This thread actually has people defending Coyotes...
There is another leg in the coyote-deer-? interaction that nobody has mentioned, ticks.
When deer populations get to large not only do coyote populations increase but so do tick populations and eventually they will start having an adverse reaction to the general health of the deer as well as increased incidents of Lyme Disease and many other diseases. https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/...eases.html
I've learned that hunting is one of the greatest supporters of well controlled populations. Even legal trophy hunters select their prey very carefully and the money they spend furthers the survivability of the population they are hunting from. It is very counter-intuitive but true non-the-less.
There is another leg in the coyote-deer-? interaction that nobody has mentioned, ticks.
When deer populations get to large not only do coyote populations increase but so do tick populations and eventually they will start having an adverse reaction to the general health of the deer as well as increased incidents of Lyme Disease and many other diseases. https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/...eases.html
I've learned that hunting is one of the greatest supporters of well controlled populations. Even legal trophy hunters select their prey very carefully and the money they spend furthers the survivability of the population they are hunting from. It is very counter-intuitive but true non-the-less.
