Scott, Dad has reported in his area around Lowndesville SC that the deer population has declined significantly over the last decade. He acclaims it to more liberal hunting of does. He mentioned to me that one buck can breed a number of does so not as many bucks are needed. But kill too many does and the population declines due to not as many does having fawns since they can concieve from only one buck.
And yes, Coyotes are there too... James P. On Jan 3, 8:21 am, pabigtrees <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS > > The problem with humans and deer hunting is the typical hunter wants a > buck, and will not shoot the does, because they will make more bucks. > In the long run you end up with many many does. Pa. has recently > addressed this situation, by limiting the bucks you can harvest and > increasing the doe permits in certain areas. Locally, it appears to > be working. I personally hunt for the environment, and have taken 13 > does from my neighborhood in the past four years and only two buck. > We have coyotes in SE Pa but I have never seen one. They do eat > fawns, so I hope they do get established here soon. > > Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
