I was only saying I didnt think it would be possible to noticeably reduce fawn predation by going that route. I sure wish it was.
One of the ways that many recommend dealing with coyote predation on fawns is to have a short intense rut so that you will in turn have a short window of time in which fawns are born. The idea is that you are overwhelming the coyotes with more food (baby fawns) than they can consume in a short time period. In the end, more fawns make it through the critical early time period when they are most vulnerable.
Would it not be plausible to think that we could use that same “overwhelming food supply” effect by supplementing them with other food sources that they like to eat such as plums? If ample amounts of easy to find food are available during the critical weeks of fawn dropping, then would coyotes still actively seek fawns as intensly. I know the things you read say that coyotes turn to fawns as their main food source during that time of year but I can assure you that they are still eating plums during that time period too….so its not really true to say that they eat nothing but fawns. Again, I’m just asking the question…not necessarily saying this is for sure true. I don’t really think it’s that far fetched though. Do hunting dogs hunt different on a full belly as opposed to hunting them when their a little hungry?
