Interesting stuff here from a study in the UP:
Coyotes in the study area were responsible for 13 fawn mortalities, followed by bobcat (9)...
and
Annual survival of adult and yearling female deer was 73%. Survival of fawns was 37%.
Coyotes are the #1 cause of deer-death, not cars.
I seen the same article.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I can find it's a 10 year study at a min cost of $3,000,000. I tried to find the research and cannot find anything that matches.
I'm wondering if it's a puff piece to keep the bad pr off the wolf population. Mississippi State's main work is with coyotes.
Will fill you in if I find anything more.
It's not that I distrust Mr Smith at JS, but.......
have a GREAT day.