ORIGINAL: mlo31351270
I think you could benefit by becoming more aware of the real relationships between predator and prey.
Prey control the predator populations just as much as the other way around. Both are a benefit to the other. It might even be that the increase in predators is helping the deer learn to better avoid being a hunter harvest or even being seen by hunters?
I agree. Man by far is more distructive than any coyote. We have alot of coyotes here in NY. For years hunters have been saying that coyotes are killing all of the deer. Hunters are still killing multible deer each season and does still have fawns at their side. They sure are blind!! The one and onlybiggest threat to our deer herd is over browsing of winter feed.
Halleluiah, there is at least one person on this board that knows what the real problem is.
The biggest threat to the deer herd is the deer herd getting to large for their food supply. It has been the hunter that allowed that to happen in too many areas. The reason we have so many deer predators today is because man failed to control the deer populations so predators have increased to accomplish what man has failed or simply refused to do.
The sad part is that when we allow nature to control populations those populations nearly always stabilize at low levels instead of high or even mid range population levels. If hunters were just smart enough to allow the professionals to do their jobs instead of undermining everything they do we could have and would have more deer in most areas then we have today.
I also highly suspect the interference from hunters is going to result in even fewer deer for the future.
R.S. Bodenhorn