My remembering (Milam Co., TX 2002) sitting outside at 4am - I thought I had what all the natives claimed were either tail-strangling possums, in-reaching coons, but it was panthers that tore apart fortified chicken coops. They set out after the coyotes (1am) at 2am and return just before sunrise.
My neighbor caught mine coming back on my place, dusted him and presented me the skull.. 110 lb starving male, he estimated.
Where coyotes and panthers co-exist, the lions have to alter their hunting times as dogs freak out barking on coyotes and wolves at 1am leaving and 4am returning. Lions have to work around that waiting for the dogs to go back to sleep.
Got the trophy.