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Long term study about coyote effects on deer populations
- Thread starter NCHillbilly
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Chief Big Taw
Had them here since the late 1980’s
bowhunterdavid
Senior Member
There is not a night at our deer land in Wilkes that we don't hear coyote's. Sometime's more than one pack. The deer populating is pretty good and we saw more fawns last fall then we have ever seen. We kill a few ,but we are bow hunting our place and its pretty hard to draw on a coyote even 20 feet up a tree. They can pick you off better than any critter i have ever seen. I'm sure they kill some deer, but i was thinking this last year about all the does and fawns we were seeing. I think the deer are adapting better to them. I don't like them but they are a pretty amazing how smart they are.
shdw633
Senior Member
I don't want to be impacted locally. 
nmurph
Senior Member
Thank you NCH, I've said this same thing in several threads recently. It's mostly about the carrying capacity of the land.
I have also noticed that the folks who have the most troubles with coyotes eating all their deer are the ones who never shoot a young buck, but kill a few does for the freezer every year, along with the other folks on their club.
Wayne D Davis
Senior Member
Love um or hate um they're here to stay. I usually get a crack at a couple a year. If I ever witness one killing a turkey or deer it'll get personal. I know to be on guard while Turkey calling. That's usually when I get a shot.... occasionally closer than I prefer.
spurrs and racks
Banned
Just don't let a Yote or a hog walk......
C.Killmaster
Georgia Deer Biologist
That was actually a really biased study that article was based on, I'm surprised it ever made it through peer review. The study fails to acknowledge that state agencies had to reduce doe harvest to combat declining fawn recruitment rates.
furtaker
Senior Member
I'm glad they're here myself. I have as much fun trapping as I do deer hunting.
Well something is eating my rabbits.
I found where one was ambushing turkeys from under a oak with low hanging limbs. I limbed up the tree.
I see where they are chasing rabbits and catching them.
Come this spring fawns will fall.
Anyway it’s something to hunt.
I see where they are chasing rabbits and catching them.
Come this spring fawns will fall.
Anyway it’s something to hunt.
Saw my first one in 1988. Couldn't believe my eyes.
"Science" can be twisted to suit most any agenda!
Kris87
Senior Member
I've managed to kill a few with my bow, and I agree, they are some of the smartest animals in the woods. I had one duck my arrow this year at 25 yds, never saw me, but as he ran off he was looking up into the trees I assume because he heard the noise come from above. Never seen one look up so much.
furtaker
Senior Member
I think it was the early 90s when I heard of them around here. Somebody killed a black one while deer hunting and it was big talk.
I saw my first one in either 1982 or 83.
I`ve learned a lot about them since then.
I`ve learned a lot about them since then.
Thunder Head
Gone but not forgotten
Maybe in other states. Not Georgia.
Yes there here to stay.
Im sure the deer adapt eventually.
Im shooting everyone I see.
Yes there here to stay.
Im sure the deer adapt eventually.
Im shooting everyone I see.
XIronheadX
PF Trump Cam Operator !20/20
I see them 6 or 8 at a time. I think they have learned to graze.
