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On The Kill! _EKS1886a

            Best viewed large.  All rights reserved.  This is a gruesome scene but a necessary one...the life cycle in the wild.  I was photographing mule deer about 200 yards from this dead deer and didn't know it.  A cougar let out a scream that would make your blood curl.  Then coyotes (about 8 of them) started barking and the cougar was snarling...quite the commotion and I couldn't see it from where I was.  The deer I was photographing stood rigidly alert for some time and then bolted off for at least 1/2 mile before they stopped and stood nervously watching their back trail..  The best I could do was try to put the puzzle pieces together...I determined that the cougar killed the deer and the coyotes fought with him and overtook the deer carcass.  I sat in my truck for hours waiting for the cat or the coyotes to return for a meal and this is one of the images I got during my stay.  The coyote returned numerous times, shy and nervous at first, and soon figured out that I wasn't there to harm it and fed enough to get a very round tummy.  I am told that they will sometimes travel a safe distance from the kill and regurgitate what they had eaten, then return to the carcass and fill up again (I did not witness this behavior, however)  This was a very interesting experience for me.  The next morning the State sent out a professional hunter who killed the cougar as he had over time become a frequent visitor to a nearby campground and housing area causing numerous safety complaints.

   

Taken on: October 27, 2014

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Sets appears in: • Coyotes/Foxes/Wolves/Dogs

Groups appears in: • Elk Country and its Wildlife -- Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, f/9.0, 1/640 sec, 840mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens:	EF600mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	840mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	-2/3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Mode:	Auto
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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