coyote study

[Frogman]

Guys,

What can coyote hunters learn from these studies?  Maybe we need to use fawn distress sounds more often??  What do you guys think?  Do these studies provide info that we can use to call more coyotes??

Jim

[Coulter]

Well, as long as you still like me after all that I guess that's what really matters

Steve

[possumal]

Froggie, reading is good, fills a lot of stormy days with something to do.  However, I believe time spent in the woods and fields will teach you a lot more, especially in the areas you hunt.  I would never assume that what happens in central Kentucky is exactly what happens in other states.  The studies that George Brint's hunting partner did for the Tennessee department of wildlife and for universities pointed out some basic facts that were interesting to me as a serious coyote hunter.  They simply said that every adult coyote is responsible for about 5 dead deer a year.  I take that to mean killing fawns and teaming up under certain conditions to take down adult deer.  With the increase in coyote population, that naturally means more killed deer a year.  Still we have an ever increasing deer herd, so coyotes killing a fair number is not a problem in deer herd numbers, in general terms.  You'll find lots of guys with deer leases who believe the coyotes are having a real strong negative effect on their deer herd. Same for people with turkey hunting areas that are being hard hit by coyotes.  I can remember when coyotes didn't seem to present any problem at all for adult turkeys, but such is not the case anymore.  Still, the turkey flock keeps growing.  Most of my hunting privileges come from farmers who are having trouble with livestock depredation by coyotes.  They are opportunistic rascals, and that is a fact.  I do like fawn distress sounds from June through October, as they have worked well for us for quite a few years.

[COYOTE-X]

I have witnessed a couple of coyotes team up on a doe,,one would trail behind the other,,taking turns running and biting her in the haunches....doing this they use half the energy and run an adult to death without a problem.


X

[CCP]

I read studies and find good info in them from time to time. Don't know about the rest of the USA but in the little world I grew up in N Fla South Al/GA. There were lots and lots of places that had no deer and rarely seen a coyote.
Then in the early 80's started seeing deer in places I had not seen them before, in the early 90's deer where thick in every area there had not been deer before and seen coyotes everywhere. I came to the conclusion as the deer herd expanded so did the coyote population. So if the deer population lessened then the coyote population would also.
If coyotes killed half the deer population tomorrow there would still be a hell of a lot more deer than there were 30 years ago. I believe deer population and coyote population coincide or whatever made the deer population explode made the coyote population explode simultaneously. 
Having a successful deer or coyote season in 2012 is 200% easier than say 1984. So I believe there is a connection between the two.

[possumal]

Richard might have something there.  We used to have so many groundhogs in central Kentucky that it was nearly unbelievable.  When coyotes showed up, the number of groundhogs declined rapidly.  The number of deer just keeps growing.  I suspect the way people have changed the agricultural practices and cleared the land could be contributing factors.  Farmers who have cleared more and more land to provide grazing areas for their expanding cattle herd can count on coyotes showing up when their cows are calving. When coyotes get a meal they never forget where, and you can count on them to check those areas out.