Whenever I hunt a new area, I’m sensitive to fawn recruitment. This is not exactly scientific, yet when I see adult does without fawns, I know that a predator problem exists, and it’s usually coyotes.
Whitetail numbers can be severely reduced by EHD. This is a disease that affects deer across all age structures and seems to target trophy bucks. Deer in late summer and early fall should have fawns by their side, and if not, here what you can do about it.
QDMA offers a special trapping seminar designed for the average sportsman. You don’t need to move to Alaska and spend the winter in a trapper’s cabin to use them, although that might be cool. Here are the details from Grand View Outdoors.
If you follow the QDMA, Growing Deer TV or visit Predator Xtreme’s website and magazine much, then you’ve read a lot about coyotes wreaking havoc on whitetail-deer fawns in the Southeast and elsewhere. The only true way to help offset this damage is to conduct a pinpoint-trapping program on your deer hunting land.
The only problem, trapping is not near as popular as it used to be and finding someone that knows how can be difficult and expensive. The next best solution is to learn it you. Fortune, the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) will now offer a predator management course to its already popular Deer Steward Program… [continued]
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