Maybe it’s not because the deer likes bunnies, but rather because it really hates hawks.
That rabbit cry might be mistaken for a fawn being attacked.
Agreed that the momma didn’t care about the rabbit and would remove, chase off any preditor it was equipped to handle.
I bet snakes are easy to mess up with those killer hooves with some weight and anger behind them.
Yes, and obviously the hawk poses no threat to the deer, but the hawk very well might pose a serious threat to the deer’s babies!
Deer and elk do eat birds eggs and birds now and then. Maybe this one was mad because it wanted to eat the rabbit. Deer eat squirrels and dead people (seen on trail cam) too.