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Post by moose1am on May 11, 2014 8:51:29 GMT -5
moose; On the fawns he placed something in the Does that was discharged when the fawn was born and it started transmitting I think he said 258 does were done they were collaring the fawns within 2 hrs after being born In Chicago 86% of fawns were lost on the scat studies it was stated the health of the deer eaten was not known could have been road kills or hunting related But I noted on the graphs shown deer as food spiked at the opening of archery season and didn't start declining till after deer season indicating to me Road kill and hunting related losses That's really interesting. Dr Weeks would have loved to have had that type of technology back in 1975. Miniature transmitters are great tools for the biologist.
I would guess that the coyotes are eating deer that are shot and lost and then later die of their wounds.
We depend on eye sight to find downed deer while the coyotes can use his nose to great advantage.
What did he say about the young of the year deer survival rates when there were packs of coyotes around? I would think that the deer would try to avoid area that had lots of coyotes in that territory. I know that coyotes are territorial and the Alpha male coyotes will chase smaller coyotes out of their territory. So there are boundary's around the area where other coyotes won't cross unless they want to fight and challenge the Alpha male.
I know that White Tail Deer fight each other for mating rights. But I'm not sure if they defend territories or not. Their food is plant material not something that moves around on four legs.
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Post by throbak on May 11, 2014 15:37:38 GMT -5
After 18 days NO fawns were lost and increasing fawn survival had absolutely no effect on the overall population also it seems the more you kill the ones left will just have larger litters to accommodate available food source he had territories Mapped of radio collared coyotes and they were very specific and did not overlap
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Post by remington243 on Dec 20, 2014 19:24:45 GMT -5
Indiana needs a year round coyote hunting like Kentucky.
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 20, 2014 19:28:23 GMT -5
Indiana needs a year round coyote hunting like Kentucky. We do if one is on private land and have permission of the landowner..
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