Coyote caught on camera with fawn

[KSligerTN]

I know circle of life and all but I can't help but be pissed off.

 

[BSK]

Truly hate that.

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

I will try to kill every coyote I see.

 

[DoubleRidge]

Very frustrating....hate to see that.

 

[KSligerTN]

What's the consensus on the best way to eliminate them in an area? I've read that their population can only be reduced temporarily but I feel like I need to try something.

 

[BSK]

What's the consensus on the best way to eliminate them in an area? I've read that their population can only be reduced temporarily but I feel like I need to try something.

When it comes to improving fawn survival, the most frequently recommended tactic is trapping hard just before fawn drop, say April and May. This temporary reduction in local coyote population can save some fawns during their most vulnerable period - their first 6 weeks of life.

 

[PossumSlayer]

Dodo bird

 

[recurve60#]

I set 4 legholds this week and have caught 2. Do that year round and the numbers dont lie. Never the wrong time of year to trap those bastages.

 

[TheLBLman]

When it comes to improving fawn survival, the most frequently recommended tactic is trapping hard just before fawn drop, say April and May. This temporary reduction in local coyote population can save some fawns during their most vulnerable period - their first 6 weeks of life.

We've been just trapping a few weeks post-deer-season, but plan to hit them hard ongoing, especially in May. I'm putting out some coyote sets this week to see what happens. But with all the young rabbits and other abundant prey, may be slim pickings.

I still don't think (in our areas) coyotes kill a fraction as many fawns as most seem to assume.

Just because we get trail cam pics of a coyote carrying a fawn does not mean that coyote killed that fawn. Fawn mortality is high from a variety of other reasons, and coyotes are scavengers. When they find a dead fawn, they walk off with it.

 

[Specializedjon]

Damn coyote's. Hate'em. But they've gotta eat too I guess. Nature is cruel sometimes.

 

[Chiflyguy]

I set 4 legholds this week and have caught 2. Do that year round and the numbers dont lie. Never the wrong time of year to trap those bastages.

That would tell me you have a lot of coyotes.
2 out of 4 traps?
Is that normal?

 

[recurve60#]

That would tell me you have a lot of coyotes.
2 out of 4 traps?
Is that normal?

Its normal bout anywhere in middle TN. I just started last week this year. My goal is one catch per week year round now. I usually trap in Feb, March and have caught 14 with only six traps over a three week peroid.

 

[KSligerTN]

Its normal bout anywhere in middle TN. I just started last week this year. My goal is one catch per week year round now. I usually trap in Feb, March and have caught 14 with only six traps over a three week peroid.

wow, thats a lot of yotes! I am not terribly far away in Liberty. I haven't seen a ton on cams but I definitely have a few.

 

[recurve60#]

I dont have any cameras to do any kind of census and I dont normally see yotes.

 

[dr]

We've been just trapping a few weeks post-deer-season, but plan to hit them hard ongoing, especially in May. I'm putting out some coyote sets this week to see what happens. But with all the young rabbits and other abundant prey, may be slim pickings.

I still don't think (in our areas) coyotes kill a fraction as many fawns as most seem to assume.

Just because we get trail cam pics of a coyote carrying a fawn does not mean that coyote killed that fawn. Fawn mortality is high from a variety of other reasons, and coyotes are scavengers. When they find a dead fawn, they walk off with it.

Researchers put a camera on a coyote den near Catoosa. One coyote carried 27 fawns to the den in one spring. And, I suspect the bears on my.properyy may be even harder on them. We are seeing less deer since the bears started hanging around.

 

[TheLBLman]

We are seeing less deer since the bears started hanging around.

I believe bears are much worse than coyotes.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

When it comes to improving fawn survival, the most frequently recommended tactic is trapping hard just before fawn drop, say April and May. This temporary reduction in local coyote population can save some fawns during their most vulnerable period - their first 6 weeks of life.

And habitat improvements. Give them plenty of places to hide

 

[Planking]

That's a useless invasive predator right there. Trapping will eventually get most if not all of them but a few will come back. I sure noticed a large increase in fawn sightings after i started trapping.

I wish they would open up a night season for them right after deer season. It would be perfect timing to help some fawns.

 

[KSligerTN]

That's a useless invasive predator right there. Trapping will eventually get most if not all of them but a few will come back. I sure noticed a large increase in fawn sightings after i started trapping.

I wish they would open up a night season for them right after deer season. It would be perfect timing to help some fawns.

In 2020 there was a vote on it that didn't pass. There were 13 TWFC commissioners that were supposed to vote. 6 voted yes, 6 voted no and one was absent, so the bill did not pass. https://www.ehuntr.com/tennessee-votes-no-to-nighttime-coyote-hunting/

 

[BSK]

And habitat improvements. Give them plenty of places to hide

Correct, especially thick brush and tall grasses. Coyotes are eye-sight hunters. They are not successful and generally do not attempt to hunt in low visibility habitat like brush and tall grass.