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Trapping Helps Deer and Turkey Populations

March 23, 2016 by Jeremiah Leave a Comment

Do you trap for a landowner who manages their land for hunting?  You might want to show them this.  The Bowhunting.com blog just posted an article on the importance of trapping to enhance deer and turkey populations.

Every hunter hates predators on his property. Not that we don’t value these species. I enjoy watching them in the woods but their numbers need to be kept in check in order for other species like whitetails and turkeys to prosper on a piece of property.

Trail camera documentation has proven that a single coyote who needs to feed her pups can kill a couple dozen or more fawns in the spring. As a result, hunting and trapping predators every year is a must in order to keep predator numbers down. Dr. Grant Woods from GrowingDeer TV has spent his entire adult life studying whitetails and knows a few things about managing them. According to Woods, fawn recruitment can be affected by several factors. “Everybody loves to hate the coyote,” says Woods. “The truth is a newborn fawn is an easy meal for many predators, including raccoon and bobcat. A big bore coon will kill a newborn fawn and everybody thinks of a bobcat as a cuddly little critter but they can kill several deer and turkeys.”

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Filed Under: Animal Damage Control, Wildlife Management

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