More studies like that will help show and prove the value of trappers. For all of you that trap or allow trapping on your hunting property, you are definitely ahead of the game and utilizing the best tool there is for controlling predators......the trap.
I personally would have never guessed a ground hog as a nest raider, learned something new. Look how high the percentage is for coons, a bear is just a big coon as far as I'm concerned and just as hard on fawns as a coon is on eggs. This is why you hear about the low deer numbers up around Scott County and Big South Fork area.
Thanks for posting Richard, I hope many see your post.....good stuff!