{"id":20920,"date":"2022-12-31T17:57:29","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T17:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/31\/watch-a-bobcat-savagely-take-down-a-mule-deer\/"},"modified":"2022-12-31T17:57:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T17:57:29","slug":"watch-a-bobcat-savagely-take-down-a-mule-deer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/31\/watch-a-bobcat-savagely-take-down-a-mule-deer\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch a Bobcat Savagely Take Down a Mule Deer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"SingleImage-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?auto=webp&width=785&height=392.5&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?auto=webp&width=785&height=392.5&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?auto=webp&width=785&height=392.5&ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?auto=webp&width=785&height=392.5&ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?auto=webp&width=785&height=392.5&ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?auto=webp&width=785&height=392.5&ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?auto=webp&width=785&height=392.5&ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?auto=webp&width=785&height=392.5&ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?auto=webp&width=785&height=392.5&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?auto=webp&width=785&height=392.5&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?auto=webp&width=785&height=392.5&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" width=\"785\" height=\"392\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?auto=webp&width=785&height=392.5&ssl=1\" class=\"SingleImage-image Article-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"video bobcat savage take down mule deer\" data-dimension=\"landscape\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The bobcat lastly makes its transfer. <span class=\"SingleImage-credit\">Will Hoffman \/ Facebook<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">When most individuals take into consideration mule deer predators, they image canids and large cats\u2014particularly wolves, coyotes, and mountain lions. But bobcats are simply as intelligent and tenacious as their bigger-bodied cousins. As you may see within the video under, these nimble cats are greater than able to taking down a deer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"GhqB0IzbPXA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bobcat Takes Down Mule Deer!!!\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GhqB0IzbPXA?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The video was recorded a little bit greater than two years in the past by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/willhoffman101\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Will Hoffman<\/a>, a giant recreation hunter from Idaho. Hoffman spends lots of time exploring his native mountains, chasing elk and mule deer in season and attempting to find sheds the remainder of the calendar yr. He\u2019s had loads of wildlife encounters, however he nonetheless ranks the savage take-down video as one of many coolest issues he\u2019s ever seen within the wild. He says the video has been seen greater than 20 million occasions since he first shared it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@willhoffman101\/video\/6932630262119533830?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">social media<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen several mountain lions, but I don\u2019t think I\u2019d ever glassed up a bobcat in the wild,\u201d Hoffman tells <em>Outdoor Life<\/em>. \u201cIt was just so crazy. I\u2019ll never forget it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Capturing the Footage<\/h2>\n<p>Hoffman explains that he was glassing for mule deer in a steep canyon when he recorded the video. It was Oct. 11, the second day of deer season, and Hoffman had spent many of the morning shivering behind a recognizing scope.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was watching a group of 11 or so deer, and there was a decent 3-point, but not something I was going to shoot,\u201d Hoffman says. \u201cI kept going back to this group to see if a bigger buck would step out, and a couple times I caught just a trace of movement. And then at one point I saw this bobcat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hoffman watched the bobcat by way of his binoculars for the following 30 to 40 minutes. The deer continued to feed within the opening, fully unaware of the cat that was circling. After singling out the smallest muley within the group, the bobcat tried creeping up on the yearling just a few occasions, however the buck stored getting in its method, inflicting it to again off and alter its angle. When it dropped into the ravine under the deer, Hoffman knew the bobcat was on the brink of pounce. He grabbed his cellphone scope and began recording.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" data-dimension=\"landscape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/30\/video_bobcat_savage_take_down_mule_deer.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"video bobcat savage take down mule deer\" class=\"wp-image-226687\"\/><figcaption>The bobcat lastly makes its transfer. <i>Will Hoffman \/ Facebook<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt was around zero degrees that day and blowing 20. I could even see the trees moving, so it was perfect stalking weather,\u201d says Hoffman. \u201cI\u2019d watch [the bobcat] move in, and then he\u2019d back out. Then he dropped down and started working up that ravine. And I\u2019m sitting here trying to keep it together because I was just so amped watching this happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the bobcat lastly pounces, it\u2019s solely inches away from the yearling muley. It jumps up and grabs ahold of the deer\u2019s neck, and the 2 come tumbling down the drainage. After falling twenty toes or so into some downed bushes, the bobcat seems to lose after which regain its grip on the deer. The video then pans out as Hoffman loses the 2 animals within the scuffle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried to move my scope down just a little bit and ended up fumbling the video,\u201d he says. \u201cI honestly don\u2019t know if he killed that deer or not, but I glassed that mountainside for like an hour afterwards and never could find him.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-more-examples-of-bobcats-preying-on-deer\">More Examples of Bobcats Preying on Deer<\/h2>\n<p>While it\u2019s unclear if the cat secured its meal on this occasion, it wouldn\u2019t be the primary time {that a} bobcat has been documented killing a deer. This is certainly extra widespread amongst whitetails, that are sometimes smaller than mule deer. Bobcats are additionally extra plentiful within the Southwest and the Southeast than they&#8217;re in Idaho. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/2426685#:~:text=Similarly%2C%20bobcats%20in%20the%20Everglades,of%20an%20adult%20male%20deer.&amp;text=of%20large%20fawns%20and%20adult%20deer.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">One examine from the Florida Everglades<\/a> discovered that bobcats killed not less than 33 fawns and 6 grownup whitetails over a three-year interval.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout their range, bobcats prey on small- to medium-sized species,\u201d the authors of that examine wrote. \u201cBobcats also kill large prey, such as white-tailed deer\u2026[while] in some areas, bobcats prey extensively on fawns of white-tailed and mule deer.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Next:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorlife.com\/conservation\/bobcat-fights-python-everglades\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch: Bobcat Fights a Python, Steals Its Eggs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking on the Western United States, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/j.ctt4cgrdx.12?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Utah Division of Wildlife Resources<\/a> lists bobcats as a typical predator of mule deer, particularly in areas the place cougar populations are decrease. And in Wyoming, recreation wardens discovered proof of a bobcat-killed mule deer as not too long ago as two years in the past. After coming throughout the partially buried carcass, a wildlife officer arrange a path digicam and captured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N2UIJpMAZs0&amp;ab_channel=WyomingGameandFishDepartment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">footage of the bobcat<\/a> returning to the kill web site to feed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v3.2\" id=\"facebook-js-js\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The bobcat lastly makes its transfer. Will Hoffman \/ Facebook When most individuals take into consideration mule deer predators, they image canids and large cats\u2014particularly wolves, coyotes, and mountain lions. But bobcats are simply as intelligent and tenacious as their bigger-bodied cousins. 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