Will this be coyote or badger food?

I was working in the yard today and also maintaining the trails I have throughout my property. I never noticed this while I was mowing the trail, but MM and I found a dead fawn while walking the trails this evening. I don’t know why it died. It seems in rather good condition, other than the fact that it is quite dead. It does not look like predation, besides, a predator would have finished this tasty snack in no time. The carcass is not even bloated so it can’t have been dead for more than a day. It was not still born because there is no evidence of a placenta or any other signs of a recent birth.

It is a mystery why this fawn died just off our beaten path. It looks like it just lay down for a nap and never got up again. We will be leaving it there for coyotes or badgers to find and consume. Don’t worry, there are hundreds of deer in our area, so this won’t make an impact on the population.

MM discovers the crime scene: About 500 meters south of our home on our trails.

MM looks for signs of foul play.

Poor thing passed away very recently. MM's hand for scale.

It's a mystery...