Take a close look at the upper back/lower neck area of this female pronghorn. Hair is missing. It looks like flesh is missing as well. The “hole” seems fairly deep. What happened? Any ideas?
What Happened to This Yellowstone Pronghorn?
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First flash is bear … wrong place, wrong time, bear not hungry, just irritated and slightly doubtful and felt no need for a kill.
A bear seems like a good guess to me Renee. A bear would have the height to claw or bite a pronghorn on its back. Same for a mountain lion. I’ve read that the most common predator of pronghorn is the coyote and I’ve seen coyotes chase pronghorns. I guess a coyote could have done it as well, although I have a hard time picturing a coyote creating that wound in that place. Given its larger size a wolf might have an easier time doing that than a coyote, but it doesn’t seem like the wound I’d expect from a wolf attack. I’ll never know for sure what caused the wound.