| 9.3x57 |
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| 19/05/09 11:43 PM |
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Re: Turkeys, coyotes and prairie dogs...
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Nice job!!
Thanks for taking one more deer killer off the Active List!!
Read in this months new FIELD AND STREAM, a study done shows coyote mortality at about 80% of fawn deaths...read another study about a year ago in another magazine that suggested 90% by coyotes..which is the biggest reason we kill them at every opportunity...plus its fun..
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Was that study done in an area with other large predators?
Reason I ask is that as you know, we have yotes, bear, cougar and of course, wolves. It's a wonder that any fawns survive.
I find live babies all the time, I can't imagine it is very hard for predators to find them. Just yesterday my son found a turkey nest full of eggs.
A study in the Lochsa some years ago linked black bear to severe elk calf depredation and was instrumental in the increase to a 2-bear limit in some Units.