Coyotes During Fawning Season
Everyone knows coyotes are killing their deer fawns. But how many? Well, while it's hard to make a statement that covers predation in the entire country, university studies in Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama have shown a significant amount of deer hair in coyote scat during the fawning season.
In studies conducted by the University of Georgia Deer Research Laboratory, during the late spring and early summer months, they would find fawn hair in 50-60% of coyote scat samples!!!
Coyotes are opportunistic eaters and will eat whatever is in abundance at the time. This means, the fawning season is the best time to lay some steel and trap some coyotes!
For more direct information from Dr. Karl V. Miller and the UGA Deer Research Laboratory, check out these links so you can better understand how to manage your deer herd during the fawning season!
