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Friend Brian and I were hiking on the Hammond Trail yesterday morning when, about an hour in, I noticed a spot of fresh blood (about the size of a dime) on a green leaf on the trailbed. I thought it odd, and wondered what it might be from. Brian wasn't bleeding; neither was I. Then I thought that it reminded me of when I had a dog in heat and she'd leave spots like that on the kitchen floor. Hmmmmm. Maybe a coyote or fox in heat? About 20 feet up the trail we had our answer: a newborn fawn lay dead on the trail. The body wasn't bloody or gored, except that it's head was missing. A while later we saw a ranger on the trail and mentioned it to her. She suggested possibly a bear had made the kill. I suggested cat, since my house cats decapitate the mice they catch. She agreed that would be a possibility. The body was still there about four hours later when we returned, though now the white spots on the fur were barely visible due to the enormous number of huge flies. Gross, for sure. What do you think?