severely injured and now I&#8217;m wondering if the injury might have been inflicted by the sharp hooves of a mule deer (or perhaps a pronghorn)\u00a0defending itself. A mule deer is a helluva long ways from defenseless.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>The life of a predator is never an easy one&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31868\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/08\/coyote-buddies-both-of-them-survivors\/coyote-4220-ron-dudley-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/coyote-4220-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"765,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Ron Dudley&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D Mark 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