Step aside yote, a new predator in town?

[Mahindra3016]

Golden Eagle feeding on a fawn behind my house, what do you think predator or scavenging ? I glassed the field for deer friday morning and didnt see the fawn, friday afternoon i noticed it by buzzards circling, and this big guy feeding on it. I will have better pictures after my wife edits hers, but for now, a phone pic through binoculars is all i got.

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[JFK52]

I put out free deer and beef suet and scraps from a butchers shop on a remote part of my land. I do this to feed the birds and varmints in hopes they will leave the deer fawns, grouse and turkeys alone. I have seen bald eagles, turkey vultures, and coyotes feeding on these scrap piles. So with that in mind, I am guessing that the eagle is a scavenger rather than a killer of fawns.

 

[wklman]

Golden eagles can and will kill deer. Don't be fooled into thinking otherwise.

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[wklman]

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[Peplin Creek]

I have heard stories of them trying to grab little kids as well. So I wouldn't be shocked if it took a fawn down.

 

[Mahindra3016]

I cant wait to share the pictures my wife got...but they are still on her big professional camera which i am forbidden to touch.

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[John-W-WI]

but they are still on her big professional camera which i am forbidden to touch.

Good husband. Always listen to the wife. Looking forward to seeing them!

-John

 

[Mahindra3016]

The pics didnt turn out as good as i hoped, but it was about 300 yards away. But they do show the size better, it looked even bigger in person.

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[Mahindra3016]

Some on another forum are saying juvenile bald eagle, but to see this in person it was huge.

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[Greta&Gus]

Hate to see the fawn die, but that is a really neat experience.

 

[John-W-WI]

My vote is golden eagle, not a young bald eagle.

 

[sagittarius]

There have been a few golden eagles in Western Wisconsin, didn't realize they made it as far east as Pennsylvania.

Here is a video of a bald eagle killing a swimming fawn in northern Wisconsin. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/eagle-catches-swimming-fawn-attack-wisconsin-spd/

 

[H20fwler]

I know the bald eagles here are sure hell on turkeys, very common to have an eagle swoop turkey decoys in the spring any more.