Night Cam Catches a Blazing Deer Running From Two Wolves

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Written by Hannah Crawford

Updated: November 9, 2023

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Have you ever heard the phrase “nothing good ever comes from being out at night?” Usually, this is about hooligans, for lack of a better word, that comes out at night and causes all sorts of mischief. They do it so that they are not seen doing it is what they do. 

Well, it’s kind of difficult not to be out at night in the wild animal kingdom when so many animals are nocturnal. While we think of animal hunts happening during the day, this is not always the case. Predatorial hunts happen at night just as they do during the day. We see this happening in the video posted below.

Check Out The Incredible Video Below!

Gray Wolves Caught on Camera

The TikTok video posted above shares footage from a night camera set up in the woods in Manitoba, Canada. This video was shared by Daniel Alexander (@dannyboy_westhawk.) He is a wildlife enthusiast who shares footage from West Hawk Lake, Manitoba, Canada

This TikTok channel shares footage of various animals in both the daytime and at night. We see various videos of animals such as wolves, deer, black bears, red foxes, white-tailed deer, moose, and porcupines, to name a few. 

Gray Wolf Vs. Deer

Throughout this video, we see a variety of different angles in the woods from different night cameras that have been set up. This gives us great footage of this wild hunt that takes place in the middle of the night. This deer is so fast that we can barely see it. And we can’t see that we blame it because he is running for his life after all.

Mere seconds behind the first gray wolf, we see other gray wolves just a few feet behind him. The wolves are smart enough to hunt as a pack. However, this deer is giving them a definite run for their money.

How Fast Can Deer Run?

White-tailed deer fawn walking in the dark forest in Canada

Deers are herbivores.

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While no deer cannot fly like the stories of old that we have been told about Santa’s reindeer, they can, however, run at fast speeds, as we saw in the video posted below.

Deer (Odocoileus virginiana) of the family Cervidae ranges in a variety of sizes depending on how old they are and what type of species they are. They can weigh anywhere from 22-990 pounds and 24-206 inches in length. 

Deer can run over 40 miles per hour! One of the fastest deer is the caribou, a deer species that can reach up to 50 miles per hour. It is no wonder these wolves had a tough time trying to catch up to this prey.


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Hannah Crawford is a writer at A-Z Animals where she focuses on reptiles, mammals, and locations in Africa. Hannah has been researching and writing about animals and various countries for over eight years. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Communication\Performance Studies from Pensacola Christian College, which she earned in 2015. Hannah is a resident in Florida, and enjoys theatre, poetry, and growing her fish tank.

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