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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5008320" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>There's an article on the QDMA's website that details probably the best large-scale coyote study ever conducted. If I can find the link, I'll post it. But what they found was that trying to kill them out will never work, for reasons detailed in the study concerning their movement patterns. In addition, coyotes do kill a lot of fawns during the fawning season, but what is more disturbing is that they kill a lot of adult deer all year-round too. The one "answer" they found was that because coyotes are primarily "eyesight" hunters, providing a lot of thick cover, especially tall-grass cover, reduces how much of a local coyote population's diet is deer. Basically, giving deer lots of extremely low-visibility cover to hide in reduces how many of them fall prey to coyotes. They also suggested making sure managers plan for thick cover directly adjacent to open feeding areas like food plots. Giving deer quick escape cover in the locations where they are most frequently hunted by coyotes is key.</p><p></p><p>I have to admit, now that I've switched most of my trail-cameras to video mode, I'm SHOCKED at how often I got video of coyotes chasing deer in food plots. It happens frequently.</p><p></p><p>Years ago, I did an analysis of hunter observation rates for hunters hunting over food plots. I compared total deer and older buck observations for food plots that had cover directly adjacent versus plots surrounded big open hardwoods. I found total deer sighting were higher when cover was directly adjacent, and older buck sightings MUCH higher for plots with cover adjacent. Now I guess I know why - defense against coyotes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5008320, member: 17"] There's an article on the QDMA's website that details probably the best large-scale coyote study ever conducted. If I can find the link, I'll post it. But what they found was that trying to kill them out will never work, for reasons detailed in the study concerning their movement patterns. In addition, coyotes do kill a lot of fawns during the fawning season, but what is more disturbing is that they kill a lot of adult deer all year-round too. The one "answer" they found was that because coyotes are primarily "eyesight" hunters, providing a lot of thick cover, especially tall-grass cover, reduces how much of a local coyote population's diet is deer. Basically, giving deer lots of extremely low-visibility cover to hide in reduces how many of them fall prey to coyotes. They also suggested making sure managers plan for thick cover directly adjacent to open feeding areas like food plots. Giving deer quick escape cover in the locations where they are most frequently hunted by coyotes is key. I have to admit, now that I've switched most of my trail-cameras to video mode, I'm SHOCKED at how often I got video of coyotes chasing deer in food plots. It happens frequently. Years ago, I did an analysis of hunter observation rates for hunters hunting over food plots. I compared total deer and older buck observations for food plots that had cover directly adjacent versus plots surrounded big open hardwoods. I found total deer sighting were higher when cover was directly adjacent, and older buck sightings MUCH higher for plots with cover adjacent. Now I guess I know why - defense against coyotes. [/QUOTE]
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