A doe arrives just in time to save her fawn from being devoured

In the United States, the coyote is one of the wildlife species subject to the most permissive legal regimes. Generally, in many of the states where it is found, it is regarded as a predator whose management should focus on reducing the damage it causes to livestock and certain wild species. North Dakota, where the following video was filmed, is one of the clearest examples of this.

There, the hunting season for this carnivore runs throughout the year. Trapping is also permitted all 12 months of the year, and night hunting is even allowed for several months. There is also an effective control system known as the Coyote Catalog, backed by the Department of Agriculture itself, which connects rural property owners with hunters and trappers so they can take action when damage occurs on their holdings.

Landowners themselves are even permitted to shoot coyotes that attack their livestock. This is something many users have called on the farmer to do. He responded with the following explanation: “For those wondering where my rifle is, even if I had one, I could not have shot at a coyote chasing a fawn that was zigzagging between the windows, and with my luck, I would have hit the fawn or its mother when she appeared.”

The doe saves her fawn

This time, it is a deer fawn that comes under attack from the predator. It is a natural life-or-death scene, but one filmed from inside an agricultural machine. The coyote comes close to catching the deer fawn on numerous occasions. However, the fawn’s speed and ability to dodge it buy enough time for the adult female to arrive and, after making sure her young is safe, drive the coyote away, turning it into the one being chased.