UP Mi. Deer mortality rates
Aug 16, 2019 11:05:00 GMT -5
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Post by esshup on Aug 16, 2019 11:05:00 GMT -5
I think these are some amazing numbers.
www.fwrc.msstate.edu/carnivore/predatorprey/deer.asp
Coyotes kill 3x as many does as hunters do. 36% vs. 12%. Wolves kill 16% vs hunters 12%.
Fawn mortality is just as surprising (to me) but the numbers are a bit different. I'm assuming they are considering deer under a year old as "fawns" because they have hunter harvest listed as 14%. Coyote kill is just slightly less than does at 31%, but Bobcat kills increase to 16%.
Those numbers to me mean that controlling coyote population is vital to the size of the deer herd. Where have we heard that before??
www.fwrc.msstate.edu/carnivore/predatorprey/deer.asp
Coyotes kill 3x as many does as hunters do. 36% vs. 12%. Wolves kill 16% vs hunters 12%.
Fawn mortality is just as surprising (to me) but the numbers are a bit different. I'm assuming they are considering deer under a year old as "fawns" because they have hunter harvest listed as 14%. Coyote kill is just slightly less than does at 31%, but Bobcat kills increase to 16%.
Those numbers to me mean that controlling coyote population is vital to the size of the deer herd. Where have we heard that before??