Unbelievable footage has surfaced showing a bobcat taking out a mule deer in the U.S.’ largest urban state park.last year but was only recently widely viewed. It was captured in Franklin Mountains State Park which lies within the city limits of El Paso, Texas.
The intense video starts with the bobcat attached to the mule deer. The pair are locked in a life-and-death battle as they roll into the camera’s field of view. The deer kicks and struggles in a bid to get the bobcat off but the feline refuses to let go and eventually subdues its prey.that while bobcats mostly target deer that are young, sick, or in someway infirm, occasionally the feisty cats will go for a healthy adult deer.
The Instagram page, which regularly posts videos of violent nature encounters, says that “because bobcats rely on stealth and the art of surprise, these predators are able to pick the exact moment they spring their trap. This allows them to go directly for the killzone and then hold on for dear life as the target thrashes and bucks into survival mode.”
Franklin Mountains State Park has a “robust mule deer population” with an estimated 250,000 individuals living there depending on the time of year.They may be the smallest of big cats but that doesn’t stop them from being incredible apex predators. Recently, a photographer captured a
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