ORIGINAL: bluebird2
You conveniently left out the fact that the habiata is still recovering and you also ignore predation. Of course, we all know that if Bluebird deems a factor irrelevant, it must be so
Wrong once again. The deer in 2G have twice as much food per deer as they had in 2000 yet their recruitment rate is the lowest in the state.
Alt said that the increased breeding rates and shorter breeding window would offset the effects of predation, but he lied. With a lower OWDD the effects of predation increase rather than decreasing.
i have picture after 9pm of 2 coyotes trying to get a fawn/mother.this was on 9/25 on stateforestand.
only reason it was not 4 coyotes is because2 were trapped out.
i cant seem to find a way to get my info off the picture to give to btb to post,if i do you will see what is happening to fawns.
i believe that most of fawns are killed first week of being born, around june15th area.i seen 2 killed at alvinbush dam while fishing a bass tournament.
this is what i am seeing.
for most part, coyotes are killng mice i believe 95% of time andmost hunt at night.
i very seldom see them in daylight.
where there is adeer,you will find coyotes,no deer, no coyotes.
also, coyotes are using roads/pipelines to hunt,they cover MILES this way.
we figured that a male/female covered over 5 mileseasy in 1 night hunting.