On Jun 17, 2009, at 5:51 PM, Alex Stanley wrote:
Coyotes get a few percent of baby deer, but they really have very little impact on deer populations. And, guys who only hunt bucks also do nothing to control the deer population (because one buck can service a huge number of females.) Hunting does is what controls the population. Most deer hunting states won't even give you a buck tag until you've taken a certain number of does, but Iowa doesn't do that. My sole interest in hunting deer is the meat, so I only hunt does (buck meat is much less desirable).
Just don't shoot Bambi's mother, OK? Sal
