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Karla and I had an awesome wildlife adventure while returning home from Two Harbors earlier this week. We were driving through Cascade River State Park when we saw two ravens perched in a tree. This is the time of year that more deer are hit by vehicles along Hwy 61. Seeing ravens is usually a good indicator of a dead deer. We slowed down and as we passed by I glanced under a thick spruce tree and saw a bobcat sitting just behind the rib cage of a car killed deer. I got my camera ready and we drove back to the site. The bobcat was still there and I was able to be get a pretty good photo of him crouched behind the log.

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It wasn’t long before he spun around and walked into the woods. You can see the distinct tail markings of a bobcat.

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We went to Cascade Lodge & Restaurant for supper and after supper we decide to go back to see if the bobcat came back. I had my camera ready and window down when we approached the deer carcass. We were both surprised when instead of a bobcat we saw four gray wolves feeding on the carcass.

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Two wolves moved out of sight but the other two just continued to feed.

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They were in thick brush but we were able to watch them tug on the rib cage and rip off pieces of meat.

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We watched them for several minutes before they decided they didn’t want an audience and pulled the deer into the thicker cover. Just imagine how fast the bobcat disappeared when it saw the wolves.

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