IMO coyotes and yard dogs are the main reason deer have never gained a foot hold in my area. We had coyotes before the state allowed deer to be stocked in this area. Still don't have a decent population of them. We finally got a barely huntable population and the infinite wisdom of the state extended us from 3 doe days one year, to 2 a day all season long the next and from then on, until they shortened it year before last.

Coyotes kill adult deer. Obviously the unhealthy ones are killed easiest but on more than one occasion I have seen healthy deer running through woods and across fields that had coyotes trailing them. Coyotes kill the piss out of fawns. That's just a fact.

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14