A yote attack!!!!!

wapiti · December 11, 2012, 11:06:00 PM

Son just called and said he just got home from hunting. He shot a whitetail doe and it ran down into the willows. When he went to get it a coyote was chewing on it's back already. He pulled his 45 and shot it. It yelped and he could hear it in the brush. When he grabbed the leg of the doe it popped back out and bit at him tearing his shirt and putting a hole in his long underwear top. I am thinking the sucker may have been rabid? I told him to call the f&g in the morning and report it.

December 11, 2012, 11:27:00 PM

Whew! I'm glad it did not get him. That would have not been good at all!

Bisch

DamselflyFarm · December 11, 2012, 11:28:00 PM

Man, a close one.

**DONOTDELETE** · December 12, 2012, 12:28:00 AM

Wow! Sounds like that yote was hungry!

I'll bet that had his heart thumping. glad he escaped getting bit.

Are rabies shots still given in the stomach now days?

Pheonixarcher · December 12, 2012, 04:51:00 AM

Holy crow! I'd have dropped the doe, hid in the bush and waited for that sucker! Especially having a .45. Always a good idea to carry. Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it. Good on him.

JamesKerr · December 12, 2012, 05:17:00 AM

Glad he wasn't hurt, rabid coyotes are the main reason my family and I carry some sort of firearm on a tracking job.

JV Rooster · December 12, 2012, 05:30:00 AM

KIRK, i had rabie shots a few years back 5 in the butt and 1 in each arm. The doc told me they dont give them in the stomach anymore.

Scarne · December 12, 2012, 06:11:00 AM

Not likely rabid. Still you never know, it can lay dormant for years and still be a carrier. If you can find the yote the lab will do a test on the brain tissue to determine whether or not the critter was rabid.

According to this medical report once peeps develop the symptoms it's game over....period. Thou shalt not dilly dally in seeking medical attention for too long.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002310/

Terry Lightle · December 12, 2012, 06:25:00 AM

Always heard rabid animals do not eat. and cannot be still .. Do know the 2 rabid animals I have seen acted really different

Froggy · December 12, 2012, 06:48:00 AM

Being your son was that close to the Yote and also have put your hands on the doe it was feeding on. ABSOLUTELY get to the doctor and see what he says. Nothing to play around with !!

sweeney3 · December 12, 2012, 07:38:00 AM

If it was eating it probably wasn't rabid. Sick animals seldom eat. It just had its food taken from it, and it was wounded to boot. Either, and certainly both, of those situations will often cause wild animals to attack/fight an intruder. But still, wouldn't hurt to go see the doc just in case.

Bud B. · December 12, 2012, 09:22:00 AM

Could it have possibly been attacking the doe and gave the appearance it was eating?

Agreed...don't dilly-dally. Go get checked by a doctor immediately.

Tom Leemans · December 12, 2012, 09:58:00 AM

One more valid point for the right to carry a sidearm.

wtpops · December 12, 2012, 10:00:00 AM

I know the feeling i was jumped and bitten by a yote when i was in my 20s some 30 years ago. Scared the h@#$ out of me.

swamper · December 12, 2012, 10:34:00 AM

we have one following us in in the dark,glad he is ok.Not allowed to carry a gun here.

ti-guy · December 12, 2012, 11:16:00 AM

Since that story I don't trust this animal at all!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Mitchell Hope he'll be fine.

Chaz · December 12, 2012, 11:19:00 AM

DANG ! EITHER RABID OR VERY POSSESSIVE OF THAT DEER !

Chaz · December 12, 2012, 11:20:00 AM

They are getting very brave and not so human leary here in S.E. Ks.

GRINCH · December 12, 2012, 11:20:00 AM

Hers hoping all will turn out well,but I agree don't take any chances see a Doctor.

Jim Jackson · December 12, 2012, 11:36:00 AM

If you are able to recover the yote and take the head in for testing, consider asking a veterinarian if they can send the head in for analysis. Our local vet did a rabies test on a raccoon for a fraction of the cost of the county health dept wanted.