I've seen results from two studies that scould suggest that all the increased hunting days and doe tags may not be the only culprit causing the crash in population that the north central guys are experiencing. First, the doe mortality study found that hunters killed only 8% of the collared doesin 2G. Then a study of coyote scat shows that around 92% of coyote scat in 2G contains deer remains while the average for the rest of the state is 55%.

Statewide it breaks down like this

deer 55.2%
Mice/ voles14%
cottontails 9.4%
woodchuck9.4%
raccon 5.5%
Squirrel 5.2%
porcupine 2.9%
fox 2.6%
beaver 1.3%

remeber when the PGC said coyotes dont hurt the deer herd?