Coyote Research Underway in the Southeast

[Andy S.]

I got word today that we will have the good fortune of listening to Dr. Will Gulsby talk about coyote/deer relationships/interactions at our annual Ames Deer Hunting club supper in September. While researching the speaker, I found the links below that talk about the subject, thus I am sharing because I thought it may appeal to some of you. I will be anxious to read the findings presented in the publication(s) once the research is complete. Enjoy!

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-new ... ree-states

http://m.accessatlanta.com/videos/news/ ... dy/vDFGbC/ (video footage showing some the fieldwork and describing the effort)

http://www.ugadeerresearch.org/tri-stat ... h-project/

 

[AT Hiker]

Very cool! Pretty timely too IMO, predators are really taking a stand lately. Even the ol gray wolf is starting to expand into California and the Black Hills of WY/SD.

Please post the findings when they become available.


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[Os2 Outdoors]

The resident expert here isn't convinced coyote predation impacts fawn recruitment. Lol

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[backyardtndeer]

Sounds interesting, be curious to hear more about this too. Cannot seem to put a dent in the yotes here. Last 10 years probably killed 3+ yotes to every deer killed on our property.

The resident expert here isn't convinced coyote predation impacts fawn recruitment. Lol

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"expert" ?

Been conflicting reports. Read about a study somewhere about 5 years ago that said a female yote that was radio collared killed 70 some odd fawns in one season to feed to her litter of pups. Seems like that was maybe in GA, around here to take that many you would be looking at a pretty substantial range.

 

[Dean Parisian]

Dan Eaton is a top notch trapper. He caught a small female cougar a few years ago south of the Smoky Mountains in Georgia and unfortunately didn't have a camera with him prior to releasing it.

Trapping can do a good job in knocking back coyote numbers. Hunting no so much.

Baiting coyotes with poison was probably the best means of control. Aerial gunning works well in West. They are here to stay and fur prices this fall will be the lowest in many years.

 

[Double-D-Team]

Thanks for the info and the sites. We will have to see what the experts have to say....But IMO the yotes are way out of control here in the NE.

 

[Mike Belt]

That should be interesting. I'm anxious to hear the results. Color me one for believing the coyote does extensive damage to the deer population.

 

[Planking]

Fawn recruitment has stunk this year at my place. I know its yotes.

 

[Winchester]

Will be interesting to see the results? I know they are little or no threat to healthy adult deer and I have watched them fail a few times when trying to catch a fawn, but im sure when fawns are very young they would have much better luck if they located them?

How would a radio collar tell how many fawns a coyote killed??

Don't think it would??

 

[backyardtndeer]

How would a radio collar tell how many fawns a coyote killed??

With that study they used collars along with trail cameras and there were cams at dens. Cameras recorded a ridiculous number of fawns carried back by one single female collared yote that was identifiable.