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coyote offspring population is determined by the number of coyotes an area can sustain.
And deer herds are controlled (by mother nature) using the same principle. In areas of high deer density.....high (>60%) fawn mortality rates (due mainly to fawn abandonment) and does not being bred equate to the same end result (i.e. population determined by numbers the area can sustain).
Wow, that is very interesting. I will try to wipe them all out then.
This is true, but your talking about the carrying capacity being maintained by mother nature. Even if the deer population is devastated by a horrible winter or something like blue tongue, all the does in the area can breed and have twins (assuming the food sources are adequate) and the herd can still be short of the carrying capacity. Coyotes on the other hand don't have that problem.