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Why would you think that a landowner that spent time and money controlling predators wouldn't be managing their habitat and herd densities.
I never said that they wouldn't. I said that its not cost effective nor is it a good long term management strategy to try and manage the prey species past a level that represents a "happy medium" or balance between the habitat and the animals. Doing so only leads to other issues that in the long run become just as counter productive as predation. Things such as habitat degradation.
Coyotes can be controlled to an extent but predator control of any kind must be part of a well rounded property and herd management plan.
No it doesn't. It's far from a "necessity" for a well rounded property plan. The habitat that surrounds me is mostly for quail hunting. As such it makes prime fawning habitat. There are no professional trappers running around our neighborhood insuring the future of our herd. Most of the landowners in my area are dealing with the issue of what to do with so many does. You guys are just selling a service to most folks that's not needed and the same goals can be accomplished through other means for a much lower cost.
Then this is an area without a coyote problem. Like I have said before in other coyote discussions. Coyotes are localized problems. Some areas they are a tremendous issue some they are not.
I'm sorry you disagree but I have managed well over 300,000 acres in the southeast and 15,000 in the Midwest, I'm pretty sure I've got a pretty good idea on the matter. Not to mention the research that has been done on the subject, I guess it is wrong too?
By the way, I don't sell any service...
