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Hawk attack turns into hawk being attacked #7557395
04/13/22 04:39 PM
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Very cool footage 3:16 run time
I don't think it ended well for the hawk.




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Re: Hawk attack turns into hawk being attacked [Re: Cragar] #7557404
04/13/22 04:45 PM
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WOW !
Seen a doe do that to a rattler once, but only took about a minute.
Thanks

Re: Hawk attack turns into hawk being attacked [Re: Cragar] #7557406
04/13/22 04:46 PM
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The deer is very clearly not defending the rabbit from the hawk. Whitetail deer frequently eat rabbits and come to a rabbit in distress call looking for dinner. When a rabbit calls for a long time, experienced predators know that a weak predator has the rabbit. Strong and efficient predators kill prey fast. After the rabbit ran off, the hawk clearly became dinner. That is why you saw the deer charge the other deer. It was guarding it's food.

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Deer eat lots of easy to kill prey and carrion too. There's a video online of deer eating human remains at a research site.



Elk eat rabbits too.



I have watched a deer eat fox squirrels.

Keith

Re: Hawk attack turns into hawk being attacked [Re: Cragar] #7557425
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Shoot that there deer.


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Re: Hawk attack turns into hawk being attacked [Re: Cragar] #7557502
04/13/22 06:23 PM
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If that is a button buck he sure will be a scrapper if he lives long enough to make 3 years old.

Re: Hawk attack turns into hawk being attacked [Re: Cragar] #7557509
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That deer should be tried federal court


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Re: Hawk attack turns into hawk being attacked [Re: Cragar] #7557601
04/13/22 08:06 PM
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Never knew deer ate rabbits.


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it tells me why I wanted to go there.
Re: Hawk attack turns into hawk being attacked [Re: KeithC] #7557609
04/13/22 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by KeithC
The deer is very clearly not defending the rabbit from the hawk. Whitetail deer frequently eat rabbits and come to a rabbit in distress call looking for dinner. When a rabbit calls for a long time, experienced predators know that a weak predator has the rabbit. Strong and efficient predators kill prey fast. After the rabbit ran off, the hawk clearly became dinner. That is why you saw the deer charge the other deer. It was guarding it's food.

Deer eat lots of easy to kill prey and carrion too. There's a video online of deer eating human remains at a research site.

Elk eat rabbits too.

I have watched a deer eat fox squirrels.

Keith


Makes sense why I've had deer come in to predator calls but I would never have thought a deer or elk would eat meat or carrion.


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Re: Hawk attack turns into hawk being attacked [Re: Cragar] #7557619
04/13/22 08:29 PM
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That deer was responding to what it thought was a fawn in distress call Go out in June with a fawn call and watch them they will run you over trying defend their fawns

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