Wofano Wotanto
Hero
Yeah, even a family of coyotes would have to be pretty desperate to try for an adult deer, but fawns are fair game for solos or pairs for sure.(Guessing they go for the fawns?)
They'll go for small dogs too. We had a string of beagles when I was a kid and they really needed an escort in the back fields. Honestly surprised we never had one killed while haring off after a rabbit, but we did have a coyote follow one all the way up into the yard one time - which meant crossing a lot more occupied land back then since the farm behind us was still semi-active rather than the abandoned ruin it is now. Dad popped off a couple of shots and the coyote legged it, that was the closest I've seen one to the house since this morning.The back to back neighborhood Facebook group is always sadly amusing when there is a post about someone seeing a coyote and the next one is someone else whose outdoor cat hasn't shown up...
Lot more coyotes back in the 80s than now, but they have made a bit of a comeback in the last decade. I hear a small group singing sometimes way out back. It's for the best, some of the prey animal populations need controlling - even if I do like the turkeys.