Predictions for deer season 26

[bucksnbears]

Still, (even if true), the lowest population of coyotes during a given year is springtime. Every coyote killed will save a newborn fawn

 

[wslayer]

Dirty bastard didn’t give me a chance last night. This is 50 yds from back patio door. By the time my phone got pinged and i got back to the bedroom and nightscope turned on, he was a goner.

 

[garden]

Still, (even if true), the lowest population of coyotes during a given year is springtime. Every coyote killed will save a newborn fawn

A rancher friend told me that he came on a den early last summer that had 9 fawn skulls around it. The pups were not old enough to leave the den he said. This is just 1 den. Do the math on that.

 

[1lessdog]

You can consistently kill 70% of the coyote population in any given year and not put a dent in it. All it will do is trigger the females to ovulate more eggs, to the tune of twice as many as normal if necessary to bring the population back up, or to even larger than before.

I agree with this, but what he is not saying is. If the food supply is low they also have less pups. When the deer and rabbit population is down. The Coyote numbers will be down. In wet years the population of everything goes up.

 

[bucksnbears]

A rancher friend told me that he came on a den early last summer that had 9 fawn skulls around it. The pups were not old enough to leave the den he said. This is just 1 den. Do the math on that.

Wives tale told for years.

 

[bucksnbears]

Every single person that deer hunts should (at least) go for a drive occasionally and try to kill a couple coyotes.
I myself and I know 2 others from MN that have traveled to ND and have killed over 100 coyotes a year each.

I've probably killed 400_ 500 coyotes in ND over the years and I don't even deer hunt (bow) there.

Kind of a rant but it gets kinda old listening to you ND guys bitch n moan about non residents « ruining« your state hunting pheasants/ waterfowl/ fishing yet the vast majority would rather park your ass in front of a t.v. watching the (Mn Vikings) play a stupid game instead of going out and trying to kill coyotes.

I've seen some great herds of deer and some GREAT bucks in Nd but that was years ago. It diminishes every year and will continue to do so.
Unless some habitat is restored/ coyotes # are controlled your shit out of luck.

 

[Eatsleeptrap]

Think about how much better all of your hunting could be in MN if you allowed non residents to trap anything there. You are welcome for the fact we are a hell of a lot more neighborly than you.

 

[Ruttin]

Habitat is never coming back in ND across the landscape. Sucks but it's the truth