That could certainly help.
Also, I don't think we give Iowa's coyotes enough credit. There are
thousands of them around, but we don't pay them much attention. Lucky for
them. They take fawns and young deer, and old, sick deer. And rabbits and
other small mammals. The latter category also includes cats and dogs. Dogs
are their mortal enemies: given the chance, a pack of coyotes will corner
and kill a farm dog. Mountain lions won't have anything to do with dogs.
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Ron and Pat <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> What is the number one predator for deer?
> Set up salt licks with a sterility drug?
>
> Cindy Hildebrand wrote:
>
>> Since deer are being discussed, I want to point out that while Wisconsin
>> humans may have a higher tolerance for large deer herds than Iowans,
>> Wisconsin ecosystems apparently do not. The ongoing deer damage to native
>> ecosystems in Wisconsin is severe, according to the research I've read. As
>> pointed out by Brent Haglund of the Sand County Foundation, "The deer herd
>> of our era may survive and even thrive in the Wisconsin winters thanks to
>> corn and alfalfa, but our woodlots and forests cannot also survive when the
>> herd gets too large. Many Wisconsin habitats have lost important native
>> plant species that will never return." Managing wildlife according to human
>> tolerance can be an iffy approach if one goal is to maintain native
>> biodiversity. As for Iowa, the DNR may be projecting that the deer herd
>> will stabilize at their population goal in two years, but I guarantee that
>> short of a miracle, Story County will still have a serious deer
>> overpopulation problem then. I'd bet the same is true for some other parts
>> of this state. Cindy Hildebrand
>> [log in to unmask]
>> Ames, IA 50010
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>> "Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the
>> instinct to be half asleep all winter is so strong in me." (Anne Morrow
>> Lindbergh)
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