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<blockquote data-quote="Southern Sportsman" data-source="post: 5894681" data-attributes="member: 10399"><p>I absolutely think there is "something else" at play, and likely multiple "somethings." But I just can't agree with your assessment that mesopredator populations are the sane now as they were during reintroduction. Every piece of research and data I have ever seen indicates that raccoon populations have expanded significantly since fur prices bottomed out in the '80s. I listened to a recent podcast with Craig Harper a week or two ago. I was unaware of this, but he said that raccoons were still being "reintroduced" in Tennessee into the '80s. And there has been very little to keep their numbers in check since. There is simply no argument to be made to dispute the increase in raptor numbers in the last 20 years. I don't even think armadillos existed in TN 20 years ago. Now you can't drive 5 miles without seeing one dead on the road. Fox numbers are down, but only in response to ever growing coyote populations. </p><p></p><p>Which turkey/nest predators do you think have remained stable over the last 20 years?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Southern Sportsman, post: 5894681, member: 10399"] I absolutely think there is “something else” at play, and likely multiple “somethings.” But I just can’t agree with your assessment that mesopredator populations are the sane now as they were during reintroduction. Every piece of research and data I have ever seen indicates that raccoon populations have expanded significantly since fur prices bottomed out in the ‘80s. I listened to a recent podcast with Craig Harper a week or two ago. I was unaware of this, but he said that raccoons were still being “reintroduced” in Tennessee into the ‘80s. And there has been very little to keep their numbers in check since. There is simply no argument to be made to dispute the increase in raptor numbers in the last 20 years. I don’t even think armadillos existed in TN 20 years ago. Now you can’t drive 5 miles without seeing one dead on the road. Fox numbers are down, but only in response to ever growing coyote populations. Which turkey/nest predators do you think have remained stable over the last 20 years? [/QUOTE]
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