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@BSK…fawns per doe?
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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5377398" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>I think there are several factors reducing fawn recruitment rates a bit since 2003 (in no particular order):</p><p></p><p>1) "Trophy Buck" & "QDM" type heavy doe harvests.</p><p>The reason this has slightly reduced fawn recruitment (per average female) is because in our being very careful <em>NOT</em> to shoot a "button" buck, we tend to mainly target the oldest females for harvest. But these older females also tend to be more experienced "mothers" and individually have higher fawn survival than do the younger females.</p><p></p><p>2) More ticks & fire ants sucking the life out of the newborn fawns</p><p></p><p>3) Formerly larger contiguous habitat tracts becoming more fragmented with human homes, "mini" farms, and housing developments. <u>This leads to more roaming dogs</u>, which in many areas kill more fawns than coyotes.</p><p></p><p>4) Predator evolution --- believe both the dogs & coyotes have "evolved" to become just a tad more "efficient" at finding & killing fawns.</p><p></p><p>5) Maybe in most "statewide" areas, the habitat <em>HAD</em> become relatively more "mature" with less good fawn security cover. This has been changing dramatically over the past 18 months, with much of the mature timber being clear-cut, leading to excellent fawning cover for the next several years.</p><p></p><p><em>GOING FORWARD</em>, for the next few years, I'm expecting fawn recruitment to trend at least marginally better. This belief is mainly due to heavier timber harvests statewide along with hunters backing off on the doe harvests (composition of female deer will be a tad "older").</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5377398, member: 1409"] I think there are several factors reducing fawn recruitment rates a bit since 2003 (in no particular order): 1) "Trophy Buck" & "QDM" type heavy doe harvests. The reason this has slightly reduced fawn recruitment (per average female) is because in our being very careful [I]NOT[/I] to shoot a "button" buck, we tend to mainly target the oldest females for harvest. But these older females also tend to be more experienced "mothers" and individually have higher fawn survival than do the younger females. 2) More ticks & fire ants sucking the life out of the newborn fawns 3) Formerly larger contiguous habitat tracts becoming more fragmented with human homes, "mini" farms, and housing developments. [U]This leads to more roaming dogs[/U], which in many areas kill more fawns than coyotes. 4) Predator evolution --- believe both the dogs & coyotes have "evolved" to become just a tad more "efficient" at finding & killing fawns. 5) Maybe in most "statewide" areas, the habitat [I]HAD[/I] become relatively more "mature" with less good fawn security cover. This has been changing dramatically over the past 18 months, with much of the mature timber being clear-cut, leading to excellent fawning cover for the next several years. [I]GOING FORWARD[/I], for the next few years, I'm expecting fawn recruitment to trend at least marginally better. This belief is mainly due to heavier timber harvests statewide along with hunters backing off on the doe harvests (composition of female deer will be a tad "older"). [/QUOTE]
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